About

Mirjam de Bruijn is Professor in ‘Contemporary History and Anthropology of Africa’ at Leiden University and the African studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). Her specific fields of interest are: mobility, youth, social (in)security, marginality/exclusion, human rights, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). In 2016 she founded the organisation Voice4thought (www.Voice4Thought.org). Mirjam teaches ‘innovative methods’ and ‘Media and Power’ in the programmes African Studies and History of Leiden University.