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“Perpetrator-less Child Trafficking in West African Qur’anic Schools: Forced Begging, Aid and Children’s Rights in Senegal and Mali”

The Department of Anthropology will host the second installment of its inaugural Anthropology Lecture Series Tuesday, March 6, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Mather Memorial Building, Room 201.

Sara Thiam, visiting assistant professor or anthropology, will present “Perpetrator-less Child Trafficking in West African Qur’anic Schools: Forced Begging, Aid and Children’s Rights in Senegal and Mali.”

Light refreshments will be available at the lecture.

The new series invites prominent anthropologists from across the world to speak to the community.

About the speaker

Thiam’s research is on the promotion of rights for migratory Qur’anic school students in Senegal and Mali. Her interests include:

  • Global children’s rights promotion and children’s rights in practice;
  • The study of compassion, charity and religion in relation to suffering;
  • Transnational aid, cross-cultural childhoods and discipline; and
  • Francophone West Africa.