Gérard Prunier Explained

Gérard Prunier (born 14 October 1942[1] in Paris[2]) is a French academic, historian, and consultant. He specializes in African history and affairs[3] —particularly the Horn of Africa and the African Great Lakes regions.

Biography

Prunier received a PhD in African History in 1981 from the University of Paris, spending a year at Harvard University and a stay in Caracas, Venezuela. In 1984, he joined the CNRS scientific institution in Paris as a researcher.[4] He later also became Director of the French Centre for Ethiopian Studies in Addis Ababa.

Prunier has published over 120 articles and five books. He is fluent in his native French, as well as English and Spanish. He also has good knowledge of Italian and German, and a basic knowledge of Juba Arabic (South Sudanese colloquial Arabic) and Swahili.

Published works

Books

with Ficquet, Éloi. Understanding contemporary Ethiopia, L.: Oxford University Press, 2015 — english edition

Published in the US as Africa’s World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of Continental Catastrophe, Oxford University Press, 2009,

Articles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gérard Prunier (Auteur de Cadavres noirs) .
  2. Web site: Gérard Prunier . The University of Notre Dame . 19 November 2021 .
  3. Web site: "C'est très à la mode d'être antiraciste. Mais c'est de l'hypocrisie..." . French . "It has become cool to be an anti-racist. But it is a form of hypocrisy..." . Ponciau . Ludivine . 7 October 2021 . L'Echo Belgium . 19 November 2021 .
  4. Web site: Éthiopie: Il n'y a que deux options pour la paix, selon Gérard Prunier . French . Ethiopia: There are only two options for peace, according to Gérard Prunier . Bion . Jean-Roger . 5 November 2021 . Voa Afrique . 19 November 2021 .