Staff African Studies (research) Jan Abbink Professor emeritus Governance and politics in Africa Akinyinka Akinyoade Researcher Felix Ameka Professor by Special Appointment Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the world Azeb Amha Researcher Mirjam de Bruijn Professor of Contemporary History and Anthropology of Africa Rijk van Dijk Professor of Religion in Africa and its Diaspora Jan-Bart Gewald Professor History of Africa Mayke Kaag Associate Professor/Professor by special appointment Anthropology of Islam in Africa and its Diaspora André Leliveld Researcher Maarten Mous Professor Emeritus African Linguistics Victoria Nyst Senior University Lecturer Robert Ross Professor emeritus of African Studies Klaas van Walraven Researcher