Dr. Natacha Nsabimana

Biography

Natacha Nsabimana is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, specializing in law subjectivity, postcolonial critique, and the cultural-political worlds of African peoples. Her research encompasses the dynamics of musical movements and diaspora. Nsabimana's current project offers a nuanced exploration of the relationships between historical and political events over time, focusing specifically on the aftermath of violence in post-genocide Rwanda. Through her work, she examines how the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi has influenced the spatial memory of Rwanda's landscape, analyzing the ways in which individual and national narratives are constructed or disavowed. With a PhD earned in 2017, Nsabimana's teaching and research contribute significantly to understanding the complexities of identity and memory in contemporary society.

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