Mark W. Deets

Mark W. Deets is an Assistant Professor in the Sultan Al-Qasimi Department of History at The American University in Cairo. He specializes in social and cultural history of modern Africa, with a focus on the Senegambian region during the 19th and 20th centuries. His research explores socio-cultural mapping and counter-mapping in Senegal's Casamance conflict, drawing from his diplomatic experience in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Cape Verde.

• Research Interests: African Nationalism, African Spatial History, West Africa and the Atlantic World, War and Conflict in Africa
• Additional Role: Francophone Book Review Editor for The Journal of West African History