Foreman Bandama

Foreman Bandama is a researcher affiliated with the Field Museum of Natural History and the University of Illinois, Chicago. He holds a PhD and specializes in African archaeology, particularly the Iron Age, focusing on materials such as ceramics, glass beads, and metallurgy. His work integrates methods from both the hard and social sciences to re-center Africa in global historical discourse.

Research interests include African innovations, state formation, and decolonial approaches to heritage. Key projects involve studying crafts, class, and state formation at Great Zimbabwe, as well as African archaeometallurgical studies. Influenced by his background as a member of a rural Tsonga family from Zimbabwe, his work bridges theoretical frameworks with empirical material analysis.

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