Stephen Ellis | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:EllisCompier2010.jpg) Stephen Ellis as he took up the Desmond Tutu Chair at the Vrije Universiteit in 2010 | |
| Born | Stephen Ellis 13 June 1953 Nottingham, England |
| Died | 29 July 2015 (aged 62) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Ph.D., University of Oxford (1981) |
| Occupation | Historian |
Stephen Ellis (13 June 1953 – 29 July 2015) was a British historian and Africanist whose research focused on post-colonial West Africa and South Africa.[1] He was a former editor of Africa Confidential and African Affairs, a senior researcher at the African Studies Centre Leiden, and a professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
- ^ Ter Haar, Gerrie (2019). "Stephen Ellis: his life and work". In Akinyele, Rufus and Dietz, Ton, Eds., Crime, Law and Society in Nigeria: Essays In Honour of Stephen Ellis. (Afrika-Studiecentrum Series 37). Leiden: Brill