WAZIR MOHAMED

Dr. Mohamed is now Professor of Sociology at Indiana University East in Richmond, Indiana. Dr. Mohamed holds a B.S. in Communication from the University of Guyana, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Binghamton University. His interests include the intersection of Atlantic slavery, particularly with the rise of slavery in the age of abolition, the second slavery in Cuba, Brazil, and the USA with the persistence of ethnic divisions and marginalization of the descendants of slaves in the African Diaspora of the Caribbean and the Americas. Prior to becoming an academic, Dr. Mohamed served as a social and political justice activist in Guyana in the formative years of his life. See Wazir Mohamed's full Bio Statement and CV within the collection