Ould-Cheikh, Abdel Wedoud ^{Person Individualisierte Person}

"Prof. emeritus; studied philosophy, anthropology and sociology at the Sorbonne, doctorate in sociology 1985 univ. Paris V, HDR in anthropology at EHESS 1999; researcher (1978-1987) and director (1987-1989), Institut Mauritanien de Recherche Scientifique; taught at the universities of Nouakchott (1990-2002), Strasbourg (2002-2004) and Lorraine (2004-2011); his work concerns tribal organization in the Sahara, West African Islamic brotherhoods, and the historical and political anthropology of Arab and African worlds)"