Georges Balandier

Who is Georges Balandier?

Georges Balandier is a French sociologist, anthropologist and ethnologist noted for his research in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is currently a professor emeritus at the Sorbonne, and is a member of the Center for African Studies, a research center of the École pratique des hautes études. Held for many years the Editorship of prestigious Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie and edited the innovative series Sociologie d'Aujourd'hui at Presses Universitaires de France. Among his disciples, collaborators or followers are a number of French intellectuals who resisted Pierre Bourdieu's influence.