Simon Gikandi
Impact in
- Literature and Literary Theory top 0.5%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
- Anthropology top 1%
- African history and culture studies
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
Papers in
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- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies 26
- Anthropology 20
- African history and culture studies 16
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade 2
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories 2
- Co-authors
- Bruce King (1 shared paper)Eileen Julien (1 shared paper)Anna Rutherford (2 shared papers)Ketu H. Katrak (1 shared paper)Kirsten Holst Petersen (1 shared paper)David Jefferess (1 shared paper)John Lamphear (1 shared paper)Laura Doyle (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America (10 papers)Research in African Literatures (8 papers)Interventions (3 papers)African Studies Review (3 papers)The International Journal of African Historical Studies (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesGermanyUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Simon Gikandi
66 papers receiving 789 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 64
- Literature and Literary Theory 786
- Anthropology 440
- Cultural Studies 245
- History 253
- Religious studies 90
Countries citing papers authored by Simon Gikandi
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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Gikandi
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Co-authors
The 12 scholars most cited alongside Simon Gikandi, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 86 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maps of Englishness: Writing Identity in the Culture of Colonialism | 1996 | 338 |
| 2 | 2011 | 128 | |
| 3 | 2001 | 120 | |
| 4 | 1993 | 70 | |
| 5 | 2000 | 66 | |
| 6 | 2003 | 63 | |
| 7 | 1993 | 52 | |
| 8 | 2011 | 40 | |
| 9 | 2003 | 40 | |
| 10 | 2001 | 38 | |
| 11 | 2012 | 30 | |
| 12 | Reading Chinua Achebe : language and ideology in fiction | 1991 | 30 |
| 13 | 2015 | 28 | |
| 14 | 2001 | 27 | |
| 15 | 2009 | 25 | |
| 16 | 1989 | 25 | |
| 17 | 2001 | 23 | |
| 18 | 2018 | 23 | |
| 19 | 2006 | 23 | |
| 20 | 2004 | 21 |
About Simon Gikandi
Simon Gikandi is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Cultural Studies, having authored 86 papers that have together received 1.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (26 papers), African history and culture studies (16 papers), Art, Politics, and Modernism (4 papers), Caribbean history, culture, and politics (3 papers), African history and culture analysis (3 papers), Colonialism, slavery, and trade (2 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (2 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Literature and Literary Theory (786 citations), Anthropology (440 citations), Cultural Studies (245 citations), History (253 citations) and Religious studies (90 citations). Simon Gikandi has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Bruce King, Eileen Julien, Anna Rutherford, Ketu H. Katrak, Kirsten Holst Petersen, David Jefferess, John Lamphear, Laura Doyle, Achille Mbembé and Walter Rodney. Their work appears in journals such as PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Research in African Literatures, Interventions, African Studies Review and The International Journal of African Historical Studies.
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