Marieme Lo

Senegalese basketball player

Marieme Lo (born 10 September 1972) is a Senegalese former basketball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was born in Dakar.^[1] Her work has since expanded to academic pursuits, and she went on to create the School of Cities at the University of Toronto, where she is the Director of African studies, and holds a professorial position in Women and Gender Studies.^[2]

Early life and education

Marieme Lo was born on 10 September 1972 in Dakar, Senegal.^[1] Lo earned her licentiate from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, a MA from the University of Dakar and MSc and PhD from Cornell University.^[3]

Career

From 2018 to 2021, she served as the Associate Director for Education for the School of Cities at the University of Toronto.^[3]

Publications

"Beyond Instrumentalism: Interrogating the Micro-dynamic and Gendered and Social Impacts of Remittances in Senegal". Gender, Technology and Development. 12 (3): 413–437. January 2008. doi:10.1177/097185240901200307.
Oyĕwùmí, Oyèrónkẹ́, ed. (2011). "Self-Image and Self-Naming: A Discursive and Social Analysis of Women's Microenterprises in Senegal and Mali". Gender Epistemologies in Africa: Gendering Traditions, Spaces, Social Institutions, and Identities. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US: 155–178. doi:10.1057/9780230116276_8. ISBN 978-0-230-11627-6. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
"En route to New York: diasporic networks and the reconfiguration of female entrepreneurship in Senegal". Gender, Place & Culture. 23 (4): 503–520. 2 April 2016. doi:10.1080/0966369X.2015.1013444. ISSN 0966-369X.
"Confidant par excellence , advisors and healers: women traders' intersecting identities and roles in Senegal". Culture, Health & Sexuality. 15 (Supplement 4): S467–S481. 13 August 2013. doi:10.1080/13691058.2013.793404. ISSN 1369-1058.
"Revisiting the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Compensation Modality, Local Communities' Discontent, and Accountability Mechanisms". Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement. 30 (1–2): 153–174. January 2010. doi:10.1080/02255189.2010.9669286.

References

^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marieme Lo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
^ "Marieme Lo". School of Cities. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Marieme Lo". New College. Retrieved 18 February 2024.