Aghi Bahi

Visiting Research Fellow

Aghi Bahi is Full Professor of Anthropology of Communication in the Department of Communication Sciences and a researcher in the Center for Studies and Research in Communication (CERCOM) at the UFR Information Communication & Arts at Félix Houphouët University Boigny (UFHB) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Its work focuses on three axes: uses of information and communication technologies in Côte d'Ivoire; political media and public spaces in Côte d'Ivoire; media and popular culture. These axes are re-examined within the framework of its Research Group in Anthropology of Communication. Books: L’ivoirité mouvementée : Jeunes, médias et politique en Côte d’Ivoire, Langaa, 2013; Anthropo-logiques de la communication, Langaa, 2016; Il n’y a pas de crocodiles à Cocody. Anthropologie de la communication musicale en Côte d’Ivoire, Langaa, 2021; Heritage and Transformation of an African Popular Music, Cambridge-Elements (forthcoming 2024).