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Sibel Kusimba

Associate Professor

University of South Florida

Affiliations

College of Arts and Sciences

School of Social Sciences

Department of Anthropology

Sibel Kusimba is currently serving as a College Of Arts And Sciences Associate Professor at University of South Florida.

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University of South Florida

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anthropology archaeology archaeological science archaeological practice economics archaeological methods archaeological evidence archaeological excavations mobile money anthropological archaeology field archaeology paleoanthropology historical archaeology archaeological record cash transfers social sciences zooarchaeology african diaspora western kenya african identity digital finance african city paleolithic archaeology public money east africa cultural economy landscape archaeology research policy economic behavior agricultural history ethnohistory human values value creation human remains genetics feminist theory economic systems knowledge economy monetization socioeconomics human ecology foraging glass material afrocentricity ancient glass beads east african archaeology southern africa medical ethics research ethics genomics ethics bioethics ethical theory international money economic literature scientific integrity science ethics ethical analysis archaeological dating alternative monetary regime financialization monetary theory population history socio-economic issues human wellbeing archaeological theory museology applicable guidelines dna research political networks medieval peoples asian genetic roots swahili coast precolonial ethnic mosaics african foragers contingency fund technological forecasting asian economics socio-economic change family life technology fintech financial technology world development economic change economic development technological change technological development policy global south fintech adoption

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Finance and Care. Journal of Cultural Economy (2025)

financefinancial practicefinancial literacyfinancial stabilityfinancial studies

Understanding Informality and Mutuality in Kenya’s Digital Finance Landscape. (2025)

financeinformal economydigital financefinancial literacydigital finance landscapeafrican economydigital economyafrican development

Crowdfunding Care in Kenya. Journal of Cultural Economy (2024)

Sibel Kusimba

health policyrural healthcrowdfundingpublic healthglobal healthcultural economy

Legacies, Logics, Labors of Love: Essays on the Economic Anthropology of Jane Guyer. Economic Anthropology (2024)

Chelsie YountSibel KusimbaCaroline BledsoeCaitlin Zaloom

anthropologyjane guyereconomicseconomic anthropology

Africa, Tropical: East African Foragers. Elsevier eBooks (2023)

Sibel Kusimba

east african foragersafrican american studiesforagingafrican studies

Entwined African and Asian Genetic Roots of Medieval Peoples of the Swahili Coast. Nature (2023)

Esther S. BrielleJeffrey FleisherStephanie Wynne-JonesKendra SirakNasreen BroomandkhoshbachtKim CallanElizabeth CurtisLora IlievAnn Marie LawsonJonas OppenheimerLijun QiuKristin StewardsonJ. Noah WorkmanFatma ZalzalaGeorge AyodoAgness O. GidnaAngela KabiruAmandus KwekasonAudax Z. P. MabullaFredrick K. ManthiEmmanuel NdiemaChristine OgolaElizabeth SawchukLihadh Al-GazaliBassam R. AliSalma Ben-SalemThierry LetellierDenis PierronChantal RadimilahyJean-Aimé RakotoarisoaRyan L. RaaumBrendan J. CulletonSwapan MallickNadin RohlandNick PattersonMohammed Ali MwenjeKhalfan Bini AhmedMohamed Mchulla MohamedSloan R. WilliamsJanet MongeSibel KusimbaMary E. PrendergastDavid ReichChapurukha M. Kusimba

geneticspopulation geneticsanthropologymedieval peoplescultural historyethnohistorypopulation historyarchaeologyasian genetic rootscultureafrican identityhuman evolutionpaleoanthropologyafrican diasporaswahili coast

Cowries and Blood: Money, Value and Relationships in Precolonial East Africa. In Merchants, Measures and Money: Understanding the Technologies of Early Trade in a Comparative Perspective (2021)

anthropologyprecolonial east africaafrican studiesafrican cityeconomic historycolonialismafrican economyafrican american studiesafrican diasporaafrican development

Ethics of Dna Research on Human Remains: Five Globally Applicable Guidelines. Nature (2021)

Songül Alpaslan-RoodenbergDavid AnthonyHiba BabikerEszter BánffyThomas BoothPatricia CaponeArati Deshpande-MukherjeeStefanie EisenmannLars Fehren-SchmitzMichael FrachettiRicardo FujitaCatherine J. FriemanQiaomei FuVictoria GibbonWolfgang HaakMateja HajdinjakKerstin P. HofmannBrian HolguinTakeshi InomataHideaki Kanzawa-KiriyamaWilliam KeeganJanet KelsoJohannes KrauseGanesan KumaresanChapurukha KusimbaSibel KusimbaCarles Lalueza-FoxBastien LlamasScott MacEachernSwapan MallickHirofumi MatsumuraAna Y. Morales-ArceGiedre Motuzaite MatuzeviciuteVeena Mushrif-TripathyNathan NakatsukaRodrigo NoresChristine OgolaMercedes OkumuraNick PattersonRon PinhasiSamayamantri P. R. PrasadMary E. PrendergastJose Luis PunzoDavid ReichRikai SawafujiElizabeth SawchukStephan SchiffelsJakob SedigSvetlana ShnaiderKendra SirakPontus SkoglundViviane SlonMeradeth SnowMarie SoressiMatthew SpriggsPhilipp W. StockhammerAnna Szécsényi-NagyKumarasamy ThangarajVera TieslerRay ToblerChuan-Chao WangChristina WarinnerSurangi YasawardeneMuhammad Zahir

geneticsmedical ethicsresearch ethicsscientific integrityhuman remainsgenomicsresearch policyscience ethicsapplicable guidelinesethicsbioethicsethical analysisdna researchethical theory

Reimagining Money. Stanford University Press eBooks (2021)

Sibel Kusimba

monetary economicsalternative monetary regimefinancializationfinanceeconomicseconomic systemspublic moneymonetizationmonetary policyfinancial economicsinternational moneycash transfersmonetary theory

Reimagining Money: Kenya in the Digital Finance Revolution. Stanford University Press (2021)

financedigital finance revolutionfintechfinancial technologydigital financeafrican economyafrican developmentdigital banking

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Sibel Kusimba

Associate Professor

University of South Florida

Affiliations

College of Arts and Sciences

School of Social Sciences

Department of Anthropology

Sibel Kusimba is currently serving as a College Of Arts And Sciences Associate Professor at University of South Florida.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Sibel Kusimba

University of South Florida

Associate Professor

You can click a keyword to filter the displayed items

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Finance and Care. Journal of Cultural Economy (2025)

financefinancial practicefinancial literacyfinancial stabilityfinancial studies

Understanding Informality and Mutuality in Kenya’s Digital Finance Landscape. (2025)

financeinformal economydigital financefinancial literacydigital finance landscapeafrican economydigital economyafrican development

Crowdfunding Care in Kenya. Journal of Cultural Economy (2024)

Sibel Kusimba

health policyrural healthcrowdfundingpublic healthglobal healthcultural economy

Legacies, Logics, Labors of Love: Essays on the Economic Anthropology of Jane Guyer. Economic Anthropology (2024)

Chelsie YountSibel KusimbaCaroline BledsoeCaitlin Zaloom

anthropologyjane guyereconomicseconomic anthropology

Africa, Tropical: East African Foragers. Elsevier eBooks (2023)

Sibel Kusimba

east african foragersafrican american studiesforagingafrican studies

Entwined African and Asian Genetic Roots of Medieval Peoples of the Swahili Coast. Nature (2023)

Cowries and Blood: Money, Value and Relationships in Precolonial East Africa. In Merchants, Measures and Money: Understanding the Technologies of Early Trade in a Comparative Perspective (2021)

anthropologyprecolonial east africaafrican studiesafrican cityeconomic historycolonialismafrican economyafrican american studiesafrican diasporaafrican development

Ethics of Dna Research on Human Remains: Five Globally Applicable Guidelines. Nature (2021)

geneticsmedical ethicsresearch ethicsscientific integrityhuman remainsgenomicsresearch policyscience ethicsapplicable guidelinesethicsbioethicsethical analysisdna researchethical theory

Reimagining Money. Stanford University Press eBooks (2021)

Sibel Kusimba

monetary economicsalternative monetary regimefinancializationfinanceeconomicseconomic systemspublic moneymonetizationmonetary policyfinancial economicsinternational moneycash transfersmonetary theory

Reimagining Money: Kenya in the Digital Finance Revolution. Stanford University Press (2021)

financedigital finance revolutionfintechfinancial technologydigital financeafrican economyafrican developmentdigital banking

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