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Researcher · University of Venda · South Africa

Taban lo Liyong

Taban lo Liyong publishes mostly in Anthropology, Education and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as African history and culture studies, Travel Writing and Literature and Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#498,816
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,482
of 5,570
Works
17
Citations
21
Citations per work
1.2

What does Taban lo Liyong research?

Anthropology: 33.3%Education: 16.7%Sociology and Political Science: 16.7%History: 8.3%other fields: 25.0%33%top field
Anthropology33.3%Education16.7%Sociology and Political Science16.7%History8.3%other fields25.0%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Anthropology33% of their works
  2. 2Education17% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science17% of their works
  4. 4History8% of their works
  5. 5Literature and Literary Theory8% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Taban lo Liyong's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, African History, Cultural Exchange, Post-Colonial Africa, Direct Payments, Education, Entangled Histories and Exploration.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Colonialism32 topics
  2. African History21 topic
  3. Cultural Exchange22 topics
  4. Post-Colonial Africa21 topic
  5. Direct Payments11 topic
  6. Education11 topic
  7. Entangled Histories11 topic
  8. Exploration11 topic
  9. Fairy Tales11 topic
  10. Folklore11 topic
  11. Global Migration11 topic
  12. Indian Ocean11 topic
  13. Islamic Education11 topic
  14. Migration11 topic
  15. Pedagogy11 topic
  16. Personalisation11 topic
  17. Travel Writing11 topic
  18. prehistoric movement11 topic

Where does Taban lo Liyong work?

Taban lo Liyong's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Venda, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Taban lo Liyong have?

Science Explorer counts 17 works and 21 citations for Taban lo Liyong, ranking #498,816 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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