Lamin Sanneh
Lamin Sanneh | |
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Sanneh in 2014 | |
| Born | May 24, 1942 |
| Died | January 6, 2019 (aged 76) United States |
| Occupation(s) | Scholar of missions and religious studies |
| Known for | History of African Christianity and a pioneer in the academic field of world Christianity |
| Spouse | Sandra Sanneh |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Missiology, religious studies |
| Institutions | University of Ghana, University of Aberdeen, Harvard, Yale University, Yale Divinity School |
Lamin Sanneh (May 24, 1942 – January 6, 2019) was the D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity at Yale Divinity School and Professor of History at Yale University.