Richard Atimniraye Nyelade

I am a doctoral researcher in anthropology at the University of Ottawa and a fellow with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Tunisia. My research focuses on sovereignty, diplomacy, and racial geopolitics in contested spaces, with fieldwork conducted in Taiwan and the Horn of Africa. Holder of a PhD in Sociology from Shanghai University, I am the author of several peer-reviewed articles on decolonization, global racial hierarchies, and Indigenous resistance, including a recent publication with Cambridge University Press on BRICS and the Sahel Confederation.

I bring an interdisciplinary perspective rooted in anthropology, international relations, and African studies, with a commitment to making scholarly research accessible to broader audiences. My work bridges critical theory and contemporary global affairs, shedding light on how marginalized regions and actors reshape the world order from the periphery.