Alex Zito

Alex has over 17 years of field research design, implementation and analysis experience, beginning with a Masters thesis on local language literacy and reading materials for Bamanankan in Mali in 2004-2005, and a PhD dissertation on Ajami [African languages in Arabic script] literature in Wolof among the Muridiyya of Senegal completed in 2012. He joined Navanti in 2012 in the midst of the northern Mali crisis to lead Sahel and North Africa research efforts, and has since overseen teams and projects for multiple customers, regions, topics and approaches. He is an alumnus of the Boston University African Studies Center, African Language Program, and the Professors Program.