Saibu Mutaru
Also at University of Pretoriafrom their recent papers
Publishing since 2013, latest 2024
I am a social anthropologist with special interest in the anthropology of Africa. I received my Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology with Political Science from the University of Ghana, Legon in 2007. In 2011, I won the prestigious Commonwealth-Shared Scholarship to study at the Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh where I graduated with a Master of Science degree in Africa and International Development. I worked briefly as Education Coordinator and Project… More on ORCID
- Sociology and Political Science
- Anthropology
- History
- Political Science and International Relations
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- General Health Professions
In their own words
- Anthropology of religion
- witchcraft studies
- magic and rituals
- medical anthropology
- anthropology
- Social anthropology
- Witchcraft
- Publications
- 132013–2024
- Citations
- 29to those papers
- h-index
- 3i10-index 1
- Field-weighted impact
- 0.541.00 is the world average
- World top 10%
- 0%0 of 5 scored papers
- Open access
- 60%3 of the 5 whose access is recorded
1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.
Google Scholar shows 45 citations, h-index 4 and i10-index 2 (37 citations and h-index 4 since 2021), as of October 3, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.
By year
Papers, and the citations to them
Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress
Positions
- Lecturer, Department of Sociology and AnthropologyUniversity of Cape Coast2020–2024
Education
- PhD Social Anthropology, Department of Sociology and Social AnthropologyStellenbosch University2016–2019
- MSc. Africa and International Development, Centre of African StudiesUniversity of Edinburgh2011–2012
- MSc. Africa and International Development, Centre of African StudiesUniversity of Edinburgh2011–2012
- BA Sociology with Political Science
Publications
13 in all
- Child Fostering and the Question of Child Labour in Northern Ghana's Alleged Witches' Camps
2024Child Abuse ReviewJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.1002/car.2870
- “If you are strong, let’s meet outside. I will show you”: The dark side of the National Reconciliation Commission in Ghana
2024African Sun Media eBooks