Kamissa Camara

Biography

Kamissa Camara is a professor of practice in international diplomacy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan. She combines extensive experience in government and policy with academic insights into international diplomacy. She also serves as a senior Africa adviser at the United States Institute of Peace and as a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute.

In her public service career, Camara held key positions in the Malian government, including minister of foreign affairs, chief of staff to the president, and minister of digital economy and planning.

Camara frequently shares her expertise on African and global politics as a contributor to international media outlets such as CNN, Al Jazeera, and the BBC. She is currently completing a PhD in politics at the University of Oxford.