[What is the "politics of knowledge production"? This is Mandami's father, who is a citizen of Uganda, according to Wikipedia.]

Mahmood Mamdani FBA(/mɑːˈmuːd məmˈdɑːni/ mah-MOOD məm-DAH-nee; born 23 April 1946) is a Ugandan academic, author, and political commentator. The Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a professor of anthropology, political science and African studies at Columbia University,[3] he also serves as the chancellor of Kampala International University in Uganda.[4][5]

He was previously the director of the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) in Kampala, Uganda, from 2010 until 2022.[6][7] Mamdani specialises in the study of African and international politics, colonialism and post‐colonialism, and the politics of knowledge production.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmood_Mamdani