Shomarka Keita

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Dr. Shomarka (S.O.Y.) Keita is an American biological anthropologist and physician affiliated with the National Human Genome Center of Howard University and Department of Anthropology of the Smithsonian Institution, who is interested in the biocultural origins and histories of African peoples. He received his doctorate from Oxford University where his supervisors were Dr. A.J. Boyce (biological anthropology) and Professor John Baines (Egyptology).

Shomarka Omar Yahya Keita holds a M.D. from Howard University College of Medicine, a M.Sc. in Biological Anthropology and a D. Phil in Biological Anthropology from Oxford University, England. He currently resides in Washington, D.C. He has worked as a Staff Physician at Constant Care Community Health Center and the Indian Health Service in Eagle Butte, S. Dakota. Shomarka is a member of the American Anthropological Association, the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, and The Royal African Society. In 1992, he served as a consultant on the Extended Team to rebuild the African Hall of the Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute.

Among his awards: Ford Foundation Fellowship to study at the American University in Cairo, Egypt; an Upjohn Award for Research, Howard University College of Medicine; and the Overseas Research Student Award from the Vice Chancellors and Principals of Colleges and Universities in the United Kingdom. Shomarka is a director on the Board.