The President of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists, Kevin describes himself as an archaeological generalist, with specialities in earthen architecture, pottery and animal remains, from which he gleans the societies of ancient Africa. Most of his excavations have been in West Africa (Mali), and the United States (Louisiana).  He is Professor of African Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, becoming the Institute’s tenth Director in 2022.  He has researched the early complex societies of arid West Africa including the Empires of Ghana (Wagadu) and Mali for over 30 years.