| When victims become killers: Colonialism, nativism, and the genocide in Rwanda M Mamdani Princeton University Press, 2020 | 4308 | 2020 |
| Good Muslim, bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the roots of terror M Mamdani Harmony, 2005 | 2875 | 2005 |
| Saviors and survivors: Darfur, politics, and the war on terror M Mamdani New York, 2009 | 1040 | 2009 |
| The myth of population control: family, caste, and class in an Indian village. M Mamdani | 940 | 1972 |
| Politics and class formation in Uganda M Mamdani (No Title), 1976 | 868 | 1976 |
| Good Muslim, bad Muslim: A political perspective on culture and terrorism M Mamdani American anthropologist 104 (3), 766-775, 2002 | 854 | 2002 |
| Define and rule: Native as political identity M Mamdani Harvard University Press, 2012 | 800 | 2012 |
| Scholars in the Marketplace. The Dilemmas of Neo-Liberal Reform at Makerere University, 1989-2005: The Dilemmas of Neo-Liberal Reform at Makerere University, 1989-2005 M Mamdani African Books Collective, 2007 | 665 | 2007 |
| Beyond settler and native as political identities: Overcoming the political legacy of colonialism M Mamdani Comparative studies in Society and History 43 (4), 651-664, 2001 | 638 | 2001 |
| Amnesty or impunity? A preliminary critique of the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa (TRC) M Mamdani diacritics 32 (3/4), 33-59, 2002 | 414 | 2002 |
| Neither settler nor native M Mamdani Harvard University Press, 2020 | 392 | 2020 |
| Reconciliation without justice M Mamdani Southern African Review of Books 46 (3), 1996 | 373 | 1996 |
| Imperialism and fascism in Uganda M Mamdani (No Title), 1983 | 343 | 1983 |
| The politics of naming: Genocide, civil war, insurgency M Mamdani London review of books 29 (5), 5-8, 2007 | 311 | 2007 |
| Lessons of Zimbabwe M Mamdani London Review of Books 30 (23), 17-21, 2008 | 269 | 2008 |
| When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism M Mamdani Nativism, and the, 2001 | 257 | 2001 |
| Responsibility to protect or right to punish? M Mamdani Critical perspectives on the responsibility to protect, 125-139, 2011 | 253 | 2011 |
| Between the public intellectual and the scholar: Decolonization and some post-independence initiatives in African higher education M Mamdani Inter-Asia Cultural Studies 17 (1), 68-83, 2016 | 232 | 2016 |
| Beyond Rights Talk and Culture Talk: comparative essays on the politics of rights and culture M Mamdani New Africa Books, 2000 | 225 | 2000 |
| A diminished truth M Mamdani After the TRC: reflections on truth and reconciliation in South Africa, 58-61, 2000 | 222 | 2000 |
