[5] He then worked in the Black Africa department at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris after a long stay in Ivory Coast.

He notably participated in the exhibitions Rites de la mort (1979), Voyages et découvertes (1981), and Côté femmes.

[7] In 1995, Jamin directed the film Michel Leiris ou l'homme sans honneur, part of the series Écrivains du XXe siècle broadcast on France 3.

From 2001 to 2009, he led a seminar on "anthropology of jazz" at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) alongside Patrick Williams.

In 2006, he began leading a seminar at EHESS on "General anthropology and philosophy" alongside François Flahault [fr].