Mario Azevedo
Mario Joaquim Azevedo (born 1940) is a Mozambican novelist, historian, professor, and epidemiologist.[1]
A refugee, Azevedo, esteemed as one of the most remarkable Mozambican voices during the years of the War of Independence from Portugal,[2] emigrated from his native country to the United States,[3] where he received his B.A. from The Catholic University of America,[4] his M.A., his Ph.D. from Duke University, from American University, and his M.P.H from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1]
In 1980 he became Associate Professor of History at Jackson State University;[5] he passed in 1986 to the UNC Charlotte, where he has become Frank Porter Graham Professor[6] and Chair of the Department of African-American and African Studies.[4]
Azevedo was co-coordinator of the Southeastern Regional Seminar in Africa Studies from 1987 to 1989.[7]
Works
- The Returning Hunter, 1978[8]
- Africa and Its People: An Interdisciplinary Survey of the Continent (editor), 1982[8]
- Cameroon and Its National Character (editor), 1984[8]
- Cameroon and Chad in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (editor), 1989[8]
- Historical Dictionary of Mozambique, 1991[8]
- Kenya: The Land, the People, and the Nation (editor), 1993[8]
- Africana Studies: A Survey of Africa and the African Diaspora (editor), 1993[8]
- Chad: A Nation in Search of Its Future (co-authored with Emmanuel U. Nnadozie), 1997[8]
- Roots of Violence: History of War in Chad, 1998[8]
- Tragedy and Triumph: Mozambique Refugees in Southern Africa, 1977-2001, 2002
References
- 1 2 "Dr. Azevedo's Biographical Sketch" (PDF). Jsums.edu. Jackson State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
- ↑ "Les littératures de l'Afrique de l'Est face à la guerre" (PDF). Littératures anglophones de l’Est de l’Afrique. The Association for the Diffusion of French Thought. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
- ↑ Pélissier, René. "Politics and Society: English Speaking Voices". Book Notes. African Geopolitics. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
- 1 2 "Faculty". Undergradutate Catalog. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Archived from the original on 2007-02-06. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
- ↑ Azevedo, Mario J (October 1980). "'A Sober Commitment to Liberation?' Mozambique and South Africa 1974-1979". African Affairs. 79 (317): 567–584. ISSN 1077-3711. JSTOR 198010.
- ↑ Stone, Chuck (Autumn 2001). "A Roster of African Americans Who Hold Endowed University Chairs". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. The JBHE Foundation. 33 (33): 121–125. doi:10.2307/2678940. JSTOR 2678940.
- ↑ "SERSAS Constitution". African Studies Committee. East Carolina University. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Azevedo, Mario J. (1998). Roots of Violence: A History of War in Chad. Routledge. pp. xiii. ISBN 90-5699-582-0.