Horace G. Campbell
Professor, Political Science and African American Studies
Degree
Ph.D., Sussex University, 1979
Specialties
Comparative politics of Africa and the Caribbean, African international relations, armaments culture, pan Africanism, peace studies, political economy
Courses
Politics in Africa
African International Relations
Caribbean Society since Independence
Militarism and Transformation in Southern Africa
Publications
Barack Obama and 21st Century Politics: A Revolutionary Moment in the USA, Pluto Press, 2010.
Pan Africanism, Pan Africanists, and African Liberation in the 21st Century, with Rodney Worrell, New Academia Publishers, 2006.
Reclaiming Zimbabwe: The Exhaustion of the Patriarchal Model of Liberation, David Phillip Publications (South Africa) and Africa World Press (NJ), 2003.
Tanzania and the IMF: The Dynamics of Liberalization, ed. with Howard Stein, Westview Press, 1992.
Rasta and Resistance: From Marcus Garvey to Walter Rodney, London: Hansib Publishing Ltd., 1985; New Jersey: Africa World Press, 1987.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
“Reparations and Reconstruction – Lessons from How Europe Underdeveloped Africa,” in 200 Years Later … Commemorating the 200 Year Anniversary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Africavenir, Berlin, Germany, 2008.
“Water Resources, Regional Cooperation and the African Union: Lessons from Southern Africa,” in the Hydro politics of Africa: A Contemporary Challenge, edited by Marcel Khissou et al, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007.
“China in Africa: Challenges to US Hegemony,” in African perspectives on China in Africa, Fahamu Publications, 2007.
“Re-Visiting the Theories and Practices of Amilcar Cabral in the Context of the Exhaustion of the Patriarchal Model of Liberation,” in The Life, Thought and Legacy of Cape Verde’s Freedom Fighter Amilcar Cabral (1924-1973), Edited by John Fobanjong and Thomas Ranuga, The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, New York, 2006.
“The Re-Definition of African Politics,” in I. Kimambo, ed, Humanities and Social Sciences in East and Central Africa, Dar Es Salaam University Press, Dar es Salaam, 2003.
“The Search For Peace and the Critical Role of Women,” in New Partnership for African Development: NEPAD, A New Path? Edited by Peter Anyang Nyongo, Heinrich Boll Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya, 2002.
“Is it Possible to have Access and Equity to University in the 21st Century?” in Access and Equity in University Education, Keren Braithwaite, ed., Canadian Scholars’ Press, 2003.
“The Peace Narrative and Education for Peace In Africa,” in The Political Economy of Peace and Security in Africa, edited by Adele Jinadu, AAPS Books, Harare, 2000,
“Visions of Leaders in the 21st Century: The Nyerere Legacy,” in Reflections on Leadership in Africa: Forty Years After Independence, Essays in Honour of Julius K. Nyerere, edited by Haroub Othman, VUB University Press Brussels, Belgium 2000.
“Militarism, Warfare and the Search for Peace in Angola: The Contribution of Angolan Women,” in The Uncertain Promise of Southern Africa, edited by York Bradshaw and Stephen Ndegwa, University of Indiana Press, Bloomington, Indiana 2000.
“War and the Negotiation of Gendered Identities in Angola,” in National Identity and Democracy, edited by Mai Palmberg, Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, Upssala, Sweden, 1999.
“Low Intensity Warfare and the Study of Africans at Home and Abroad,” in Farewell to African Studies? Reconstructing the Study and Meaning of Africa, edited by William G. Martin and Michael West, University of Illinois Press, 1999.
“Democratization, Citizenship and Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” in Crisis in the DRC, edited by Mwesiga Baregu, SAPES Books, 1999.
“The Popular Demand For Dismantling of the Apartheid Military and the Problems of Conversion of the Military Industrial Complex,” in The Military and Militarism in Africa, edited by Eboe Hutchful and Abdoulaye Bathily, Codesria Books, 1998.
Research Interests
Angola: Peace and Reconstruction
Peace and Reconstruction in Southern Africa
Ubuntu and the New Politics
Pan Africanism and Revolution
Politics of Africa
Fractals and Politics
Gender and Peace in Africa
US Foreign Policy and Militarism in Africa
Pan Africanism and Reparations
China and Africa
Research Projects
The US Africa Command
Barack Obama and the Changed World Economy
African Unity and the Transformation of Africa
Fractal Wisdom and African Knowledge Systems