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Horace G. Campbell

Horace G. Campbell

Contact Information:

hgcampbe@syr.edu

315.443.2416

200 Sims Hall

Horace G. Campbell

Professor, Political Science Department


Professor, African American Studies

Courses

  • 2026 Spring
    • AAS 612 Histories, Societies and Political Economies of the Pan African World
    • AAS 997 Master's Thesis
    • AAS/PSC 341 Politics of Africa
    • PAI 500 Selected Topics - Politics of Africa
  • 2025 Fall
    • AAS/PSC 306 African American Politics
    • AAS/PSC 364 African International Relations
    • AAS 997 Master's Thesis
    • PAI 600 Selected Topics - African Internat'l Relations
  • 2025 Summer
    • AAS 670 Experience Credit
  • 2025 Spring
    • AAS 499 Honors Capstone Project
    • AAS 997 Master's Thesis
    • AAS/PSC 341 Politics of Africa
    • PAI 500 Selected Topics - Politics of Africa
    • AAS/SOC 410 Seminar on Social Change
  • 2024 Fall
    • AAS/PSC 364 African International Relations
    • AAS 997 Master's Thesis
    • PAI 600 Selected Topics - African Internat'l Relations
    • AAS 610 Seminar in Pan Africanism: Research and Reading
  • 2024 Summer
    • AAS 670 Experience Credit
  • 2024 Spring
    • AAS/PSC 341 Politics of Africa
    • PAI 500 Selected Topics - Politics of Africa
    • AAS/SOC 410 Seminar on Social Change

Highest degree earned

Ph.D., Sussex University, 1979

Research Interests

• Politics of Africa
• African International Relations
• China and Africa
• Pan Africanism and Revolution
• U.S. Foreign Policy and Militarism in Africa
• Reconstruction and Transformation in Africa

Selected Publications

  • Books
    • Campbell, H., Global NATO and the Catastrophic Failure in Libya. Monthly Review Press, 2013.
    • Campbell, H., Barack Obama and 21st Century Politics: A Revolutionary Moment in the USA. Pluto Press, 2010.
    • Campbell, H., Worrell, R., Pan Africanism, Pan Africanists, and African Liberation in the 21st Century. New Academia Publishers, 2006.
    • Campbell, H., Reclaiming Zimbabwe: The Exhaustion of the Patriarchal Model of Liberation. David Phillip Publications (South Africa) and Africa World Press (NJ), 2003.
    • Campbell, H., "The UN and Genocide in Rwanda." Abdulai, N. (ed.) Genocide in Rwanda, 1994.
    • Campbell, H., "Contributions on Amilcar Cabral, Julius Nyerere, Pan Africanism and the Soweto Rebellion." In Oxford Companion to Politics of the World. Krieger, J. (ed.) Oxford University Press, 1993.
    • Campbell, H., Stein, H., Tanzania and the IMF: The Dynamics of Liberalization. Westview Press, 1992.
    • Campbell, H., Rasta and Resistance: From Marcus Garvey To Walter Rodney. Africa World Press, 1987.
    • Campbell, H., Rasta and Resistance: From Marcus Garvey To Walter Rodney. Hansib Publishing Ltd., 1985.
    • Campbell, H., The Commandist State in Uganda. , 1979.
    • Campbell, H., Four Essays on Neo-Colonialism in Uganda. Afro-Carib Publications, 1975.
    • Campbell, H., Pan-Africanism. Afro-Carib Publications, 1975.
  • Journal Articles
    • Campbell, H., "Fighting Racism in the U.S. Military: Dismantling the United States Africa Command." The African Review, 2024.
    • Campbell, H., Maturation of the Bandung Project with Lessons from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). , 2023.
    • Campbell, H., Cuito Cuanavale and African Independence. Revisão linguística Mayamba Editora, 2021.
    • Campbell, H., "Pan Africanism and the Emancipatory Project for Global Africa." CODESRIA Bulletin, 2021.
    • Campbell, H., "African International Relations, Genocidal Histories and the Emancipatory Project. Part 1." Vestnik RUDN. International Relations 1_2020, 2020.
    • Campbell, H., "African International Relations, Genocidal Histories and the Emancipatory Project. Part 2." Vestnik RUDN. International Relations 2_2020, 2020.
    • Campbell, H., "The Journey of Wamba dia Wamba and the Struggles for Emancipatory Politics in Africa." Africa Development, 2020.
  • Book Chapters
    • Campbell, H. G., "Reparations and the University in the 21st Century." In Decolonial Options in Higher Education. Multilingual Matters, 2025.
    • Campbell, H. G., "Reparations and the University in the 21st Century." In Decolonial Options in Higher Education. Multilingual Matters, 2025.
    • Campbell, H., "Fiftieth Anniversary of Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa." In Goveia: Essays in Honour of a Pioneer in West Indian Historiography. Carter, H. (ed.) Ian Randal Publishers, 2024.
    • Campbell, H., "Nelson Mandela: Ubuntu and the Universalist spirit." In South Africa: Pages of History and Contemporary. Shubin, P., Zelenova, D. (eds.) , 2018.
    • Campbell, H., "The Pan African Experience: From The OAU to the African Union." In The Palgrave Handbook of African Colonial and Post-Colonial History. Falola, T., Shanguhyia, M. S. (eds.) , 2018.
    • Campbell, H., "Ali Mazrui: Transformative Education and Reparative Justice." In Critical Perspectives on Culture and Globalisation: The Intellectual Legacy of Ali Mazrui. Njogu, K. (ed.) African Book Collective, 2017.
    • Campbell, H., "Chinese Social transformation and its implications for the future of Afro-Asian solidarity." In The Global Financial and Economic Crisis in the South. León-Manríquez, J. L., Moyo, T. (eds.) CODESRIA, 2015.
  • Book Reviews
    • Campbell, H., "Ethics and the Enterprise of Studying Africa." In African Studies Review. , 2013.
    • Campbell, H., "Constructive Engagement? Chester Crocker and American Policy in South Africa, Namibia and Angola." International Journal of African History, 2008.
    • Campbell, H., "Regime Hegemony in Museveni's Uganda: Pax Musevenica." International Journal of African Historical Studies, 2007.
    • Campbell, H., Boyle, P., "Class Formation and Civil Society: The Politics of Education in Africa." Comparative Educational Review, 2000.
    • Campbell, H., Mars, P., "Ideology and Change: Transformation of the Caribbean Left." American Political Science Review, 2000.
    • Campbell, H., "Liberators, Entrepreneurs and Genocidaires in Africa." In Canadian Journal of African Studies. , 1999.
    • Campbell, H., "Asserting the Humanity of Africans." In Special issue on Human Rights in Africa. Journal of International Law and Commerce, 1999.
  • Essays
    • Campbell, H. G., "Cementing the Fraudulent Peace and Deepening the US Military Quandary in Africa." In No. Pambazuka News, 2025.
    • Campbell, H., "African Union Elections 2025 and the Servility of the Current African Leadership." In No. Pambazuka News, 2025.
    • Campbell, H. G., "African Union Elections 2025 and the Servility of the Current African Leadership." In No. Pambazuka News, 2025.
    • Campbell, H. G., "“The US Army at 250: Extirpation, Genocidal Violence, Lies and Insecurity”." In yes, a book on the military. Counterpunch, 2025.
    • Campbell, H. G., "Kenya–US Health Pact: Aid or Data Grab?." The Elephant, 2025.
    • Campbell, H. G., "“Kenya–US Health Pact: Aid or Data Grab?”." In No. The Elephant, 2025.
    • Campbell, H. G., "Horace Campbell on Fanon and National Liberation." In No. Pambazuka News, 2025.
    • Campbell, H. G., "Horace Campbell on Fanon and National Liberation." In Yes. Pambazuka News, 2025.
    • Campbell, H. G., "Maurice Tempelsman and the Criminal Diamond Cartel." In No. Fahamu Publishers, 2025.
    • Campbell, H. G., "Maurice Tempelsman and the Criminal Diamond Cartel." In Yes. Fahamu Publishers, 2025.
    • Campbell, H. G., "“The French Army Booted Out of Senegal: Crisis of French Imperial Hubris”." In Yes, book on US military in Africa. The Internationalist 360, 2025.
    • Campbell, H. G., "The US Army at 250: Extirpation, Genocidal Violence, Lies and Insecurity." In No. Counterpunch, 2025.
    • Campbell, H., "The Fraudulent Peace Accord between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda." In No. Pambazuka News, 2025.
    • Campbell, H. G., "“The Fraudulent Peace Accord between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, signed in Washington, DC, June 2025”." In Yes, book on US military in Africa. Pambazuka New, 2025.
    • Campbell, H. G., "“Trump’s White House Ambush of Cyril Ramaphosa”." In No. Pambazuka Newa, 2025.
    • Campbell, H. G., "Celebrating 100 Years of Eusi Kwayana." Pambazuka News, 2025.
    • Campbell, H. G., "Disintegration of Global NATO and the Maturation of the Bandung Project." In No. Pambazuka News, 2025.
    • Campbell, H. G., "Disintegration of Global NATO and the Maturation of the Bandung Project." In Yes, US military in Africa. Pambazuka News, 2025.
  • Monographs
    • Campbell, H., Reconstruction, Transformation and the Unification of the Peoples of Africa in the 1st Century: Rebuilding the Pan African Spirit of Kwame Nkrumah. , 2017.
    • Campbell, H., Homophobia in Zimbabwe and the Politics of Intolerance. African Association of Political Science, 2002.
    • Campbell, H., "The Lusaka Peace Agreement: Role of African Academics and Civil Society." The Nairobi Peace Initiative, 2002.
    • Campbell, H., Militarism, Warfare and the Search for Peace in Angola: The Contribution of Angolan Women. , 2001.
    • Campbell, H., The United States Security Doctrine and the African Crisis Response Initiative. , 2001.
    • Campbell, H., Humanitarianism, War and the Recolonisation of Angola. SAPES, 1997.
    • Campbell, H., "Water Resources Borders and Regional Co-operation in Southern Africa." Africa Research and Information Bureau pamphlet, 1997.
  • Newsletter
  • Online Writings

Presentations and Events

Rethinking Regional Integration in Africa, International Development Economic Associates, "Inter-basin Water Transfer Center in Africa" (November 28, 2025)

Roundtable Discussion on Democracy in Africa, Daily Nation TV of Kenya, "Democracy in Africa" (November 25, 2025)

Young Scholars of Economics in Africa, IDAN, "Towards the Pan African Gold Council" (November 25, 2025)

National Conference of Black Political Scientists, "Rift in the US Military Apparatus" (March 15, 2025)

Maxwell School, Syracuse University, "US Military Apparatus and the 2024 elections" (October 30, 2024)

Syracuse University, "Specter of Fascism in the USA and the elections 2024" (October 24, 2024)

Mellon seminar, Cornell, History and architecture,  9/18 Culture and community: solidarity and competition, Cornell University (September 18, 2024)

Undergraduate Historical Society, Cornell, "The Specter of Fascism in the USA" (May 2, 2024)

SUNY-Wide Seminars on the Discipline of Africana Studies, State University of New York, "Global Africa, Africana Studies and the Emancipatory Project" (April 20, 2024)

Barbara Jordan Lecture, Penn State University, "Black Joy and the specter of fascism in the United States" (April 13, 2024)

Symposium, The Life and Work of Micere Mugo, Michigan State University, "Micere Mugo Maturing into Grassroots Pan Africanism and Progressive Pan African Feminism" (April 9, 2024)

Syracuse University, "U.S. Militarism and Genocidal Traditions: Lessons from Global Africa" (March 21, 2024)

University of Toronto, "Spectre of Fascism in the USA" (March 15, 2024)

Honors and Accolades

African Student Union Julius Nyerere Intellectual Role Model Award, Syracuse University (1999)

NAACP Award of Educator of the Year, Syracuse University (1992)

McGhill International Debating Champion (1969)