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. "Dr. Azevedo's Biographical Sketch" (PDF). Jsums.edu. Jackson State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
2. "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-11-24. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
3. Pélissier, René. "Politics and Society: English Speaking Voices". Book Notes. African Geopolitics. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
4. "Faculty". Undergraduate Catalog. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Archived from the original on 2007-02-06. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
5. 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.
6. Stone, Chuck (Autumn 2001). "A Roster of African Americans Who Hold Endowed University Chairs". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. 33 (33). The JBHE Foundation: 121–125. doi:10.2307/2678940. JSTOR   2678940.
7. "SERSAS Constitution". African Studies Committee. East Carolina University. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
8. Azevedo, Mario J. (1998). Roots of Violence: A History of War in Chad. Routledge. pp. xiii. ISBN   90-5699-582-0.