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Institutions
  
King's College London

Died
  
January 16, 2014

Name
  
Patrick Chabal

Organizations founded
  
AEGIS

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Born
  
29 April 1951 (
1951-04-29
)

Alma mater
  
Harvard University (B.A.), Columbia University (M.A.), Cambridge University (PhD)

Known for
  
Amilcar Cabral. Revolutionary leadership and people's war (Cambridge, 1983)

Fields
  
History of Africa, Political Science

Books
  
Africa works, Africa: The Politics of Suffering, Culture troubles, A history of postcolonial Lusopho, The End of Conceit: Western

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Patrick Chabal (29 April 1951 – 16 January 2014) was a leading Africanist of the late 20th and early 21st century. He had a long career in academics. Patrick Chabal's latest position was Chair in African History & Politics at King's College London. He published numerous books, book chapters and articles about Africa. He was one of the founders of AEGIS (Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies) and was a board member for many years.

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Major publications

  • Amilcar Cabral. Revolutionary leadership and people's war (Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1983)
  • with Jean-Pascal Daloz: Africa Works: disorder as political instrument (Oxford, Currey, 1999)
  • with Jean-Pascal Daloz: Culture Troubles: politics and the interpretation of meaning (London, Hurst, 2006)
  • with Ulf Engel & Leo de Haan (eds): African Alternatives (2007)
  • Africa: the politics of suffering and smiling (2009)
  • The end of Conceit: Western rationality after postcolonialism (2012)

    • References

    Patrick Chabal Wikipedia
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