Mario Azevedo

Mario Joaquim Azevedo 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. ^ ^{a b} "Dr. Azevedo’s Biographical Sketch". Jsums.edu. Jackson State University. http://www.jsums.edu/~sph/departments/epi_biostat/AzevedoBio.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-28. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Les littératures de l'Afrique de l'Est face à la guerre". Littératures anglophones de l’Est de l’Afrique. The Association for the Diffusion of French Thought. http://www.adpf.asso.fr/librairie/derniers/pdf/nl152_2.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-29. 
3. ^ Pélissier, René. "Politics and Society: English Speaking Voices". Book Notes. African Geopolitics. http://www.african-geopolitics.org/show.aspx?ArticleId=3720. Retrieved 2007-03-29. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Faculty". Undergradutate Catalog. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Archived from the original on 2007-02-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20070206163400/http://www.provost.uncc.edu/Catalogs/2005-2007/directory_faculty.htm. 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 10773711. JSTOR 198010). 
6. ^ 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. 
7. ^ "SERSAS Constitution". African Studies Committee. East Carolina University. http://www.ecu.edu/african/sersas/coordinators.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-29. 
8. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Azevedo, Mario J. (1998). Roots of Violence: A History of War in Chad. Routledge. pp. xiii. ISBN 90-5699-582-0. 

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