Bio.
ABOUT CHAMBI CHACHAGE.
Chambi Chachage is an assistant professor at…where he teaches courses on ‘African Systems of Thought’ and ‘Introduction to Contemporary Africa’. He holds a PhD (African Studies) from Harvard University, MSc (African Studies) from the University of Edinburgh, BSocSci (Psychological Studies) and BA Honors (African Studies) from the University of Cape Town (UCT). He was a graduate exchange program student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (UMASS-Amherst) and International Scholar Research fellow at Stanford University.
He had been an assistant professor at Carleton University where he taught courses on ‘African Digital Humanities’, ‘African Socialism vis-à-vis Capitalism’, ‘The Great Lakes Region of Africa’, and ‘Introduction to African Studies’. He was also a Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer at Princeton University where he taught courses on ‘Critical African Studies’, ‘The Mother and Father Continent: A Global History of Africa’, and ‘Health, Race, and Power in Africa in the Digital Age.’ His articles have appeared on various online platforms such as: Africa is a Country, Corona Times, African Arguments, Africa at LSE [London School of Economics], Pambazuka News, and CODESRIA [Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa] Bulletin. He has published in journals such as the Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE), Development, African Sociological Review, and Business History Review (BHR).
With Annar Cassam, the former Assistant to the first President of Tanzania, he is the editor of Africa’s Liberation: The Legacy of Nyerere. His forthcoming book entitled Africanizing Capital: Emergence of Black Entrepreneurs in Eastern Africa is expected to be published in 2023/2024. He is also the founder of www.udadisi.com, a multimedia e-platform for critical views on African issues.
Archive.
THE PARTICIPATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN TANZANIA’S 2010 GENERAL ELECTION: A Report on the Observations and Recommendations Made by Voters with Disabilities
Africapitalism: Rethinking the Role of Business in Africa. Edited by Kenneth Amaeshi, Adun Okupe, and Uwafiokun Idemudia. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. xv + 295 pp. Illustrations, figures, tables, index. Cloth, $89.99; paper, $29.99. ISBN: cloth, 978-1-107-16070-5; paper, 978-1-316-61370-2.
Qualifications.
ACADEMIC.
2011 – 2018 PhD in African Studies [Field: African History] (Harvard University).
2004 – 2005 MSc in African Studies (University of Edinburgh).
1999 – 2004 BSocSci in Psychological Studies & BA (Honors) in African Studies (University of Cape Town).
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP.
Member: Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)
Member: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA).
Member: African Studies Association (ASA).
Member: The #AfricaBlogging International Blogger Network.
Editorial Member: Journal of Tanzanian Arts, Media, and Cultures (Sanaa Journal).
Editorial Member: Carleton University’s Institute of African Studies’ (IAS) Journal: Nokoko.
Contributing Editor: Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE).
International Advisory Board Member: Strategic Review for Southern Africa.
Editor: Udadisi: Rethinking in Action.
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.
Experience.
WORK.
2023-: TBC
2021-2023: CARLETON UNIVERSITY’S INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES (IAS)
July 2021 – Assistant Professor: Teaching classes on ‘African Digital Humanities’; ‘Introduction to African Studies’; ‘The Great Lakes Region of Africa’, and conducting research on the ‘History of Capitalism’ in Eastern Africa with a focus on Dar es Salaam.
2018-2021: PRINCETON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL STUDIES (PIIRS)
Sept 2018 – August 2021 Senior Research Assistant/Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer: Teaching classes on ‘Critical African Studies’, ‘The Mother and Father Continent: A Global History of Africa’, and ‘Health, Race, and Power in Africa in the Digital Age’ ; organizing ‘Annual African Humanities Colloquium’; and researching ‘African Entrepreneurship.’
2017: HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
Aug – Dec 2017 Assistant Researcher: Preparing research briefs on ‘Precolonial African Trade: The Cases of Kano and Kilwa’ and ‘South Asian and Swahili Merchants in East Africa: The Cases of Mombasa and Malindi’ for Prof. Sven Beckert.
2016: PERINATAL HIV RESEARCH UNIT (PHRU) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND
Jun–Dec 2016 Co-Investigator: Baseline Epidemiology Study on Tuberculosis, MDR TB, Silicosis and HIV Amongst Miners and Ex-Miners in Southern Africa (BEsT in Miners).
TEACHING.
Courses Taught
2023 (Winter):
African Digital Humanities – Carleton University.
African Socialism vis-à-vis Capitalism – Carleton University.
2022 (Fall):
Introduction to African Studies – Carleton University.
The Great Lakes Region of Africa – Carleton University.
2022 (Winter):
African Digital Humanities – Carleton University.
The Great Lakes Region of Africa – Carleton University.
2021 (Fall):
Introduction to African Studies – Carleton University.
2021 (Spring):
Critical African Studies (Co-teaching with Dr. Titilola Halimat Somotan) – Princeton University.
The Mother and Father Continent: A Global History of Africa (Co-teaching with Professor Emmanuel Kreike) –Princeton University.
2020 (Fall):
Health, Race, and Power in Africa in the Digital Age – Princeton University.
2020 (Spring):
Critical African Studies – Princeton University.
2019 (Spring):
Critical African Studies (Co-teaching with Professor Emmanuel Kreike) – Princeton University.
2014 (Spring):
Elementary Swahili (Teaching Assistant for Professor John Mugane) – Harvard University.
2013 (Fall):
Elementary Swahili (Teaching Assistant for Professor John Mugane) – Harvard University.
Awards.
2022 – Carleton University’s Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Early Career Research Award.
2016 – ILR School of Cornell University’s History of Capitalism Summer Camp Certificate.
2015 – Hoover Institution Library & Archive’s International Scholar Research Support at Stanford University.
2015 – Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Mid-Dissertation Fellowship.
2014 – Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Pre-Dissertation Fellowship.
2014 – Harvard University’s Derek Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching.
2014 – Oxford Journals Doctoral Colloquium in Business History Fellowship.