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