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Jean-Michel MABEKO-TALI (April, 2018) ABRIDGED CV OF Jean-Michel MABEKO-TALI (April, 2018) Country of Birth: Congo-Brazzaville Institution: Howard University, Washington, DC, USA Rank: Full and Tenured History Professor, Graduate Faculty Of African History, Graduate School College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History, 2441 Sixth. Street, NW Douglas Hall / Room 323 Washington, DC 20059 USA Phones: 202-705-7347/240-701-6103 Office: 202-806 6815 / 202 806 9334/202-806-4722 Fax: +1 202 806-4471 Emails: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] I - EDUCATION : 1996 – PhD. in African History, University Paris VII – Denis Diderot, France. 1991 – “DEA” (PhD. Candidacy Degree), University Paris VII-Denis Diderot, France, Section “African Studies”. 1987 – Master in History, Institut d’ Histoire, Université Bordeaux III, and Institut d’ Études Politiques, Bordeaux I, France. 1986 – Bachelor in History and Geography, Université de Saint Etienne, Loire, France. 1984 – DEUG (Graduation Certificate) in History and Geography, Université de Saint-Etienne, Loire, France. 1978 – 1980, Student in History at the Higher Institute for Educational Sciences (Instituto Superiror de Ciências da Educação, ISCED), Lubango, Southern Angola. 1976 – Baccalauréat, Série “A” (High School Graduation in Literacy and Social Sciences), At Chaminade High School (Lycée Chaminade), Brazzaville, Congo. 1 II - PUBLICATIONS: I – BOOKS 2018 – Guerrilhas e Lutas Sociais. O MPLA perante si próprio, 1960-1977. Ensaio de História Política. Lisbon, Editora Mercado das Letras. 814 p. 2005 - Barbares et Citoyens – l’Identité nationale à l’ épreuve des Transitions africaines – Congo-Brazzaville, Angola [ Barbarians and Citizens - National Identity challenging African Transitions – Cases study of Congo-Brazzaville and Angola]. Paris: L’Harmattan, 336 pp. (An Essay on Identity issue in African Political Transition, based on the cases study of Angola and Congo). 2001 – (In Portuguese Language) A two-volume Essay on Angolan Anti- colonial Liberation Movement (MPLA): Dissidências e Poder de Estado - O MPLA perante si próprio - 1962-1977 [Dissidences and State Power – Internal divisions within the Angolan Liberation Movement - MPLA - 1962 - 1977. A Political Essay on Angolan Political History]. III - BOOKS CONTRIBUTIONS, ARTICLES, PREFACES a) Books Contributions 2016 – “Political Angola: The State of the Art (2002-2012), in Florêncio Fernando, (Editor), Dynamics of Social Reconstruction in Post-War Angola. Freiburg/Breisgau (Germany): Arnold Bergstraesser Institut, pp. 15-38). 2014 – (In Portuguese Language): « Entender o nacionalismo de Agostinho Neto no contexto mundial dos anos cinquenta», in Actas do Colòquio Internacional sobre a vida e a obra do Dr Antònio Agostinho Neto. Luanda, Arquivo Nacional de Angola- Ministério da Cultura, pp. 119-137. 2013 – (In Portuguese Language): « Considerações sobre o despotismo colonial, e a gestão centralizada da violência no Inpério colonial» , (Considerations over Colonial Despotism in French Colonial Empire) in Varia Historia. vol.29 no.51, University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Sept. /Dec. 2013, pp. 745- 770. (See also online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0104-87752013000300006 ). 2012 - (In French Language) : « Jeunesse en armes - Naissance et mort d'un rêve juvénile de démocratie populaire en Angola en 1974-1977», p.301-358, in Muriel Gomez-Perez et Marie Nathalie Leblanc, L'Afrique des générations. Entre tensions et négociations, 2012, Paris, Karthala. 2010 - (In Spanish Language): «Entre la economia rendeira e la violência politica: el caso de Cabinda», in Jordi, Tomas (ed.): Secessionismo en África, Barcelona: Biblioteca de Estudios Africanos. 2 2006 - «Angolan Revolution », in James V. DeFronzo (Editor) Encyclopedia of Revolutionary Movements in World History from 1750 to the Present, ABC-Clio: Santa Barbara, CA, and Oxford UK,2006, volume I A-G, pp.61-70. 2006 - (In Portuguese Language): “Exclusão e Estratégias de sobrevivência no Estado-Nação: o caso das Transições politicas Congolesa e Angolana”, in Vidal, Nuno, and Andrade, Justino Pinto de (Editors), O Processo de Transição para o Multipartidarismo em Angola, Lisbon: Centro de Estudos Sociais,Faculdade de Economia, Universidades de Coimbra/ Luanda:Universidade Católica de Angola, 2006, pp.175-204. 2003 - (In French) “Congolenses/Zairenses/Regressados: Le poids des mots et des images dans la question identitaire en Angola”, in Coquery-Vidrovitch, Catherine, Goerg, Odile, Mande, Issiaka, Rajoanali, Faranirina: Être étranger et migrant en Afrique au XXème siècle: Enjeux identitaires et modes d’ insertion . Volume I: Politiques migratoires et construction des identités. Paris: ’Harmattan, Vol. I, pp. 189-206. 2000 - (In French) : «Quelques dessous diplomatiques de l’intervention angolaise dans le conflit de juin 1997, au Congo» («Behind the Scenes: Diplomatic manoeuvers by Angola in the 1997 Conflict in Congo »), in, Yengo, Patrice (Editor): Les Congos dans la Tourmente Paris : Karthala, pp. 153-165. b) Articles and Book Reviews 2017, June, Publication of a Book Review in Tagus Press, Center for Portuguese Studies & Culture, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA, (https://ojs.lib.umassd.edu/index.php/plcs/index ). Reviewed Book: Magnificent and Biggar Land: Angola Since the Civil War. A Political Science Essay by Ricardo Soares de Oliveira’s (University of Oxford, UK) London: Hurst & Company, 2015, 288pp. (Book Review available at: https://ojs.lib.umassd.edu/index.php/plcs/article/view/PLCS29_Mabeko- Tali_page176/1192 ). 2015, October, Publication of a Book Review titled: “Congo, the Ethnic Gangrene”, in Afrique Asie Magazine, Paris, October 2015 issue, pp. 44-46. Reviewed Book: L’Imposture ethnocentriste: Plaidoyer pour une argumentation éthique du politique, Brazzaville, Edition Hemar, 2015. (An Essay by Congolese Philosopher and Scholar, Charles Zacharie Bowao). See: http://www.afrique- asie.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9546:n-119-octobre- 2015&catid=69:numeros-afrique-asie 3 2009 - (In French) : « Entre économie rentière et violence politico-militaire : la question cabindaise et le processus de paix en Angola », in : Politique Africaine, (Centre d’ Etude d’ Afrique Noire, CEAN / Sciences Po, CERI/CNRS),Paris, Karthala, 2009, pp. 65-83). 2004 – Article: “Cabinda between ‘no Peace’ and ‘no War’”. In: Meijer, Guus (Editor): From military peace to social justice? The Angolan peace process. London: Conciliation Resource Accord, 2004, pp. 36-49. 2001 – Article (in French): «La Question de Cabinda: séparatismes éclatés, habiletés luandaises et conflits en Afrique Centrale» [«The Question of Cabinda Today»], in Lusotopie (Journal of Political and Social Studies on Portuguese Speaking Countries), CEAN (Centre d’Études d’Afrique Noire) Paris/Bordeaux : Karthala, pp.49-62. (see www.google.com /Mabeko-Tali) 2001 – Article (in Portuguese): «Algumas achegas sobre a nova crise no seio do MPLA” (“Some data on the MPLA’s new internal crisis”), in “Angola – 40 anos de Guerra- Encontros de divulgação e debate em estudos sociais, Vila Nova de Aguiar (Portugal), 1st Semester, pp. 89-94. 2000 – Article (In Portuguese): “Revolução, milicias, guerras civis e democracia no Congo: a longa e conturbada caminhada politica pós-colonial do Congo- Brazzaville”. [Revolution, militias, civil wars and democracy in the Congo: the long and winding political road of post-colonial Congo-Brazzaville], in Journal “Kulonga”, Luanda: ISCED, Universidade A. Neto, pp. 28-41.). 1997 – Article (in French) : “L’Interminable Transition Angolaise, et les multiples dangers de l’Incertitude Politique” , in Lusotopie (Journal of Political and Social Studies on Portuguese Speaking Countries) ), CEAN (Centre d’Études d’Afrique Noire, University of Bordeaux), Paris/Bordeaux : Karthala, pp.87-103. (see www.google.com ). 1995 – Article (In French) : «La chasse aux Zaïrois» (Les Bakongo et la transition démocratique en Angola: démocratie, ou représentation ‘ethnico- régionale’ ?» ([“ Chasing Zairenses” (The Bakongo and the Transition to Democracy in Angola: democracy, or ethno-regional representation?»). In Politique Africaine, nº 57, March, Paris/Bordeaux, Karthala (entitiled by the Editor: «Hunting Zairians»), pp.71-84. (See www.google.com / Mabeko-Tali). 1992 – Article (In French) : ‘Tribalisme’, régionalisme et lutte de libération nationale – La question "tribale" et "ethnico-régionale" dans la dissidence au sein du MPLA dans l'est angolais en 1969-1974» [« Tribalism », regionalism and the National Liberation Struggle - in L'Année Africaine - 1992-1993, Paris/Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux III/CEAN/CREPAO, pp. 463-486. 4 c) Books Prefaces 2018 – Preface, in Pinto, Alberto Oliveira, O Filho Branco de Fanon. Lisbon, Mercado das Letras, pp. 13-38. 2017 (July) – (In Portugese), Preface in Figueiredo, Leonor’s Book, O Fim da Extrema-Esquerda em Angola", Lisbon, Portugal, Edited by Guerra & Paz, 264pp.., pp. 2-4. (See: https://www.wook.pt/livro/o-fim-da-extrema-esquerda- em-angola-leonor-figueiredo/19698854 ). 2008 - (In French) “Preface” in Carneiro, Emmanuel Moreira’s Book, Le blocage historique des Économie africaines – Spécialisation rentière et Extraversion [The Historical Blockade of African Economies – Renter Specialization and Extraversion ], Paris: L’Harmattan, 2008, pp. 5-10. 2005 - (In Portuguese) : “Prefácio”, in General Iko Carreira (Former Commander of Angolan Anti-Colonial Liberation Movement, MPLA), Memorias, Luanda: Nzila, 2005, pp. 11-13. 2004 - (In French): “Preface” in Daniel Yagne Tom :
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