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.
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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 : L’UPC face au marasme camerounais. Camerounais. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2004. 180 pages, pp. 9-19.
IV – EDITED JOURNAL
From 2005 to 2007 : Edited Journal in Social Sciences Studies:
Title of the Journal (in Portuguese Language): Caderno de Estudos Sociais [Social Studies Notebook] (An Annual Issue). Publishing Institution: Centro de Estudos Sociais e Desenvolvimento [Center for Social Studies and Development] (CESD). Address: Immovel do Arquivo Histórico de Angola, 4º. Andar Direita, Luanda, Angola, Email: [email protected] Chairman: Mr Lopo Ferreira do Nascimento (Former Angolan Prime Minister, 1975-1979), and Specialist in International Relations. Senior Editor and Correspondent: Jean-Michel Mabeko-Tali (Howard University, Washington, DC) • First Issue (July 2005): Topic: Democracia e Identidades Nacionais [Democracy and National Identity], 57 Pages • Second Issue (July 2006), Topic: A questão daTerra em Angola,Ontem e Hoje [The Land Issue in Angola: in the past and, the Present], 150 pp. • V – TRANSLATION / EDITION OF BOOKS 2008 – Translation /publication from Portuguese to French Language of : Carneiro, Emmanuel Moreira’s Le blocage historique des Économie africaines – Spécialisation rentière et Extraversion [The Historical Blockade of The
5 African Economies – Renter Specialization and Extraversion ].Paris: L’Harmattan, 2008, 218 pp.
VI – CREATIVE WORKS NOVELS: 2003 - Le Musée de la Honte, Paris: L’Harmattan, 126 p. Topic: the Child- Soldiers issue during civil war in Congo-B., from 1997 to 2001.)
2001 - L’Exil et l’Interdit, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2003, 226p. Topics : The youth rebellion, the confrontation between tradition and modernity, in the 1960s Congo-Brazzaville society.
Up coming Novel- La mémoire lointaine, to be published in Paris, (Expected in Fall 2018). Upcoming Short Stories: La Grande Tourbière. (Expected in Fall 2018).
VII - ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Since 2007 (August) - Appointed as Full Tenured Professor of African History, Howard University, Washington, DC.
Since 2006 - Graduate Faculty of the Graduate School, College of Arts and Sciences Department of History, at Howard University.
2003 to 2006: Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History, Howard University, Washington, DC.
From 1998 to 2002 - Associate Professor of African History, at the Angolan State University, “Universidade Agostinho Neto”, Luanda, Republic of Angola.
From 1996 to 1998 – Assistant Professor of African History, at “Universidade Agostinho Neto”, Luanda, Republic of Angola.
(From 1984 to 1996, University Training in France)
From 1981 to 1983: History Teacher at Luanda High School ‘Instituto Pré- Universitario Mutu Ya Kevela’, Luanda, Angola.
From 1978 to 1980: History Teacher at Lubango High School ‘Instituto Pré- Universitàrio de Lubango’, Lubango, Southern Angola.
VIII – FURTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE SINCE 2001
2016, April, 6th-9th.: Guest Lecturer at a Colloquium titled Socialisms in Africa/African Socialisms, at the University Paris 1 Sorbonne, France. (see http://calenda.org/357177 ).
6 2015: Nominated Member of the Team for the elaboration of the IX Volume (T. III) of the General History of Africa, under supervision of Emeritus Professor Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, of the University of Paris VII (for Tome III of the Volume). Contact of Professor C. Coquery-Vidrovitch: ([email protected]) .
2015, October, 19th-25th. – Guest Lecturer at the Conference titled “Africa and the Great War (1914-1918), at the University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal.
July, 2016, New York City: Guest Lecturer at a Roundtable titled “The General History of Africa: Learning and Teaching about African Heritage”, organized by UNESCO, as part of a Conference titled “Remember Slavery” (https://twitter.com/rememberslavery ).
2015, July: (As follow up of the above referred Conference): Participation into a debate organized by United Nations Broadcasting Radio on the same Topic. (See: http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/french/2015/07/histoire-generale-de- lafrique-favoriser-lapprentissage-par-les-enfants-du-continent/#.VjZga6TePhA ).
2015, June, Arlington, Virginia, Guest Lecturer at a Seminar titled “History and Culture in Central Africa”, at the ‘Foreign Service Institute George P. Shultz, National Foreign Affairs Training Center’ (Department of State). Contact: Africa Area Studies Program, Room F-4316, Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State, Ph. (703) 302-6891.
2015, May (3rd-10th.). Attended UNESCO Conference on General History of Africa, in Khartoum and Meroe, Sudan, as active member of UNESCO International Scientific Committee for the Pedagogical Use of General History of Africa.
2014 (From May 12th to June 12th ): Guest Lecturer and Researcher at the ‘École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales , EHESS, Paris, France.
Since 2013, up to date (2016) – Editorial Advisory Board Member of Brazilian Academic Journal "Estudos Africanos e da Diáspora", of the State University of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
2012 - Chair of the Search Committee for Hiring Position on Latin American History.
2012 (July) – Guest Lecturer at the Brazilian “COPENE” (Congress of Brazilian Black Researchers), Anapolis, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
2011 (July): Lecturer at the Portuguese High Institute for Social Sciences (ISCTE): Paper presented “Winners and Losers of the Angolan Civil War”.
2010 (February) – Attended the Symposium “Knowing tomorrow –
7 Cooperative Research Project in Sub-Saharan Africa”, University of Bayreuth, Germany, 14th to 20th , February.
2010 (February) – Guest Lecturer at the Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal: Topic: “Political Transitions, Civil War and Identities issues in Congo”.
From 2009 (February) to 2017 - Member of the International Scientific Committee of UNESCO for the Pedagogical Use of the General History of Africa; as such, I have been participating in the elaboration of Manuals for African Schools and Colleges.
2009 – March, Paris, France: Guest Lecturer at a Conference titled « Réflexion sur l’Oeuvre de Christine Messiant », École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, EHESS.
2008, May-June – Fellow Researcher and Lecturer on African History, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, EHESS, Paris, France.
2008, Chair of the Search Committee for Hiring Position on Latin American History.
2006 – 2007 Member of the Search Committee for Position hiring for European History, Department of History, Howard University.
Since 2005 up to date (2016): Editorial Advisory Board Member of the Journal of Higher Education in Africa of the CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa, an African Union organism. ([email protected]).
From 2006 to 2011 - Senior Researcher in a 5-years major research project funded by German VW Foundation, and titled: “Reconciliation and Social Conflict in the Aftermath of large-scale Violence in Southern Africa: the cases of Angola and Namibia” (Contacts: Nicole Richter, [email protected], and Franz-Wilhelm Heimer, Emeritus Professor, Centro de Estudos Africanos ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal, Tel. +351 21 790 30 67, email: [email protected]).
2005 - Member of Curriculum Committee of the Department of History (African History), Howard University.
2004 – 2005 - Guest Panelist and Volunteer Reviewer at the American Association of University Women - AAUW - Educational Foundation. Contact: www.aauw.org.
From 2005 to 2010 - Board Member of the Academic Review Lusotopie,
8 Centre d’Étude d’Afrique Noire [Center for Black African Studies]/ CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Bordeaux, France. Lusotopie: Maison des Suds – CNRS 12 Esplanade des Antilles 33607 Pessac cedex, France Telephone (00335) (05) 56 84 82 12 [email protected]
Since 2004, Regular Lecturer at the African Studies Association (ASA) Annual Conference, in the United States.
Since 2003 - Board Member of the Journal of Higher Education in Africa, CODESRIA (BP. 3304, Tel.: +221-825 9822/23; Fax: + 221-824 1289, Dakar, Sénégal, www.codesria.org/ Journal of Higher Education in Africa, and [email protected])
1999, 2001 – Fellow Researcher and Lecturer at the ‘Maison des Sciences de l’Homme’, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, EHESS, Paris, France.
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