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Simukai Chigudu
Simukai Chigudu (born 1986) is an Associate Professor of African Politics at the University of Oxford. His work considers the social and political mechanisms that give rise to inequality in Africa. Early life and education Chigudu was born in Zimbabwe, where he attended St George's College, Harare. In 2003 he moved to the United Kingdom, where he attended Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school Stonyhurst College, going on to study medicine at Newcastle University. After graduating, he worked as a doctor in the National Health Service, and became increasingly interested in global health and healthcare equity. He took part in several international placements, including at the Global Fund for Women where he studied sexual health in Sub-Saharan Africa. As part of this position Chigudu worked in rural hospitals in South Africa and was a research assistant a large epidemiological survey in Tanzania. On his return he joined Imperial College London as an academi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare. The second largest city is Bulawayo. A country of roughly 15 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona language, Shona, and Northern Ndebele language, Ndebele the most common. Beginning in the 9th century, during its late Iron Age, the Bantu peoples, Bantu people (who would become the ethnic Shona people, Shona) built the city-state of Great Zimbabwe which became one of the major African trade centres by the 11th century, controlling the gold, ivory and copper trades with the Swahili coast, which were connected to Arab and Indian states. By the mid 15th century, the city-state had been abandoned. From there, the Kingdom of Zimbabwe was established, fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |