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Kevin Shillington is a teacher and a freelance historian based in Dorset,
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Education

He graduated from Trinity College, located in
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, with a major in modern history in 1968. Shillington did his postgraduate teacher training at the University of Zambia, located in Lusaka, Zambia. He holds a MA and PhD in
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from the University of London.


Career

Shillington taught History and English at Secondary School in Zambia in the early 1970s. During the early 1980s, he trained history teachers at the University of Botswana, whose main campus is located in Gaborone, Botswana.Shillington, Kevin (2005). ''History of Africa'' (revised 2nd edition).
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From the mid-1980s he has been a freelance historian and biographer, specializing mostly in African History.


Bibliography

His writing includes: *''The Colonization of the Southern Tswana'' (1985) *''A Junior Certificate History for Zimbabwe'' (1986; co-author) *''History of Southern Africa'' (1987) *''History of Africa'' (1989) *''Jugnauth: Prime Minister of Mauritius'' (1991) *''An African Adventure: A Brief Life of Cecil Rhodes'' (1992) *''Ghana and the Rawlings Factor''(1992) *''History of Africa'' (revised edition, 1995) *''Causes and Consequences of Independence in Africa'' (1997) *''Sowing the Mustard Seed: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in Uganda'' (1997; co-editor) *''History of Southern Africa'' (2nd edition, 2002) *''
Encyclopedia of African History The ''Encyclopedia of African History'' is a three-volume work dedicated to African history. It was edited by Kevin Shillington and published in New York City by Routledge in November 2004. The Library of Congress subjects for this work are '' ...
'' (2004; editor) *''Encarta Encyclopedia'' (contributor) *''History of Africa'' (2nd revised edition, 2005) *''History of Modern Seychelles'' (2009) *''Luka Jantjie: Resistance Hero of the South African Frontier'' (2011) *''History of Africa'' (3rd revised edition, 2012) *''Albert Rene, the Father of Modern Seychelles. A Biography'' (2014) *''History of Africa'' (4th edition, 2019) *''Patrick van Rensburg: Rebel, Visionary and Radical Educationist'' (2020) *''Charles Warren: Royal Engineer in the Age of Empire'' (2020)


See also

* List of historians *
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shillington, Kevin Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Alumni of the University of London English historians Historians of Africa Living people University of Zambia alumni Writers from London University of Botswana faculty 20th-century male writers English Africanists