Patrick Chabal (29 April 1951 – 16 January 2014) was a leading Africanist of the late 20th and early 21st century. He had a long career in academics. Patrick Chabal's latest position was Chair in African History & Politics at

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

. He published numerous books, book chapters and articles about Africa. He was one of the founders of

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(Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies) and was a board member for many years.

Major publications

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Amílcar Cabral Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral (; – ) was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, pan-Africanist, intellectual, poet, theoretician, revolutionary, political organizer, nationalist and diplomat. He was one of Africa's foremo ...

. Revolutionary leadership and people's war'' (Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1983) *with Jean-Pascal Daloz: ''Africa Works: disorder as political instrument'' (Oxford, Currey, 1999) **with Jean-Pascal Daloz: ''Culture Troubles: politics and the interpretation of meaning'' (London, Hurst, 2006) *with Ulf Engel & Leo de Haan (eds): ''African Alternatives'' (2007) *''Africa: the politics of suffering and smiling'' (2009) *''The end of Conceit: Western rationality after postcolonialism'' (2012)

References

External links

Professional page at King's College London

Chabal's publications at Worldcat
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chabal, Patrick British Africanists Academics of King's College London 1951 births 2014 deaths Harvard University alumni Columbia University alumni