Tiyambe zeleza biography of christopher
Reflections on the two recent conferences I attended in Havana, Cuba (September ), and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (September October 2)..
It brings me immense joy to share that I have joined Howard University as Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives and Professor of African Studies.
Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
Malawian historian
Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (born 25 May 1955) is a Malawian historian, literary critic, novelist, short-story writer and blogger at The Zeleza Post.[1] He was (2009) president of the African Studies Association.[2] He was the Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Quinnipiac University.[3] He served as Vice Chancellor of the United States International University Africa from 2016 to 2021,[4] located in Nairobi, Kenya.
He served as Associate Provost and North Star Distinguished Professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio from 2021 to 2023, and was appointed to his current position as Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives at Howard University in October 2023.
Personal background
Zeleza was born on 25 May 1955 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (today Harare, Zimbabwe) to Malawian parents. His family returned to Nyasaland (today Malawi) in 1956, before returning to Rhodesia in 1972.