List of Participants - Stolten's African Studies Resources

Africa in World Politics
Martin S. Shanguhyia
Martin S. Shanguhyia is an Assistant Professor of African
History. His research interests include Colonial and
Postcolonial Eastern Africa and Agrarian/Environmental
studies.
Michael Sharp
University of Puerto Rico
Adam Adebayo Sirajudeen
Kogi State University, Anyigba
Kathleen R. Smythe
Kathleen Smythe teaches African history at Xavier
University. She teaches an introductory survey and a
wide range of upper-level courses. Her current research
and publishing draws on her experiences teaching early
African history in the survey and explores themes of
African history that can help informcontemporary issues,
such as climate change in early African history and the
role and organization of matrilineal societies. Her first
book (Fipa Families) examined the common interest in
socialization that Catholic missions and Fipa parents
shared in southwest Tanzania.
Alexandra Sowash
Alexandra Sowash is a PhD student in the Government
Department at the University of Texas at Austin. Her
current research focuses on Chinese acquisition of
agricultural land in Tanzania and Mozambique. She seeks
to determine Chinese investment strategies in Tanzania
and Mozambique and understand the impact of foreign
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