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Miles Tendi
BA, MPhil, DPhil Oxon
Associate Professor of the Politics of Africa
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Miles Tendi joined the Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR) in 2017. His post is a joint appointment with the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA). Before moving to DPIR, he held a Departmental Lectureship in African Politics in the Oxford Department of International Development (QEH) from 2011 to 2017. Prior to joining the Oxford Department of International Development (QEH), he worked as a risk consultant for Control Risks (London).
Research
Tendi is interested in:
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Military Coups D'état.
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Militarism.
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Gender and Politics.
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Intellectuals and Politics.
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The Existence and Uses of ‘Evil’ in Politics.
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Biographical Research.
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Southern African Politics (especially Botswana, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Eswatini, Lesotho).
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Publications
Journal Articles
2020
Tendi, B. (2020) “Foreword”, African Histories and Modernities, p. v - vii.
TENDI, B. (2020) “THE MOTIVATIONS AND DYNAMICS OF ZIMBABWE’S 2017 MILITARY COUP”, African Affairs [Preprint].
2017
Tendi, B. (2017) “Transnationalism, Contingency and Loyalty in African Liberation Armies: The Case of ZANU’s 1974–75 Nhari Mutiny”, Journal of Southern African Studies [Preprint].
Alexander, J., McGregor, J. and Tendi, B.-M. (2017) “The Transnational Histories of Southern African Liberation Movements: An Introduction”, Journal of Southern African Studies [Preprint].
2016
Tendi, B.-M. (2016) “Land and Security in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe”, Journal of Southern African Studies, 42(1), pp. 164–166.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2016.1126459
Tendi, B.-M. (2016) “State intelligence and the politics of Zimbabwe’s presidential succession”, AFRICAN AFFAIRS, 115(459), pp. 203–224.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adv074
2015
Tendi, B.-M. (2015) “Power Politics in Zimbabwe by Michael Bratton Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2014. Pp. 281. $68 (hbk)”, The Journal of Modern African Studies, 53(4), pp. 675–676.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x15000713
Tendi, B. (2015) “Soldiers contra diplomats: Britain’s role in the Zimbabwe/Rhodesia ceasefire (1979–1980) reconsidered”, Small Wars and Insurgencies, 26(6), pp. 937–956.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2015.1095843
2014
Tendi, B.-M. (2014) “The Origins and Functions of Demonisation Discourses in Britain-Zimbabwe Relations (2000-)”, JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN STUDIES, 40(6), pp. 1251–1269.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2014.933646
Tendi, B. (2014) “The Origins and Functions of Demonisation Discourses in Britain–Zimbabwe Relations (2000–)”, Journal of Southern African Studies [Preprint], (6).
Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2014.933646
2013
Tendi, B. (2013) “Ideology, Civilian Authority and the Zimbabwean Military”, Journal of Southern African Studies, 39(4), pp. 829–843.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2013.858543
Tendi, B.-M. (2013) “Ideology, Civilian Authority and the Zimbabwean Military”, Journal of Southern African Studies, 39(4), pp. 829–843.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2013.858543
Tendi, B.-M. (2013) “Robert Mugabe’s 2013 Presidential Election Campaign”, Journal of Southern African Studies, 39(4), pp. 963–970.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2013.858537
2011
Tendi, B.-M. (2011) “ROBERT MUGABE AND TOXICITY: HISTORY AND CONTEXT MATTER”, Representation, 47(3), pp. 307–318.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/00344893.2011.596439
2010
Cheeseman, N. and Tendi, B.-M. (2010) “Power-sharing in comparative perspective: The dynamics of ’unity government’ in Kenya and Zimbabwe”, Journal of Modern African Studies, 48(2), pp. 203–229.
2008
Alexander, J., Tendi, B.-M. and Rochon, C. (2008) “La violence et les urnes : le Zimbabwe en 2008”, Politique africaine, N° 111(3), pp. 111–129.
Available at https://doi.org/10.3917/polaf.111.0111
Tendi, B.-M. (2008) “Patriotic History and Public Intellectuals Critical of Power”, Journal of Southern African Studies, 34(2), pp. 379–396.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070802038041
Books
2020
Tendi, B. (2020) Army and Politics in Zimbabwe: Mujuru, the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker, pp. 1–339.
Available at https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108561600
2019
TENDI, B. (2019) Army and Politics in Zimbabwe (9781108472890). Cambridge University Press.
2010
Tendi, B.-M. (2010) Making History in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe Politics, Intellectuals and the Media. Peter Lang.
Chapters
2020
Alexander, J., McGregor, J. and Tendi, B.-M. (2020) “The Transnational Histories of Southern African Liberation Movements: An Introduction”, in Transnational Histories of Southern Africa’s Liberation Movements. Taylor & Francis, pp. 1–12.
Available at https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367854935-1
Tendi, B.-M. (2020) “Transnationalism, Contingency and Loyalty in African Liberation Armies: The Case of ZANU’s 1974–1975 Nhari Mutiny”, in Transnational Histories of Southern Africa’s Liberation Movements. Taylor & Francis, pp. 140–156.
Available at https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367854935-9
Tendi, B.-M. (2020) “’A Big Small Man’”, in ARMY AND POLITICS IN ZIMBABWE: MUJURU, THE LIBERATION FIGHTER AND KINGMAKER, p. 156 - +.
Tendi, B.-M. (2020) “Fireborn I”, in ARMY AND POLITICS IN ZIMBABWE: MUJURU, THE LIBERATION FIGHTER AND KINGMAKER, p. 11 - +.
Tendi, B.-M. (2020) “Fireborn II”, in ARMY AND POLITICS IN ZIMBABWE: MUJURU, THE LIBERATION FIGHTER AND KINGMAKER, p. 264 - +.
Tendi, B.-M. (2020) “Fortune, Love and Politics”, in ARMY AND POLITICS IN ZIMBABWE: MUJURU, THE LIBERATION FIGHTER AND KINGMAKER, p. 224 - +.
Tendi, B.-M. (2020) “Ghost of Chitepo”, in ARMY AND POLITICS IN ZIMBABWE: MUJURU, THE LIBERATION FIGHTER AND KINGMAKER, p. 33 - +.
Tendi, B.-M. (2020) “Gods of Violence”, in ARMY AND POLITICS IN ZIMBABWE: MUJURU, THE LIBERATION FIGHTER AND KINGMAKER, p. 189 - +.
Tendi, B.-M. (2020) “Kingmaker”, in ARMY AND POLITICS IN ZIMBABWE: MUJURU, THE LIBERATION FIGHTER AND KINGMAKER, p. 68 - +.
Tendi, B.-M. (2020) “The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe <i>Mujuru</i>, <i>the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker</i> Preamble”, in ARMY AND POLITICS IN ZIMBABWE: MUJURU, THE LIBERATION FIGHTER AND KINGMAKER, p. 1 - +.
Tendi, B.-M. (2020) “The Longest Time”, in ARMY AND POLITICS IN ZIMBABWE: MUJURU, THE LIBERATION FIGHTER AND KINGMAKER, p. 96 - +.
Tendi, B.-M. (2020) “’We Are Free . We Are Here’”, in ARMY AND POLITICS IN ZIMBABWE: MUJURU, THE LIBERATION FIGHTER AND KINGMAKER, p. 125 - +.
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