People

Miles Tendi

BA, MPhil, DPhil Oxon

Associate Professor of the Politics of Africa
AFFILIATION
Government and Politics Network
College
St Antony's College
Students

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: 

  • Military Coups D'état.

  • Militarism.

  • Gender and Politics.

  • Intellectuals and Politics.

  • The Existence and Uses of ‘Evil’ in Politics.

  • Biographical Research. 

  • Southern African Politics (especially Botswana, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Eswatini, Lesotho).

Miles Tendi

Publications

Sole Authored Books

  • Fall of an African Dictator: Mugabe, a Gendered Coup and Military Power, Oxford University Press (forthcoming).
  • The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe: Mujuru, the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker, Cambridge University Press.
  • Making History in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe: Politics, Intellectuals and the Media, Peter Lang.

 

Edited Books

  • The Oxford Handbook of Zimbabwean Politics, Oxford University Press. [Co-edited with Jocelyn Alexander and JoAnn McGregor]
  • Transnational Histories of Southern African Liberation Movements, Taylor and Francis. [Co-edited with Jocelyn Alexander and JoAnn McGregor]
  • Politics, Patronage and the State in Zimbabwe, Taylor and Francis. [Co-edited with Jocelyn Alexander and JoAnn McGregor]

 

Journal Articles

  • 'The Motivations and Dynamics of Zimbabwe's 2017 Military Coup', African Affairs, 119, 474, 2019. 
  • ‘Transnationalism, Contingency and  Loyalty  in  African  Liberation  Armies:  The  Case  of ZANU’s 1974-1975 Nhari Mutiny’, Journal of Southern African Studies, 43, 1, 2017.
  • ‘State Intelligence and  Zimbabwe’s  Presidential  Succession  Politics’, African  Affairs,  115, 459, 2016.
  • ‘Soldiers contra Diplomats:  The  Rhodesia/Zimbabwe  Ceasefire  (1979-80)  Reconsidered’, Small Wars and Insurgencies, 26, 6, 2015.  
  • ‘The Origins and  Functions  of  Demonisation  Discourses  in  Britain-Zimbabwe  Relations (2000-)’, Journal of Southern African Studies, 40, 6, 2014.
  • ‘Ideology, Civilian Authority  and  the  Zimbabwean  Military’, Journal  of  Southern  African Studies, 39, 4, 2013.
  • ‘Robert Mugabe’s 2013  Presidential  Election  Campaign’,  Journal  of  Southern  African Studies, 39, 4, 2013.
  • ‘Power-sharing  in  Comparative  Perspective:  the  Origins  and  Consequences  of  ‘Unity Government’  in  Kenya  and  Zimbabwe’,  (co-author:  Nic  Cheeseman), Journal  of  Modern African Studies, 48, 2, 2010.
  • ‘Patriotic History and  Public  Intellectuals  Critical  of  Power’, Journal  of  Southern  African Studies, 34, 2, 2008.
  • ‘La Violence et les Urnes: Le Zimbabwe en 2008’, (co-author: Jocelyn Alexander), Politique Africaine, 111, 29, 2008.
  • ‘A Tale of Two Elections: Zimbabwe at The Polls in 2008’, (co-author: Jocelyn Alexander), ACAS Bulletin, 2, 80, 2008.