Khadiagala, Gilbert M. 1957-

PERSONAL:

Born September 23, 1957, in Kakamega, Kenya; immigrated to the United States, naturalized citizen; son of Trufosa Kanaga Muruli (mother; a farmer); married; wife's name Lynn S. (a professor), June 12, 1988. Ethnicity: "Black." Education: University of Nairobi, B.A., 1980; McMaster University, M.A., 1982; Johns Hopkins University, Ph. D., 1990. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Protestant. Hobbies and other interests: Jogging.

ADDRESSES:

Office—The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Room 416, Nitze Bldg., 1740 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20036. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, assistant lecturer, 1982-84; Kent State University, Kent, OH, assistant professor, 1991-96, associate professor, 1996-97; Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, associate professor of African studies and comparative politics, and acting director of the African studies program, 1997—. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, former consulting director of the Africa Project.

MEMBER:

International Studies Association, American Political Science Association, African Studies Association.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Fulbright senior specialist grant, University of South Africa; Ford Foundation fellowship, 1984-87; MacArthur Foundation fellowship, 1987-89; U.S. Institute of Peace fellowship.

WRITINGS:

Allies in Adversity: The Frontline States in Southern African Security, 1975-1993, Ohio University Press (Athens, OH), 1994.

(Editor, with Terrence Lyons) African Foreign Policies: Power and Process, Lynne Rienner Publishers (Boulder, CO), 2001.

Contributor to journals and periodicals, including SAIS Review, Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Africa Today, Journal of Modern African Studies, and Round Table.

SIDELIGHTS:

Gilbert M. Khadiagala is an Africa specialist who was educated in both his native Kenya and in the United States. He has served on the faculties of several universities in both countries, including Johns Hopkins in the United States, where he became an associate professor of African studies and comparative politics, as well as acting director of the African studies program.

Khadiagala is the author of academic books that include Allies in Adversity: The Frontline States in Southern African Security, 1975-1993. The states referred to in the title include Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and Khadiagala studies their critical roles in southern African security and decolonization beginning in the 1970s, which resulted in a global consensus on the issue of minority rule. The Frontline States (FLS), which Khadiagala writes were effective in spite of "their individual and collective political, economic, and military weaknesses," expanded into the economically driven Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC), which Donald P. Chimanikire noted in the Journal of African History "became the symbol of successful efforts at political liberation while offering the promise of enhanced regionalism."

Richard Weisfelder commented in Africa Today that "unlike texts that give only lip service to methodology, Khadiagala is successful in relating his initial assumptions to the five case studies of regional conflicts that constitute the core of the book," which the critic called "an excellent introduction … to first-rate case studies of the collective efforts of weak states to cope with the strong. In the process, readers will also get a superb review of southern African regional dynamics over the past three decades."

Khadiagala told CA: "I write academic books since I am a professor. My research is animated by a desire to inform and educate. I also write to be an inspiration to my students."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Khadiagala, Gilbert M., Allies in Adversity: The Frontline States in Southern African Security, 1975-1993, Ohio University Press (Athens, OH), 1994.

PERIODICALS

Africa, fall, 1995, Eric T. Young, review of Allies in Adversity, p. 622.

Africa Today, January-March, 1996, Richard Weisfelder, review of Allies in Adversity, p. 97.

Choice, May, 1995, S.M. Rugumamu, review of Allies in Adversity, p. 1520.

International Affairs, July, 1995, Adrian Guelke, review of Allies in Adversity, p. 669; January, 2002, Christopher Clapham, review of African Foreign Policies: Power and Process, p. 202.

International Journal of African Historical Studies, winter, 1996, Jeremy Grest, review of Allies in Adversity, p. 161.

Journal of African History, July, 1996, Donald P. Chimanikire, review of Allies in Adversity, p. 343.

Journal of Developing Areas, July, 1996, Julius E. Nyang'oro, review of Allies in Adversity, p. 560.