Horace Campbell
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Horace G. Campbell is a noted international peace and justice scholar and Professor of African American Studies
and Political Science at Syracuse University
in Syracuse, New York. Born in 1945 (Montego Bay, Jamaica), he has been involved in Africa's Liberation Struggles and in the struggles for peace and justice globally for more than four decades. From his years in Toronto, Canada, to his sojourns in Uganda
, Tanzania
, Zimbabwe
, the United Kingdom
and parts of the Caribbean, he has been an influential force offering alternatives to the hegemonic ideas of Eurocentrism. In an attempt to theorize new concepts of revolution in the 21st century he has been seeking to expand on the ideas of fractals and the importance of emancipatory ideas http://www.blackcommentator.com/265/265_obama_fractals_momentum_campbell_think.html He currently teaches in the Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University
.
, Canada
, Uganda
and the United Kingdom
. He did his doctoral work at Sussex University in the United Kingdom
. The title of his thesis was The Commandist State in Uganda
. Since 1979, he has been studying issues of militarism
and transformation in Africa
. Before teaching at Syracuse University, Horace Campbell taught in the Department of Political Science
at Northwestern University
in Evanston, Illinois
and for six years at the University of Dar Es Salaam
. He has been a Visiting Distinguished Professor in South Africa
, Ireland
and in Uganda
.
, Militarism
and Transformation in Southern Africa , Introduction to Pan Africanism and The Caribbean
Society since Independence, Caribbean
Intellectual Thought and Introduction to African American Studies
. At Syracuse University
, Campbell is a member of the International Relations Faculty in the Maxwell School. He is also one of the principal conveners for the Graduate Seminar on Pan Africanism: Research and Readings. In this course he conducts a major seminar on the issues of peace and reconstruction and the meanings of Pan Africanism today.
He is the Director of the Africa Initiative in the University. The purpose of the initiative is to focus on Africa as an important source of knowledge, highlighting work on the continent by Syracuse University scholars. The scholars represent a variety of disciplines including the arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, mathematics, engineering and others. The Africa Initiative has the following areas of research and advocacy: peace and reconstruction, Africa and the information revolution, gender and the environment in the Pan African world, African Orature, African Languages and literatures and Reparations in the Twenty First Century.
Dr. Campbell has published widely. His most important book Rasta
and Resistance From Marcus Garvey
to Walter Rodney
is going through its sixth edition. His Reclaiming Zimbabwe
: The Exhaustion of the Patriarchal Model of Liberation (David Phillip, South Africa
and Africa World Press, New Jersey
, 2003) lays out a new critique of liberation movements that go sour and fail to transform themselves and their societies. His most recent book is Pan Africanism, Pan Africanists and African Liberation in the 21st century(New Academia Publishers 2006).
Dr. Campbell has contributed over thirty chapters to other edited books and has published numerous articles and reviews in scholarly journals, and is currently writing a book titled Angola: The Struggle for Reconstruction.
Dr. Campbell writes regularly for the major newspapers in the USA, Southern Africa, the Caribbean
, and the United Kingdom
. He has been a commentator on international politics on Pacifica Radio. His commentaries on international issues are widely circulated and his interview for the Blackelectorate.com, on the implications of September 11/2001 for humanity was widely reproduced on web sites in Africa
, Europe
, Latin America
and North America
. As a commentator on peace and transformation, he is actively involved in the opposition to the establishment of the US Africa Command.
Presently, he serves as the Chairperson of the Walter Rodney Commemoration Committee. This is a committee of activists who seek to extend the work and ideas of Walter Rodney in relation to emancipatory politics.
Dr. Campbell was the first Director of the Syracuse University Study Abroad Program in Harare
, Zimbabwe
. During this period in Zimbabwe
he worked with Youths to grasp the importance of emancipation in the post-independence era. It was his interaction with the youth, especially the radical African Feminists that influenced his book, Reclaiming Zimbabwe: The Exhaustion of the Patriarchal Model off Liberation. In the region of Southern Africa, he participated in the debates on regional cooperation and continues to be an active researcher on questions of peace and reconstruction in Africa. In 2007 he was the keynote speaker at the Africa beyond Borders in Durban
, South Africa. He delivered the Wolpe lecture at the University of Kwa –Zulu Natal in July 2007. http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ccs/default.asp?2,40,3,1257
In the summer of 2001, he conducted research on peace in Central Africa
and was based at the Global Pan African Movement in Kampala, Uganda. He gave presentations on Peace and Reconstruction before the Uganda Society in Uganda, the Nairobi Peace Initiative (Nairobi
, Kenya
) and the Desmond Tutu
Peace Center (Cape Town
, South Africa). Campbell was a presenter on Globalisation at the NGO Forum of the World Conference Against Racism
(WCAR) in Durban South Africa. He served for five years as the Chairperson of the International Caucus of the Black Radical Congress.
Dr. Campbell works in the wider Syracuse Community as an activist for peace. He is an advisory Board member of the Syracuse Peace Council, one of the oldest peace organizations in the USA.
Dr. Campbell is in high demand as an expert commentator on issues relating to contemporary Africa and the world. He is frequently invited to lecture international gatherings around the world and has been interviewed on American, African and other global radio and TV stations on developments in Africa and the Caribbean. He is as reputed in Syracuse University among students as among media persons covering global issues. His ability to provide an alternative viewpoint to the so-called "mainstream" voices on international affairs has attracted a wide following within academia and in communities striving for peace and justice.
Horace Campbell's Faculty Web Page at the Department of African American Studies, Syracuse University.http://aas.syr.edu/faculty.htm#Campbell
Horace Campbell's Article That Was Included as a Document at the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2002.http://www.worldsummit2002.org/texts/HoraceCampbell.pdf
Department of African American Studies - Syracuse University
The Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University is a leading Africana studies department in the United States. It is a prominent independent department at Syracuse University that has had a long history of activism and scholarship in Black and Pan African Studies...
and Political Science at Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
in Syracuse, New York. Born in 1945 (Montego Bay, Jamaica), he has been involved in Africa's Liberation Struggles and in the struggles for peace and justice globally for more than four decades. From his years in Toronto, Canada, to his sojourns in Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
, Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and parts of the Caribbean, he has been an influential force offering alternatives to the hegemonic ideas of Eurocentrism. In an attempt to theorize new concepts of revolution in the 21st century he has been seeking to expand on the ideas of fractals and the importance of emancipatory ideas http://www.blackcommentator.com/265/265_obama_fractals_momentum_campbell_think.html He currently teaches in the Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University
Department of African American Studies - Syracuse University
The Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University is a leading Africana studies department in the United States. It is a prominent independent department at Syracuse University that has had a long history of activism and scholarship in Black and Pan African Studies...
.
Education and Early Academics
Dr. Campbell was educated in the CaribbeanCaribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. He did his doctoral work at Sussex University in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The title of his thesis was The Commandist State in Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
. Since 1979, he has been studying issues of militarism
Militarism
Militarism is defined as: the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests....
and transformation in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. Before teaching at Syracuse University, Horace Campbell taught in the Department of Political Science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
at Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
in Evanston, Illinois
Evanston, Illinois
Evanston is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, bordering Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan...
and for six years at the University of Dar Es Salaam
University of Dar es Salaam
The University of Dar es Salaam is a university in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam. The university was born out of a decision taken in 1970 to split the then University of East Africa into three independent universities; Makerere University , University of Nairobi and University of Dar es...
. He has been a Visiting Distinguished Professor in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
and in Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
.
Contributions to Scholarship
Presently, within Syracuse University, he serves as a mentor for younger scholars and teaches courses on African Politics, African International RelationsInternational relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
, Militarism
Militarism
Militarism is defined as: the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests....
and Transformation in Southern Africa , Introduction to Pan Africanism and The Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
Society since Independence, Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
Intellectual Thought and Introduction to African American Studies
African American studies
African American studies is a subset of Black studies or Africana studies. It is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of African Americans...
. At Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
, Campbell is a member of the International Relations Faculty in the Maxwell School. He is also one of the principal conveners for the Graduate Seminar on Pan Africanism: Research and Readings. In this course he conducts a major seminar on the issues of peace and reconstruction and the meanings of Pan Africanism today.
He is the Director of the Africa Initiative in the University. The purpose of the initiative is to focus on Africa as an important source of knowledge, highlighting work on the continent by Syracuse University scholars. The scholars represent a variety of disciplines including the arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, mathematics, engineering and others. The Africa Initiative has the following areas of research and advocacy: peace and reconstruction, Africa and the information revolution, gender and the environment in the Pan African world, African Orature, African Languages and literatures and Reparations in the Twenty First Century.
Dr. Campbell has published widely. His most important book Rasta
Rasta
Rasta may refer to:* The Rastafari movement or, particularly, a follower of that movement* Rasta, a Persian/Farsi name and word meaning "truth"...
and Resistance From Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH was a Jamaican publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League...
to Walter Rodney
Walter Rodney
Walter Rodney was a prominent Guyanese historian and political activist, who was assassinated in Guyana in 1980.-Career:...
is going through its sixth edition. His Reclaiming Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
: The Exhaustion of the Patriarchal Model of Liberation (David Phillip, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
and Africa World Press, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, 2003) lays out a new critique of liberation movements that go sour and fail to transform themselves and their societies. His most recent book is Pan Africanism, Pan Africanists and African Liberation in the 21st century(New Academia Publishers 2006).
Dr. Campbell has contributed over thirty chapters to other edited books and has published numerous articles and reviews in scholarly journals, and is currently writing a book titled Angola: The Struggle for Reconstruction.
Dr. Campbell writes regularly for the major newspapers in the USA, Southern Africa, the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
, and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. He has been a commentator on international politics on Pacifica Radio. His commentaries on international issues are widely circulated and his interview for the Blackelectorate.com, on the implications of September 11/2001 for humanity was widely reproduced on web sites in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
and North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. As a commentator on peace and transformation, he is actively involved in the opposition to the establishment of the US Africa Command.
Affiliations and Activism
Dr. Campbell is a member of the African Studies Association and the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. He is an active member of the African Association of Political Science and was the guest editor in the first issue of the African Journal of Political Science, where he coordinated the publication on the question of Pan Africanism in the 21st century.Presently, he serves as the Chairperson of the Walter Rodney Commemoration Committee. This is a committee of activists who seek to extend the work and ideas of Walter Rodney in relation to emancipatory politics.
Dr. Campbell was the first Director of the Syracuse University Study Abroad Program in Harare
Harare
Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...
, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
. During this period in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
he worked with Youths to grasp the importance of emancipation in the post-independence era. It was his interaction with the youth, especially the radical African Feminists that influenced his book, Reclaiming Zimbabwe: The Exhaustion of the Patriarchal Model off Liberation. In the region of Southern Africa, he participated in the debates on regional cooperation and continues to be an active researcher on questions of peace and reconstruction in Africa. In 2007 he was the keynote speaker at the Africa beyond Borders in Durban
Durban
Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...
, South Africa. He delivered the Wolpe lecture at the University of Kwa –Zulu Natal in July 2007. http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ccs/default.asp?2,40,3,1257
In the summer of 2001, he conducted research on peace in Central Africa
Central Africa
Central Africa is a core region of the African continent which includes Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda....
and was based at the Global Pan African Movement in Kampala, Uganda. He gave presentations on Peace and Reconstruction before the Uganda Society in Uganda, the Nairobi Peace Initiative (Nairobi
Nairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
) and the Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid...
Peace Center (Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
, South Africa). Campbell was a presenter on Globalisation at the NGO Forum of the World Conference Against Racism
World Conference against Racism
The World Conference against Racism are international events organised by the UNESCO to struggle against racism ideologies and behaviours. Four conferences have been held so far, in 1978, 1983, 2001 and 2009...
(WCAR) in Durban South Africa. He served for five years as the Chairperson of the International Caucus of the Black Radical Congress.
Dr. Campbell works in the wider Syracuse Community as an activist for peace. He is an advisory Board member of the Syracuse Peace Council, one of the oldest peace organizations in the USA.
Dr. Campbell is in high demand as an expert commentator on issues relating to contemporary Africa and the world. He is frequently invited to lecture international gatherings around the world and has been interviewed on American, African and other global radio and TV stations on developments in Africa and the Caribbean. He is as reputed in Syracuse University among students as among media persons covering global issues. His ability to provide an alternative viewpoint to the so-called "mainstream" voices on international affairs has attracted a wide following within academia and in communities striving for peace and justice.
Personal life
Dr. Campbell is married to Professor Makini Zaline Roy, who is an educator, Professor of Education at Syracuse University and a community activist.Books
- Campbell, H (2010) 'Barack Obama and 21st Century Politics' breaks down revolutionary movements behind president's campaign, Pluto Books
- Campbell, H (2007) China in Africa: challenging US global hegemony,in Manji, F and Marks, S (eds) African Perspectives on China in Africa, Oxford: Pambazuka Press http://fahamubooks.org/
- Campbell, H (2006) Pan Africanists and African Liberation in the 21st century', New Academia Publishers
- Campbell, H (2003) Reclaiming Zimbabwe: The Exhaustion of the Patriarchal Model of Liberation, New Jersey: South Africa and Africa World Press
- Campbell, H (1985) Rasta and Resistance From Marcus Garvey to Walter Rodney, Hansib Publications
Articles
- 'Reparations and regrets: Why is the US Senate apologising now?' (2009) Publish in Pambazuka NewsPambazuka NewsPambazuka News , published by Fahamu since 2000, is a pan-African electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa providing: contemporary commentary and in-depth analysis on politics and current affairs development, human rights, refugees, gender issues and culture in Africa...
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/57374
- 'Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem and the tasks of Pan-Africanists' (2009) Published in Pambazuka NewsPambazuka NewsPambazuka News , published by Fahamu since 2000, is a pan-African electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa providing: contemporary commentary and in-depth analysis on politics and current affairs development, human rights, refugees, gender issues and culture in Africa...
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/panafrican/57755
- 'Zimbabwe: Where is the Outrage? Mamdani, Mugabe and the African Scholarly Community'(2009) Published in Concerned Africa Scholars http://concernedafricascholars.org/zimbabwe-where-is-the-outrage/
- 'Obama and US Policy Towards Africa'(2009) Published in Toward Freedom http://towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/1516/63/
External links
Horace Campbell's Faculty Web Page at the Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University.http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/hgcampbell/bio/Default.htmHorace Campbell's Faculty Web Page at the Department of African American Studies, Syracuse University.http://aas.syr.edu/faculty.htm#Campbell
Horace Campbell's Article That Was Included as a Document at the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2002.http://www.worldsummit2002.org/texts/HoraceCampbell.pdf