Patrick Chabal Explained

Patrick Chabal
Birth Date:	1951 4, df=y^[1]
Birth Place:	Taroudant, Morocco
Field:	History of Africa, Political science
Work Institutions:	King's College London
Alma Mater:	Harvard University (B.A.), Columbia University (M.A.), Cambridge University (PhD)
Known For:	Amílcar Cabral. Revolutionary leadership and people's war (Cambridge, 1983)

Patrick Chabal (29 April 1951 – 16 January 2014) was an Africanist of the late 20th and early 21st century. He had a long academic career. Patrick Chabal's latest position was Chair in African History & Politics at King's College London. He published numerous books, book chapters and articles about Africa. He was one of the founders of AEGIS (Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies) and was a board member for many years.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Major publications

• Book: Chabal, Patrick . Amílcar Cabral. Revolutionary leadership and people's war . Cambridge University Press . 1983 . Cambridge . 9780521249447 . 1158772727 . African Studies Volume 37 . 0065-406X.
• with Jean-Pascal Daloz:
  • Book: Africa works: disorder as political instrument . Patrick . Chabal . Jean-Pascal . Daloz . Currey . 1999 . 2010 . 10th . Oxford . 9780253212870 . 643212358 .
  • Book: Culture Troubles: politics and the interpretation of meaning . Patrick . Chabal . Jean-Pascal . Daloz . Hurst and University of Chicago Press . 2006 . London and Chicago . 9781850657804 . 1405653718 .
• Book: African Alternatives . Patrick . Chabal . Ulf . Engel . Leo . de Haan . Brill . 2007 . Leiden . 9789004161139 .
• Book: Chabal, Patrick . Africa: the politics of suffering and smiling . Zed Books . 2009 . London . 941591685 .
• Book: Chabal, Patrick . The end of Conceit: Western Rationality after Postcolonialism . Zed Books . 2012 . London . 9781780323879 . 809769256 .

External links

• Chabal's publications at Worldcat

Notes and References

1. n 82111047.
2. Web site: Professor Patrick Chabal: A Tribute to the Unelected Dean of African Studies | Africa at LSE . Blogs.lse.ac.uk London School of . 29 January 2014. 2014-02-27.
3. Web site: Professor Patrick Chabal | SOAS, University of London . Soas.ac.uk . 2014-01-21 . 2023-04-28.
4. Web site: King's College London - Professor Patrick Chabal . Kcl.ac.uk . 2014-01-21 . 2023-04-28.