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Godfrey Maringira
Professor Godfrey Maringira is a winner of the Africa Peacebuilding Network (APN) Individual grant (2014), a Working Group member (2016-2017), and a Book Manuscript Completion grantee (2018). He is an NRF C2-rated researcher. He recently graduated with LLB (Laws). He is a principal researcher and Senior Volkswagen Stiftung Foundation research fellow. He was a principal investigator of the International Development Research Center-Canada (IDRC) research on, “Gang violence in South Africa” (2017-2020). He is an active advisory board member of the Social Sciences Research Council (SSRC), Next Generation of Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen), New York. His areas of research include armed violence in Africa with a specific focus on the military in post-colonial Africa. He has published over 45 internationally recognized publications including a book titled: Soldiers and the State in Zimbabwe, Routledge, 2019. His 2017 African Affairs Journal (University of Oxford Press) article titled “Politicisation and resistance in the Zimbabwe national Army,” was awarded the best author price in 2018 at the University of Birmingham, UK. In 2020, he was awarded the Benedict Vilakazi best author prize in the African Studies Journal (Routledge) for his article titled: “When combatants became peaceful: Azania People Liberation Army ex-combatants in post-apartheid South Africa.”
Latest posts
Covid-19: Social Distancing and Lockdown in Black Townships in South Africa
May 7, 2020
Covid-19 has affected all forms of social and economic activity in and around the world. In response to the rapid…
Gang Violence in Gugulethu, South Africa: Notes from the field
April 25, 2018
Gang violence continues unabated in South Africa, particularly in impoverished black and “coloured” communities. This essay focuses on black communities.…
Celebrating Army Generals in Zimbabwean Politics?
April 4, 2018
Considering that former President Robert Mugabe was a long-time ally of the Zimbabwean military, no one expected that he would…
Congolese Soldiers as Victims: Military Prosecution and Punishment
April 13, 2016
"Some soldiers are victimized by the very military they serve through court martial proceedings that often delay prosecution and then…
Journeys of Peace: Ex-combatants from Azania People’s Liberation Army in South Africa
April 23, 2015
"This essay summarizes the conclusions drawn from a study funded by the African Peacebuilding Network of the Social Science Research…