Research Topic

Christianity, custom and colonialism in the Belgian Congo: a social history of Kongolo, Katanga, 1870-1960

Publications

Review Article, (2009) “A history of Violence: The State, Youth and Memory in Contemporary Africa.” African Affairs, 108: 430, pp.125-133.

Book Review, (forthcoming April 2009) “ Mulele et le Révolution Populaire au Kwilu. Benoît Verhaegen avec la collaboration de Jean Omasombo, Edwine Simons, et F. Vergaehgen, 2007.” African Affairs.

Book Review, (2008) “The Democratic Republic of Congo: Economic Dimensions of War and Peace. Michael Nest with François Grignon and Emizet F. Kisangani, Lynne Rienner, 2006.” African Affairs, 107: 426, pp.136-138.

Papers Given at Seminars and Conferences:

‘Men and Women of the Water: The Lokele of Yakusu and Stanleyville under Belgian Rule, 1947-1960’
Given at the conference: ‘Histfest: 2007,’ Lancaster University, 11-13 May 2007

‘Overcoming Silence: Re-thinking the Role of Oral Tradition in African History’
Given at the conference: ‘The Cultural Value of Oral History,’ Glasgow University, 24-26 July 2007

‘Speaking the Language of Resistance: The Church Missionary Society in Equatoria, 1945 – 1964’
Given at the conference: ‘Second Postgraduate Conference on Imperial and International History,’ Sheffield University, 31 May 2007

‘Extending the Informal Empire: Britain and the Congo, 1960-1971’
Given at the seminar: ‘International History Seminar,’ Institute of Historical Research, 11 December 2007

‘Congolese Questions and British Answers: Anglo-Congolese Relations, 1960-1971’
Given at the conference: ‘Aberystwyth Postgraduate Forum,’ Aberystwyth University, 7-9 January 2008.

‘Violence Begins and Home? The Local Roots of Conflict in Katanga, 1960 - 1962’
Given at the conference: ‘ASAUK Biennial Conference: ‘The Presence of the Past? Africa in the 21st Century,’ University of Central Lancashire, Preston, 11-13 September 2008.

‘Cotton Culture, Secret Societies and Social Control in Kongolo, 1932 – 1943’
Given at the seminar: ‘Centre of West African Studies Graduate Forum,’ Centre of West African Studies, Birmingham, 3 December 2008.

'Space, Power and Resistance in Kongolo, Katanga, 1932-1943'
African History Seminar, SOAS, 21 January 2009

Miscellaneous Information

Occasional lecturer at the Centre of West African Studies, Birmingham University