Malawi’s Zeleza appointed vice chancellor of United States International University-Africa

A Malawian academic, Prof Paul Tiyambe Zeleza has been appointed Vice Chancellor of the United States International University-Africa (USIU-A), with effect from January 1 2016.

Prof Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
Prof Paul Tiyambe Zeleza

According to a statement from the institution’s Board of Trustees, Zeleza’s appointment was made Wednesday  after a rigorous, extensive recruitment process which kicked off a few months

Zeleza, who was also appointed vice president for academic affairs  at Quinnipiac university of Hamden, Connecticut in the United States of America, will replace Professor Freida Brown, who has served the University for the last 21 years.

“Dr Zeleza will work in close alignment with the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and other members of the Management Council, to oversee a broad spectrum of activities including the four academic schools, student affairs, admissions, registration, library, faculty development, information technology, operations and the implementation of the strategic plan,” the statement reads in part.

The University’s Chancellor, Manu Chandaria, said all parties are committed to helping Zeleza to succeed.

Brown said he is pleased that he will be succeeded by a distinguished Malawian academic and manager who has much to offer the University at all levels.

He wished Zeleza “ every success in continuing the development of the United States International University-Africa and its work.”

Fact file

Zeleza joined Loyola Marymount University in 2009 as the dean of the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and as presidential professor of African American studies and history. Before that, he served as head of the Department of African-American Studies and as liberal arts and sciences distinguished professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Malawi and his master’s from the University of London, where he studied African history and international relations. He holds a Ph.D. in economic history from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Zeleza’s academic work has crossed traditional boundaries, ranging from economic and intellectual history to human rights, gender studies and diaspora studies.

He has published more than 300 journal articles, book chapters, reviews, online essays and short stories and authored or edited 26 books, several of which have won international awards including Africa’s most prestigious book prize, the Noma Award, for his books “A Modern Economic History of Africa” (1993) and “Manufacturing African Studies and Crises” (1997). His most recent books include “Barack Obama and African Diasporas: Dialogues and Dissensions” (2009) and “In Search of African Diasporas: Testimonies and Encounters” (2012).

He has presented nearly 250 keynote addresses, papers, and public lectures at leading universities and international conferences in 31 countries and served on the editorial boards of more than two-dozen journals and book series and edited a personal online magazine,  The Zeleza Post.

Zeleza was   recognized by the Carnegie Corporation in a New York Times advertisement for being one of 43 immigrants whose contributions have enhanced America. –

Tiyambe Zeleza novel Smouldering Charcoal is part of the senior secondary school literature curriculum,.

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mwanawakwithu
mwanawakwithu
8 years ago

you indid dezev tt prof.education gives you position you my model not these street proffesors,anali pa skyway then phd ati ku tanzania coming back at he/she is a proffesor without any work done aaaaa,,,,,,,,aw go deeper lyk a man of God

Noel
8 years ago

Congratulation Zeleza

Bristol
8 years ago

Congrats Professor. Al the best in your new position and are proud of you.

James Mvula
James Mvula
8 years ago

Zeleza is from Ntchisi.

ngongoliwa
ngongoliwa
8 years ago

Comment # 36 Zeleza is not Tumbuka or Ngoni or Chewa/gule. His parents are from Ngongoliwa Village in Thyolo, I have records here. He is Mlhomwe. Other wise his name could have sounded like Kachindamoto or Dingiswayo or Emchakacheni or Nyerenda or Edingeni. But its Zeleza

Me
Me
8 years ago

My prof..,uhave Done alote..ihave been following; ilike the bok smouldering charcoal..congratulation…

Mbachi
Mbachi
8 years ago

comment no 1. professor Zeleza is not atumbuka. His mother comes from Ntcheu and his father from Ntchisi following tradition he is Ngoni! Congratulations prof. we are proud of you.

ngongoliwa
ngongoliwa
8 years ago

United states International – Africa University is in Africa located in Kenya. It is just a mare private university. Kunyada konseko Zeleza unyadira private university yomweyo. Sky way University is better than US I-A U. So Zeleza is heading something like Blantyre College. Please google before insulting my uncle Mathanyula. Are you insulting my uncle after you have been advised by Ted Kanyongolo to do so. Akhakha inu simumachedwa kuwomba m’manja.Manyazi bwanji. This univeristy is not among the to 100 universities of the world. IT IS UNREGISTERED/UNKNOWN UNIVERSITY. Keep clapping hands on trivia.

mangochi Kabwafu
mangochi Kabwafu
8 years ago

Hear that professor Mutharika, kikikikiki. Kodi athuwan nde anali university yiti ku America ko abale. Mwinat ti ma corner universities ngati ti ma shop, kikikikiki. Koma zizungu zache zimenezo amamva anthu? Mayo ine.

Sylvester Liwonde
8 years ago

congratulations

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