Professor Miles Tendi

BA Zimbabwe & Capetown, MA Camb, PhD Oxf

Professor Miles Tendi joined the African Studies Centre in 2017. His post is a joint appointment with the Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR). Before moving to African Studies, he held a Departmental Lectureship in African Politics in the Oxford Department of International Development (QEH) from 2011 to 2017. Prior to joining the Oxford Department of International Development (QEH), he worked as a risk consultant for Control Risks (London). Professor Tendi is the author of The Overthrow of Robert Mugabe: Gender, Coups, and Diplomats (2025); Army and Politics in Zimbabwe: Mujuru, the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker (2020) and Making History: Politics, Intellectuals and the Media (2012).

To learn more about Professor Tendi’s work, see:  https://www.milestendi.com/