Miles Tendi

Research Interests
 
Research Disciplines:
 
  • Politics
Research Keywords:
 
  •  Civil-Military Relations, Gender and Politics, Biography, Intellectuals and Politics, Intelligence and Politics
Countries/Regions:
 
  • Southern and West Africa

Research Clusters:

 

Contact Information
Publications

 

Sole Authored Books

• "Coups D’état: What They Are And Why They Are Back", (expected in 2026)

• "The Overthrow of Robert Mugabe: Gender, Coups, and Diplomats", (Oxford University Press, 2025)

• "Army and Politics in Zimbabwe: Mujuru, the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker", (Cambridge University Press, 2020)

• "Making History: Politics, Intellectuals and the Media", (Peter Lang Academic Publishers & Weaver Press, 2012)

 

Edited Books

• Co-editor, "The Oxford Handbook of Zimbabwean Politics", (Oxford University Press, 2021)

• Co-editor, "Transnational Histories of Southern Africa’s Liberation Movements", (Routledge, 2019)

• Co-editor, "Politics, Patronage and Violence in Zimbabwe", (Routledge and Weaver Press, 2014)

 

Key Journal Articles

•  “The Motivations and Dynamics of Zimbabwe's 2017 Military Coup”, African Affairs, 119, 474, 2020

• “Transnationalism, Contingency and Loyalty in African Liberation Armies: The Case of ZANU’s 1974-1975 Nhari Mutiny”, Journal of Southern African Studies, 43, 1, 2018

• “State Intelligence and Zimbabwe’s Presidential Succession Politics”, African Affairs, 115, 459, 2016

• “Soldiers contra Diplomats: The Rhodesia/Zimbabwe Ceasefire (1979-80) Reconsidered”, Small Wars and Insurgencies, 26, 6, 2015

• “The Origins and Functions of Demonisation Discourses in Britain- Zimbabwe Relations (2000- )”, Journal of Southern African Studies, 40, 6, 2014

• “Ideology, Civilian Authority and the Zimbabwean Military”, Journal of Southern African Studies, 39, 4, 2013

• “Patriotic History and Public Intellectuals Critical of Power”, Journal of Southern African Studies, 34, 2, 2008

• “La Violence et les Urnes: Le Zimbabwe en 2008”, (co-author: Jocelyn Alexander), Politique Africaine, 111, 29, 2008