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Stephen Ellis

すてぃーぶん・えりす

Suteibun Erisu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1953-06-13 (Nottingham)
Died
2015-07-29 (Amsterdam) age 62
Nationality
United Kingdom
Languages
English, French
Residence History
Nottingham, England → Douala, Cameroon → Oxford, England → Madagascar → London, England → Leiden, Netherlands → Amsterdam, Netherlands

Career

Occupations
Historian, Africanist, Editor, Professor, Lecturer
Active Years
1979-2015
Affiliations
African Studies Centre Leiden, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amnesty International, International Crisis Group, Royal African Society
Memberships
Royal African Society
Nominations
Herskovits Award shortlisted

Education

University of Oxford
Modern History
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 1981
Country: United Kingdom
St. Catherine's Collegeにて現代史を専攻

Awards

Recht Malan Prize
2013
Work: External Mission: The ANC in Exile
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Rising of the Red Shawls: A Revolt in Madagascar, 1895–1899

1985 History

The Menalamba rebellion in colonial Madagascar.

RebellionColonialism
Translations
  • L'insurrection des Menalamba une révolte à Madagascar, 1895-1899

Bibliography

  • The Rising of the Red Shawls
  • Un complot colonial à Madagascar
  • Comrades Against Apartheid
  • Africa Now
  • The Criminalization of the State in Africa
  • The Mask of Anarchy
  • Worlds of Power
  • Season of Rains
  • External Mission
  • This Present Darkness

Health

  • Leukaemia
    2012-2015
    Cause of death.

Legacy

British historian known for research on post-colonial West Africa and South Africa.

Archives

  • African Studies Centre Leiden