Staff Profile

Dr. G.T Ncube is a Senior Lecturer who has served in the Department of History, Heritage and International Studies since 2000. He is a holder of a PhD in History from UNISA, a MPhil from the University of Zimbabwe, a Master of Arts degree in History from Columbia University, USA, and a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in History from the University of Zimbabwe.

Academic and Professional Experience

• Dr. G.T. Ncube started his career as a University Lecturer and academic professional in 1994, when he was appointed by the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) to lecture in the Department of History.

• Since his appointment by MSU in 2000, Dr. G.T, Ncube has served as a History external examiner for Solusi University (2006) and Zimbabwe University (2007).

• Dr. G.T. Ncube has also served as the Chairperson of the Department on numerous occasions since his appointment in 2000. 

• He has continuously served in the Faculty of Higher Degrees Committee since 2012. He is also serving in thethe Faculty’s Student Funding Committee that is responsible for selecting disadvantaged students for financial assistance with fees from the Dean’s Hardship Fund and the Students Representative Committee (SRC)

Community Service and Engagement

• Government of Zimbabwe Commissioned work on behalf of the Organ of National Healing, Reconciliation and Intergration (ONHRI) and the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC), beginning in 2011.

• Translated the ZIMASSET Document into various local languages in 2015, working on behalf of the Department of African Languages and Culture. The final product was published by MSU  in 2016.

• 2017, translated the Ministry of Rural Development, Promotion and Preservation of National Culture and Heritage’s National Culture Policy Document into local languages on behalf of the Department of African Languages and Culture of the Midlands State University.

Publications

Books

• Godfrey T. Ncube (2004)A History of Northwestern Zimbabwe1850-1960,  (Mond Books, Kadoma)

Book Chapters

• Godfrey T. Ncube (2016),‘Rural Dimensions of Frontier Communities as a Sourceof Conflict in Zimbabwe’, in N. Bhebe (ed.) Historical Perspectives on Violence Conflict and Accommodation in Zimbabwe’, MSU Press, Gweru, 2016 
• Godfrey T. Ncube (2012), ‘African Wage Labour under British Colonialism in Zimbabwe: A Case Study of North-western Zimbabwe, 1898-1940’, in Joseph Mangut and TerhembaWuam (eds.) Colonialism and the Transition to Modernity in Africa, Ibrahim BadamasiBabangida University, Lapai, Nigeria, 2012 

Journal Articles 

• Godfrey T. Ncube (2015), ‘A Historical Review of the Controversy over U.S. Corporate Investments in Apartheid South Africa, 1960–1994’, The Dyke, Journal of the Midlands State University, Vol. 9, No. 2 
• Godfrey T. Ncube (2013), ‘Immigrant Black South Africans and the Emergence Of Modernist African Politics In Zimbabwe, 1890-1940’, The Dyke, Journal of the Midlands State University, Vol. 7, No. 3 
• Godfrey T. Ncube (2012), ‘The Early History of Wage Labour and Worker Consciousness in North-western Zimbabwe, 1898-1940’, The Dyke: Journal of the Midlands State University, Vol. 6, No. 3
• Godfrey T. Ncube (2011), ‘Crisis of Communal Leadership: Post-colonial Local Government Reform and Administrative Conflict with Traditional Authorities in the Communal Areas of Zimbabwe, 1980-2008’, African Journal of History and Culture, Vol. 3, No.6.
• Godfrey T. Ncube (2010), ‘Pre-colonial Drought Security, Colonial Policies and Famine in North-western Zimbabwe, 1850-1960, The Dyke: Journal of the Midlands State University,Vol. 4, No. 1 
• Godfrey T. Ncube (2008), ‘Portuguese Slave Trading in Northern Zimbabwe and the Middle Zambezi Valley in the Nineteenth Century’, The Dyke: Journal of the Midlands State University,Vol. 2, No. 2
• Godfrey T. Ncube (2004), ‘Banished to the Wilderness: The Case of the Western Area of the Gwayi Reserve, Matabeleland, Zimbabwe, 1952–1980’ The Dyke: Journal of the Midlands State University, Vol. 1, No. 1