Staff Profile

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in International Politics, University of South Africa (2018). 
2. Postgraduate Diploma in Tertiary Education, Midlands State University (2014).
3. Master of Arts Degree in International Affairs, Midlands State University (2011).
4. Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in History and Development Studies, Midlands State University (2009).
5. Bachelor of Laws, University of South Africa (2020-).

Other Qualifications

1. Certificate in Democratic Governance, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, 2019.
2. Certificate in Research Methodology and Writing for Publication: Data Processing, Analysis and Reporting, United Nations University for Peace, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2015.
3. Certificate in Global Economic Governance, University of Pretoria-South African Institute of International Affairs, Pretoria, South Africa, 2014.
4. Certificate in Project Management, Zimbabwe Institute of Management, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2012.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• African politics
• International relations
• International political economy
• International law
• Peace and security

PUBLICATIONS Book Chapters

• Mude, T, Shipena, D and Nguluwe, G. 2021. Covid-19 Lockdown and Civil-Military Relations: Perspectives from Namibia and Zimbabwe. In Pilisano, M and Iroanya, R (eds). 2021. Global pandemics and the Challenge of Peace and Security in Africa: A Focus on Covid-19. Palgrave McMillan.
• Mude, T, Makaye, P and Nguluwe, G. 2021. The politicization of Covid-19, United States of America-China hostility and global peace and security. In Pilisano, M and Iroanya, R (eds). 2021. Global pandemics and the Challenge of Peace and Security in Africa: A Focus on Covid-19. Palgrave MacMillan.
• Mude, T and Makaye, P. 2021. Economic sanctions and underdevelopment in Zimbabwe. In Gordon, J. 2021. Revisiting economic sanctions: Legitimacy, accountability and humanitarian consequences. Cambridge University Press (Forthcoming).
• Mude, T. 2021. The Second Republic and struggle for national healing: Coming face to face with the legacy of violence in Zimbabwe. In Mahomva, R. and Zinyama, T. 2021. Memory and the National Question in Zimbabwe: A reading of Obert Mpofu. Bulawayo: LAN Readers, p82-86.
• Mude, T., Maramura, T and Maeresera, S. 2021. Rising to the occasion: Africa, the 4^th Industrial Revolution and lessons from China. In Benyera, E. 2021. Africa and Fourth Industrial revolution: Curse or Cure? Cham: Springer Nature.
• Mude, T and Maeresera, S. 2020. Chapter 9: The trajectory of Zimbabwe’s foreign policy and defence diplomacy. In Liebenburg, I, Kruijt, D and Paranjpe, S (eds). 2020. Defence Diplomacy, National Security Strategy and Management of Strategic Resources and Reserves. Stellenbosch: African Sun Media, p179-188.
• Mude, T. 2020. Continuity, Discontinuity and Change towards a Decolonial World Order: Africa’s Challenges and Opportunities. In Benyera, E (ed). 2020. Breaking the Colonial Contract: From Oppression to Autonomous Decolonial Futures. Marryland: Lexington Books, p104-112.
• Thauzeni, P and Mude, T. 2019. Chapter 9: Young women in peacebuilding and development in Zimbabwe: The case of Zimbabwe Women’s Network for Peacebuilding. In Benyera, E (ed). 2019. Indigenous, traditional and non-state transitional justice in Southern Africa: Namibia and Zimbabwe. Maryland: Lexington Books [Online].
• Mude, T. 2019. Chapter 5: Theorising the Direct Effect of International Law in Human Rights Enforcement. In Benyera, E (ed.) 2019. Reimagining Justice, Human Rights and Leadership in Africa. Zurich: Springer Nature, p77-102.
• Mude, T. 2019. Chapter 4: Confronting an imperialist court: Africa’s quagmire in dealing with the International Criminal Court. In Munyi E, Mwambari D and Ylonen, A (eds). 2019. Beyond History: African Agency in Development, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution. Maryland: Rowan and Littlefield [Online].
• Mude, T. 2018. Chapter 10: The Direct Effect of International Law on the Land Question in Zimbabwe: The case of the Campbell case. In Mashingaidze, T (ed.) 2018. Beyond the Land Reform in Zimbabwe, Midlands State University Press and the African Institute for Justice and Reconciliation.
• Mude, T. 2021. Biometric voter registration and democratic elections in Zimbabwe: Pseudo-democratic transition and contorted delirium? In Ibeanu, O.O, Murunga, G and Oanda, I (eds). 2021. Digital technologies and election management in Africa’s democratisation process. Dakar: CODESRIA Books (Forthcoming).
• Mude, T. 2021. The Habre precedent and the future of global justice processes in Africa. In Badmus, A and Mbah, E (eds). 2021. Routledge Encyclopedia of African Studies. Austin: Routledge (Forthcoming).
• Mude, T and Maramura, T. 2021. The African Continental Free Trade Area and intra-COMESA trade: Transformative integration or contorted delirium? In Badmus, A and Mbah, E (eds). 2021. Routledge Encyclopedia of African Studies. Austin: Routledge (Forthcoming).
• Mude, T. 2021. International law and human rights protection in South Africa. In Badmus, A and Mbah, E (eds). 2021. Routledge Encyclopedia of African Studies. Austin: Routledge (Forthcoming).
• Mude, T. 2021. The International law and human rights protection in Zimbabwe. In Badmus, A and Mbah, E (eds). 2021. Routledge Encyclopedia of African Studies. Austin: Routledge (Forthcoming).

Book Reviews

• Mude, T. 2020. Review of a Book by Hicks Celeste. 2018. The Trial of Hissene Habre: How the People of Chad Brought a Tyrant to Justice. London: Zed Books. 217 pp. African Studies Quarterly, 19 (1), pp101-103.
• Mude, T. 2019. Review of a Book by McCauley F. John. 2017. The logic of ethnic and religious conflict in Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 233pp. African Studies Quarterly, 18 (2), pp117-119.
• Mude, T. 2017. Review of a Book by Wanjala S. Nasong’o (ed). 2015. The Roots of Ethnic Conflict in Africa: From Grievance to Violence. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. 208 pp. African Studies Quarterly, Volume 17 (3), pp111-112.

Policy Paper (s)

• Mude, T. 2015. Implications of structural violence in political parties in Zimbabwe on peace and security in Southern Africa, United Nations University for Peace Africa Policy Series, 4th Series, Volume 2 (2), p109-116.

Journal Articles

• • Shipena, D., Mude, T and Bhunu-Shava, F. 2021. Social media implications of cybercrime on human security in Namibia. AfriFuture Research Bulletin, 1(2), p21-34.
  • Mude, T., Chigora, P and Mcilo, A. 2021. Corruption in Non Governmental Organisations and its impact for development projects in post-colonial Zimbabwe. AfriFuture Research Bulletin, 1(2), p93-102. 
  • Mude, T., Makaye, P., Maramura, T and Nguluwe G. 2021. Women and the civic space in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa.
  • Mude, T. 2021. The African Continental Free Trade Area and Intra-African Trade: Transformative Integration or Neo-liberal Organised Hypocrisy? Africa Insight, 50(1), p41-53.
  • Mude, T. 2019. Armed diplomacy and the management of the 2016-2017 Gambian crisis. Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives, 4(2), p91-102.
  • Mude, T. 2018. From grievance to violence: Recourse to violence in the 2016 protests in Zimbabwe. Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives, University of Limpopo, Volume 3 (2), p34-51.
  • Mude, T. 2018. Challenges and Prospects for the Transformation of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa by 2025, Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies, Volume 12 (4), p45-53.
  • Mude, T. 2017. The implications of Brexit on the European Union-Zimbabwe relations and the future of Zimbabwe’s development paradox, Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Volume 19 (3), p168-182.
  • Mude, T. 2017. Demystifying the ‘ICC target Africa’ political rhetoric, Open Journal of Political Science, Volume 7 (1), p178-188.
  • Mude, T. 2017. On the brink of an Arab Spring-style conflict: Zimbabwe’s quagmire and policy options, African Journal of Political Science and International Relations, Volume 11 (1), January 2017.
  • Mude, T. 2016. An analysis of the contributions of the influx of Chinese investors to production capacity and industrialisation in the mining sector in Zimbabwe in the 21st century, Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Volume 18 (4), p1-8.
  • Mude, T. 2016. An analysis of the challenges of and prospects for peace support operations to achieve human security: The case of MINUSMA in Mali, Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Volume 18 (3), p1-9.
  • Chipanga, C and Mude, T. 2015. An analysis of the effectiveness of sanctions as a law enforcement tool in international law: A case study of Zimbabwe from 2001-2013, Open Journal of Political Science, Volume 5, p291-310.
  • Mude, T. 2014. Political Violence: Major socio-political consequence of urban youth unemployment in Zimbabwe, Review of History and Political Science, Volume 2(1), p107-139.
  • Mude, T. 2013. International Law in Domestic Politics: The case of Zimbabwe and the SADC Tribunal, Journal of Power, Politics and Governance, Volume 2 (2), p79-106.
  • Mude, T. 2014. The History of International Human Rights Law in Zimbabwe, Journal of Social Welfare and Human Rights, Volume 2(1), p53-86.
  • Mude, T. 2014. An analysis of Zimbabwe’s performance in upholding International Human Rights Law in the 21st century, Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, Volume 11 (3), p137-161.
  • Mude, T. 2014. Politics and International Law: Analyzing Zimbabwe’s Rejection of the SADC Tribunal’s dicta, Agricultural Journal, Volume 9(3), p152-155.
  • Mude, T. 2014. Legal or Legitimate: Reflections on Politics Surrounding the Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe, Agricultural Journal, Volume 9(3), p148-151.
  • Mude, T. 2013. Equality, liberty and fraternity in Southern African Politics, Scholarly Journals, Volume 3(4), May 2013, p106-109.
  • Mude, T and Chigora, P. 2013. Promoting Good Governance in Crisis Ridden Country: The Zimbabwean Dilemma in the 21st Century, Journal of Administrative Sciences and Policy Studies, Volume 1(1), p27-33.
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•  INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ATTENDED
  • September 2018, African Studies Association of the UK Biennial Conference, From grievances to violence: Recourse to violence in the 2016 protests in Zimbabwe, 11-13 September 2018, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  • July 2018, The 8th Toyin Falola Annual International Conference on Africa and the African Diaspora, Confronting an imperialist court: Africa’s quagmire in dealing with the International Criminal Court (ICC), 3-5 July 2018, United States International University-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • February 2018, The Hissene Habre Trial Conference, The Habre Precedent: Implications of the direct effect of international criminal law on international criminal justice in Africa, 21-23 February 2018, Novotel Hotel, Dakar, Senegal.
  • May 2017, African Unity for Renaissance International Conference and Africa Day Expo, Organised by the Human Sciences Research Council/Africa Institute of South Africa, The significance of sustainable peace and security issues in the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals in Zimbabwe, 21-23 May 2017, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • September 2016, The 2nd Investing in Africa Summit: Experience Sharing and Investment Promotion, Building Complementarities and Shared Prosperity, Organised by the World Bank Group, China Development Bank and People’s Government of Guangzhou Province, People’s Republic of China, 7-8 September 2016, Guangzhou, China.
  • September 2016, Symposium on China-Africa Cooperation on Production Capacity and Industrialisation in Africa, 2016 China-Africa Joint Research and Exchange Plan, 9-12 September 2016, Shanghai Institute of International Studies, Shanghai, China.
  • September 2016, Symposium on China-Africa Cooperation on Production Capacity and Industrialisation in Africa, 2016 China-Africa Joint Research and Exchange Plan, An analysis of the contribution of the influx of Chinese investors to industrialisation and production capacity in the mining sector in Zimbabwe, 13-15 September 2016, China Institute of International Studies-China Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, China.
  • April 2016, 2nd West African Peace and Security Network Symposium, Peace Support Operations, An analysis of the challenges of and prospects for peace support operations to achieve human security: The case of MINUSMA in Mali, 28-29 April 2016, Kofi Anna International Peacekeeping Centre, Accra, Ghana.
  • February 2015, Service Above Self, Rotary International, Presentation on International Peace, 20 February 2015, Gweru, Zimbabwe.
  • October 2014, 2nd Biannual International Conference on Adaptation and Creativity in Africa: SPP144, Germany Research Foundation-University of Lepzig, 1-4 October 2014, Mbour-Sally, Senegal.
  • July 2014, 4th International Toyin Falola Conference on Democracy, Development and Culture, (a) Democracy is culture specific: A case of Zimbabwean democracy, (b) An analysis of the politics of the culture of marriage in contemporary Africa, 3-5 July 2014, Durban, South Africa.
  • October 2013, 5th China-Africa Symposium; Fifty Years of China-Africa Cooperation: Background, Progress and Significance-African Perspectives on China-Africa Relations and the China Development Experience, Zimbabwe, The Role of Academics in Foreign Policy Making in Zimbabwe: Lessons from China, 22-24 October 2013, Harare, Zimbabwe.

  INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

  • July-August 2019, The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) Democratic Governance Institute Fellow, Biometric voter registration and democratic elections in Zimbabwe: Pseudo-democratic transition and contorted delirium? 15 July-2 August 2019, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
  • May 2018, Pipeline for Emerging African Studies Scholars Workshop, Organised by African Studies Association of the United States of America, 25-28 May 2018, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • March 2017, Research Methodology Workshop, Organised by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, USA, 16-23 March 2017, Southern Sun Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique.
  • March 2015, United Nations University for Peace-International Development Research Council Research Methodology and Writing for Publication Workshop, 9-20 March 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • August 2014, Global Economic Governance Capacity Building Workshop, South African Institute of International Affairs/University of Pretoria, 4-15 August 2014, Pretoria, South Africa.