Gerhard Seibert

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	Portugal
Title	Ph.D
Affiliation	Centro de Estudos Africanos, Lisbon, Portugal
Email	mailseibert@yahoo.com
Mailing Address	Centro de Estudos Africanos (CEA) Instituto Superior de Ciéncias do Trabalho e da Empresa--Lisbon University Institute (ISCTE-IUL) Avenida das Foras Armadas 1649-026 Lisboa Portugal
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: +351 21 790 30 67 fax: +351 21 795 53 61
Websites	http://cea.iscte.pt
Countries of Specialization	São Tomé and Príncipe, Mozambique
Education	Ph.D. in Social Sciences (Leiden University, 1999)
Research Interests	Lusophone Africa, cultural, political and economic anthropology, social and cultural issues of development, political culture, state and society relations, democratization processes, African Christianity, natural resources politics
Publications	Comrades, Clients and Cousins. Colonialism, Socialism and Democratization in São Tomé and Príncipe. Leiden: CNWS Publications, 1999. Camaradas, Clientes e Compadres. Colonialismo, Socialismo e Democratização em São Tomé e Príncipe. Lisbon: Vega, 2001 (2nd edition 2002). "São Tomé and Príncipe." In: Africa South of the Sahara 2005, 34th edition, pp. 929-949, London: Europa Publications Ltd. "The Vagaries of Violence and Power in Post-Colonial Mozambique." In: Jon Abbink, Mirjam de Bruijn, Klaas van Walraven (eds.), Rethinking Resistance: Revolt and Violence in African History, African Dynamics, vol. 2, pp. 253-276. Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2003. "São Tomé and Príncipe." In: Herbert M. Kritzer, Legal Systems of the World. A Political, Social and Cultural Encyclopedia, 4 vols., pp. 1403-1409, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2002. "São Tomé Pr?ncipe." In: Patrick Chabal et al, A History of Postcolonial Lusophone Africa, pp. 291-315, Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana University Press, London: Hurst, 2002. "The Bloodless Coup of July 16 in São Tomé e Príncipe." Lusotopie: Enjeux contemporains dans les espaces lusophones. 2003. Violences et Contrôle de la violence au Brésil, en Afrique et à Goa, pp. 245-260, Paris: Editions Karthala. http://www.lusotopie.sciencespobordeaux.fr/seibert2003.pdf "The February 1953 Massacre in São Tomé: Crack in the Salazarist Image of Multiracial Harmony and Impetus for Nationalist Demands for Independence." Portuguese Studies Review 10 (2), 2002, pp.52-77.
Keywords	colonialism ; socialism ; democracy ; lusophone Africa