Luis Benjamim Serapiao

Region of Interest

Africa

Primary Country of Residence

United States of America

Title

Professor

Affiliation

Howard University, Washington, DC

Email

lserapiao@aol.com; lserapiao@howard.edu

Mailing Address

Department of African Studies
Howard University
2225 Georgia Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC 20059 USA

Phone/Fax Number(s)

phone: 202-238-2318
fax: 202-238-2326.

Countries of Specialization

Mozambique

Research Interests

International Relations

Teaching Interests

Teaching concetrate in Africa in World Affairs, particularly, conflict resolution
in Africa; Intenational law and Africa :selected issues; Foreign policy of
African States; Multinational Corporations and Development in Africa. As
for regional studies, I emphasize Lusophone Africa, particularly
Mozambique.

Publications

Book:

Co-Author, Mozambique in the Twentieth Century; From Colonialism to
Independence,University Press of America, Washington, D. C. 1979.

Articles:

2002 - " African Foreign Policies and African Unity" in African Institute of
South Africa, Foreign Policies in the 21st Century ; Working Papers,
Pretoria: African Institute of South Africa, 2002: 1-11.

2000 - "Clima Politico em Mozambique", Moznet, January 30, 2000.

1998 - "The Contemporary African World," In Mario J. Azevedo (ed.)
Africana Studies; Survey of Africa and African Diaspora, Durham, Carolina
Press, 2nd edition, 1998.

1996 - "Mozambican Conflict and An African Solution", 21st Century
Afro-Review; A Journal of Issues in The Afro-Community, Vol.2, No.2,
Spring 1996: 130-157.

1994 - "Frelimo nunca teve intelectuais capazes" Interview with Salomao
Moyana, Maputo, Savana,August 19, 1994: 1-4.

1993 - " Mozambican Liberation Front ( FRELIMO) and Religion in
Mozambique, 1962-1988", Africa: Revista Trimestrale di Stui e
Documentazione dell Instituto Italo-Africano ( Roma) Anno XLVIII, No.1,
Marzo 1993: 110-124.

1991 - "Frelimo and Legitimacy in Independent Mozambique", Africa
Quarterly, Vol. 29, 1-2,:20-26.

1990 - "Mozambique's National Interest in Regional Conflict of Southern
Africa" Conflict,Vol. 9, No.4, 1989: 341-356.

1985 - "Mozambique and the West, 1974-1984", Munger African Library Notes,
August 1985.

1983 - "Church and State in Mozambican Politics", Lusophone Area Studies
Journal, Vol.1,January 1983: 67-86.

1981 - "The Catholic Church and the Principle of Self-determination;Acase
study of Mozaambique", The Journal of Church and State, Spring 1981:
323-335.

Keywords

International relations; Mozambique; Lusophone Africa; conflict.