Chris is President of African Access Consulting (est. 1995), a ‘mature’ PhD candidate in political science at the University of Alberta, and an instructor in political science at the University of Calgary. Prior to coming back to the academy (to do a Master of Strategic Studies at the Centre of Military, Security, and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary), Chris mostly worked on Canada-Africa commercial and development projects as a consultant to government, international organizations, and companies for over fifteen years. He was a founding director of the Canadian Council on Africa in 2002, and served as its Western Canada Vice-President until 2009. For work or research, he’s visited fourteen countries in Africa, some numerous times (Nigeria most recently). His scholarly research revolves around Canadian & international intervention in Africa, African comparative politics and political economy including extractive industries, and the security-development-governance nexus.
Tim works on the history of war and society in Africa, particularly Southern Africa. He has published nine sole-authored books, the most recent of which include Warfare and Tracking in Africa, 1952-1990 (2015), A Military History of Africa, 3 vols. (2013), African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1923-80 (2011) and A Military History of South Africa (2010). He is currently editing an Encyclopedia of African Colonial Conflicts and writing A History of Genocide in Africa. Previously, he taught at Rhodes University and the University of Fort Hare in South Africa, Trent University in Canada, and was a research associate at the University of Zimbabwe and the University of Botswana.
