Author
Tapera O. Chirawu
Tapera O. Chirawu holds a PhD from Howard University in the USA. He taught African politics and history in the USA, worked in government in Zimbabwe and was Senior Researcher at the Zimbabwe Institute for Developmental Studies in the 1980s. At the University of Namibia, he served as Acting Director for the Centre for Public Service Training, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management Science, and Department Head: Political and Administrative Studies for over 10 years. He established and headed the Namibian chapter of the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA). His work focuses on political formations, policy processes, land utilization and strengthening democracy in Southern Africa.