Brooks Marmon
Social Sciences · The Ohio State University
Publications
44
Citations
92
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
16
Publishing since 2011
Brooks Marmon studies the political history of Southern Africa, focusing especially on the decolonization of Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia), Malawi, and the wider Central/Southern African region during the mid-20th century. This work examines nationalist movements, Pan-Africanism, colonial-era political figures, and the transnational connections between anticolonial activists across Africa. The research relies heavily on archival and historical sources, including book reviews and biographical studies of key political actors.
Publication output grew substantially from 2017 through a peak in 2022-2023, followed by a decline in the most recent years (2024-2026).
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Allen F. Isaacman, Joy M. Chadya and Barbara S. Isaacman, Elusive Histories: Mozambican Migrant Laborers in Rhodesia, ca. 1900–1980. Athens OH: Ohio University Press (hb US$90 – 978 0 8214 2574 9; pb US$36.95 – 978 0 8214 2575 6). 2025, 299 pp.
Africa · 2026
- Becoming Zimbabwean: A History of Indians in Rhodesia
South African Historical Journal · 2026
- Winston Field and the Decolonisation of ‘British Central Africa’: Crossing Racial Divides with Kamuzu Banda and Beyond, 1957-64
African Studies · 2025
- Edson Sithole: new book uncovers the work of a thinker, lawyer and Zimbabwean freedom fighter who ‘disappeared’
2025
- “There cannot be two bulls in one kraal”: insights from the political conversions of Nelson Samkange on governance and opposition disruption in Zimbabwe, 1960s–2000s
Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines · 2025
- The 1961 Constitution, Race, and Political Realignments in Colonial Zimbabwe
Philosophy and politics · 2024
- African activists in a decolonising world: the making of an anticolonial culture, 1952-1966
Commonwealth and Comparative Politics · 2024
- Duncan Clarke, The Quiet Rhodesian: silent servant, 1909–1981. No place of publication given: Royal Sable Publishing (hb $45.78 – 978 1 991 22052 3). 2023, xviii + 310 pp
Africa Bibliography Research and Documentation · 2024
- Transgressing Kamuzu Banda: the Rotberg affair and the suppression of historical research in newly independent Malawi
The Global Sixties · 2024
- The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1953–1963: A Retrospective at its Unattained Platinum Jubilee
South African Historical Journal · 2023
- Pan-Africanism Versus Partnership
2023
- Transnational revolutionary: Noel Mukono’s navigation of Zimbabwe’s fractious liberation struggle, 1957–77
The International History Review · 2023
- ‘Forward Ever, Backward Never!’ West Africa in Southern Rhodesian Politics
2023
- Introduction: African Decolonisation and Realignments in Southern Rhodesian Politics
2023
- Resisting Pan-Africanism: From Partnership to Bulwark in White Politics
2023
- South African Historical Journal×3
- Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines×2
- The Round Table×2
- Cold War History×2
- Journal of Southern African Studies×2
- James E. Genova
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- Lydia Walker
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.
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