Simukai Chigudu

Simukai Chigudu (born 1986) is an Associate Professor of African Politics at the University of Oxford. His work considers the social and political mechanisms that give rise to inequality in Africa.

Simukai Chigudu
Alma materNewcastle University
Imperial College London
University of Oxford
AwardsAfrican Studies Association Audrey Richards Prize
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Thesis'State of emergency' : the politics of Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak, 2008/09. (2017)

Early life and education

Chigudu was born in Zimbabwe.[1] He moved to the United Kingdom He trained in medicine at Newcastle University. After graduating he worked as a doctor in the National Health Service, and became increasingly interested in global health and healthcare equity.[2] He took part in several international placements, including at the Global Fund for Women where he studied sexual health in Sub-Saharan Africa. As part of this position Chigudu worked in rural hospitals in South Africa and coordinated the largest epidemiological survey in Tanzania. On his return he joined Imperial College London as a academic clinical fellow in public health.[2] During his fellowship he earned a Master's in Public Health where he studied the health system in The Gambia.[2] To further his interest in social sciences, Chigudu decided to complete a second master's degree, and moved to the University of Oxford to train in African studies. He was awarded a Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarship to investigate feminist movements in Northern Uganda.[2][3] Whilst at Oxford he decided to work toward a PhD in the Oxford Department of International Development under the supervision of Jocelyn Alexander.[2] As a graduate student, Chigudu was a founding member of the Oxford Rhodes Must Fall activist group that looked to “decolonise” both Oxford and academia more broadly.[2] He was awarded the African Studies Association Audrey Richards Prize for the best doctoral thesis in African Studies in the United Kingdom.[4][5]

Research and career

He has investigated the social and political origins and impacts of the 2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak. He attributes the spread of this preventable disease to a breakdown of public health infrastructure and diminishing bureaucratic order.[6] Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Chigudu became concerned by how Africa would respond to the outbreak of coronavirus disease.[7]

In the wake of the George Floyd protests, Chigudu wrote in The Guardian about the need to remember the devastation caused by the British Empire.[8] At one of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Oxford, Chigudu said “The institution is structured according to a legacy and a culture that is very white and very elitist,”.[9][10] He said that he believed Black Lives Matter had become such a powerful message in Oxford because of their history “of white supremacy that has denigrated, exploited and subjugated black lives”.[2]

Selected publications
  • Chigudu, Simukai (2020). "The Political Life of an Epidemic: Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship in Zimbabwe". Cambridge Core. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  • Hunter, Ewan; Rogathi, Jane; Chigudu, Simukai; Jusabani, Ahmed; Jackson, Margaret; McNally, Richard; Gray, William; Whittaker, Roger G.; Iqbal, Ahmed; Birchall, Daniel; Aris, Eric (2012). "Prevalence of active epilepsy in rural Tanzania: A large community-based survey in an adult population". Seizure. 21 (9): 691–698. doi:10.1016/j.seizure.2012.07.009. ISSN 1059-1311.
  • Chigudu, Simukai; Jasseh, Momodou; d’Alessandro, Umberto; Corrah, Tumani; Demba, Adama; Balen, Julie (2014-09-22). "The role of leadership in people-centred health systems: a sub-national study in The Gambia". Health Policy and Planning. 33 (1): e14–e25. doi:10.1093/heapol/czu078. ISSN 0268-1080.
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References
  1. Group, British Medical Journal Publishing (2018-08-29). "Simukai Chigudu: The politics of epidemics". BMJ. 362. doi:10.1136/bmj.k3323. ISSN 0959-8138. PMID 30158105.
  2. "Simukai Chigudu | Oxford Department of International Development". www.qeh.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  3. "Simukai Chigudu". Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  4. "Simukai Chigudu wins Audrey Richards Prize for best African Studies doctoral thesis | Oxford Department of International Development". www.qeh.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  5. "ASAUK". Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  6. "Book Launch: The Political Life of an Epidemic by Simukai Chigudu | Oxford Department of International Development". www.qeh.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  7. "How Colonialism and Austerity Are Shaping Africa's Response to the Coronavirus". jacobinmag.com. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  8. "As one of Oxford's few black professors, let me tell you why I care about Rhodes | Simukai Chigudu". the Guardian. 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  9. "Protesters block street in protest over Cecil Rhodes statue". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  10. "Statues In The US And Around The World Are Being Beheaded And Torn Down Amid Black Lives Matter Protests". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
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