Mario Joaquim Azevedo (born 1940) is a Mozambican novelist, historian, professor, and epidemiologist.^[1]

A refugee, Azevedo, esteemed as one of the most remarkable Mozambican voices during the years of the War of Independence from Portugal,^[2] emigrated from his native country to the United States,^[3] where he received his B.A. from The Catholic University of America,^[4] his M.A., his Ph.D. from Duke University, from American University, and his M.P.H from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.^[1]

In 1980 he became associate professor of history at Jackson State University;^[5] he passed in 1986 to the UNC Charlotte, where he has become Frank Porter Graham Professor^[6] and Chair of the Department of African-American and African Studies.^[4]

Azevedo was co-coordinator of the Southeastern Regional Seminar in Africa Studies from 1987 to 1989.^[7]

Works

• The Returning Hunter, 1978^[8]
• Africa and Its People: An Interdisciplinary Survey of the Continent (editor), 1982^[8]
• Cameroon and Its National Character (editor), 1984^[8]
• Cameroon and Chad in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (editor), 1989^[8]
• Historical Dictionary of Mozambique, 1991^[8]
• Kenya: The Land, the People, and the Nation (editor), 1993^[8]
• Africana Studies: A Survey of Africa and the African Diaspora (editor), 1993^[8]
• Chad: A Nation in Search of Its Future (co-authored with Emmanuel U. Nnadozie), 1997^[8]
• Roots of Violence: History of War in Chad, 1998^[8]
• Tragedy and Triumph: Mozambique Refugees in Southern Africa, 1977-2001, 2002