Francis Njubi Nesbitt, Ph.D.

Francis Njubi Nesbitt is Associate Professor of Africana Studies at San Diego State University. His book, Race for Sanctions: African Americans against apartheid, 1946-1994 was published in May 2004 by Indiana University Press. He has published numerous articles in journals such as Mots Pluriels and Critical Arts.

Degree (PhD) Institution and year:
PhD in African-American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2002

Topic of Disseration:
Race for sanctions: The movement against apartheid, 1946-1994

Area(s) of specialization(s):
Politics of the African Diaspora, U.S. foreign relations (Africa, South Africa), Black intellectual history, brain drain

Courses taught:
African intellectuals in exile (UCLA), African American Political Thought, Blacks and the Justice System, Modern Civil Rights Movements

Recent Research Interest:
African intellectuals in exile

Recent Honors, grants, etc.
Postdoctoral Fellowship: UCLA Global Fellows Program, UCLA/SSRC Summer Institute on International Migration, July 2004

Books Published:
Race for sanctions: African Americans against apartheid, 1946-1994. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004.