Faculty

Peter Limb (PhD W.Aust. 1997) is Associate Professor (Adjunct) in History, where he teaches occasional courses and co-supervises dissertations. He is also Africana Bibliographer, MSU Library. In 2008-9 he was elected member of the MSU African Studies Center Faculty Advisory Committee and headed its committee on intellectual output. Limb has written widely on South African history, including The ANC’s Early Years (Pretoria, 2010) and Grappling with the Beast: Indigenous Southern African Responses to Colonialism, 1840-1920 (Leiden, 2010). Current research includes the works of African physician and politician, A. B. Xuma, women in early African politics, a centenary history of an early black newspaper, and comparative African-Indian nationalism. He also writes on digitization in Africa and ethics. Field research includes Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa and he was a Visiting Fellow at Mayibuye Centre in 1995. Recent university strategic partnership working visits include Nigeria and Malawi.  Limb was recently Chairperson of the Africana Librarians Council.