Curriculum Vitae
MICHAEL O. WEST
511B Plaza Drive
Vestal, NY 13850
(607) 760-1554
EDUCATION
B.A., Politics, Lake Forest College, 1982
A.M., History, Harvard University, 1983
Ph.D., History, Harvard University, 1990
CURRENT POSITION
Professor, Binghamton University
CURRENT RESEARCH
Black Power Globally in 1968
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Out of One, Many Africas: Reconstructing the Study and Meaning of Africa (edited with William
G. Martin), University of Illinois Press, 1999.
The Rise of an African Middle Class: Colonial Zimbabwe, 1890-1965 (authored), Indiana
University Press, 2002.
From Toussaint to Tupac: The Black International Since the Age of Revolution (edited with
William Martin and Fanon Che Wilkins), University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
Recent Articles and Book Chapters
“Global Africa: The Emergence and Evolution of an Idea,” Review, 28, 1 (2005): 85-108.
“Walter Rodney and Black Power: Jamaican Intelligence and US Diplomacy,” African Journal
of Criminology and Justice Studies [online], 1, 2 (2006): 1-50.
“The Struggle for Zimbabwe, “Then and Now: Notes Toward A Deep History of the Current
Crisis,” Safundi: The Journal of South African and American Studies, 8, 2 (2007): 139-147.
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“Seeing Darkly: Guyana, Black Power, and Walter Rodney’s Expulsion from Jamaica,” Small
Axe, 25 [corresponds to 12, 1] (2008): 93-104.
With William G. Martin, “Contours of the Black International: From Toussaint to Tupac.” In
From Toussaint to Tupac: The Black International since the Age of Revolution, edited by
Michael O. West, William G. Martin, and Fanon Che Wilkins. Chapel Hill: University of North
Carolina Press, 2009: 1-44.
With William G. Martin, “Haiti, I’m Sorry: The Haitian Revolution and the Forging of the Black
International.” In From Toussaint to Tupac: The Black International since the Age of Revolution,
edited by Michael O. West, William G. Martin, and Fanon Che Wilkins. Chapel Hill: University
of North Carolina Press, 2009: 72-104.
“The African Middle Class in Zimbabwe: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.” In The
Making of the Middle Class: Toward a Transnational History, edited by A. Ricardo Lopez and
Barbara Weinstein. Durham: Duke University Press, 2012: 45-57.