[1] He was the chairman of the Department of African and African-American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for over ten years, before resigning in the wake of an academic fraud scandal in 2011.
He attended the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania graduating with a BA in Political Science and International Relations.
Professor Nyang'oro spent most of his academic career at the University of North Carolina and has been a member in the Africanist community in the United States.
These three books led to appearances as an expert commentator on Tanzanian politics on networks such as BBC, VOA and Deutsche Welle.
In more recent years, Nyang’oro has worked as an international consultant on matters related to African development and security.