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.
[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.
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