Dr Mutale Tinamou Mazimba is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Studies Group. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Zambia (2013); a Master of Arts in History from the Zambian Open University (2018); and a PhD in History from the University of Zambia (2024).
Her research interests are on war and society, particularly, the contributions of indigenous Africans to the First World War. Generally, she is interested in topics that combine the social, political and economic lenses in understanding the history of Southern Africa. Mutale also has an interest in gender history. She is working on a monograph provisionally entitled “‘They had done their bit’: Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) in the East Africa Campaign of the First World War, 1914-1928.”
Publications
M. Mazimba, Living in Colour. Lusaka: Lead First Publishers, 2022.
M. Mazimba, A history of the Unga people of the Bangweulu swamps, pre-colonial times to 1954. Lusaka: Lead First Publishers, 2021.
M. Mazimba and A. Mambwe, Knowing the Examiner’s Mind, History (Volumes 1 & 2). Lusaka: Initiative Publishers. 2024.
M. Mazimba, Knowing the Examiner’s Mind, Civic Education. Lusaka: Initiative Publishers. 2021.
M. Mazimba, Knowing the Examiner’s Mind, Social Studies Junior Secondary. Lusaka: Initiative Publishers. 2019.
M. Mazimba, How to be a Master Student in Social Studies. Mansa: Bepp publishers. 2018.
M. Mazimba, “African Reactions to the First World War: The Case of the Mtenga-Tenga of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia),” Journal of Southern African Studies, 49,4 (2024), 553-567.
M. Mazimba,“Decolonising the First World War: The case of the Northern Rhodesian Askari, 1914-1918,” Zambia Journal of History, 10, 1 (2023), 40-60.
M. Mazimba,“Northern Rhodesians (Zambians) in the Aftermath of the First World War: Demobilization, Compensation and Commemoration,” Journal of African Military History, 7, 1-2 (2023), 41-75.
M. Mazimba,“Stakeholders’ appraisals of the school history curriculum in Zambia on social media,” Yesterday and Today, 28 (2022), 97-121.