Giacomo Macola

752 total citations
22 papers, 242 citations indexed

About

Giacomo Macola is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Giacomo Macola has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 242 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Anthropology, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Giacomo Macola's work include African history and culture studies (15 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (14 papers) and African history and culture analysis (3 papers). Giacomo Macola is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (15 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (14 papers) and African history and culture analysis (3 papers). Giacomo Macola collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Giacomo Macola's co-authors include Derek Peterson, Jan‐Bart Gewald, Marja Hinfelaar, Miles Larmer, James Ferguson, David M. Gordon and James Pritchett and has published in prestigious journals such as The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Africa and Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines.

In The Last Decade

Giacomo Macola

18 papers receiving 178 citations

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Blessing-Miles Tendi United Kingdom

Christine Messiant France

Souleymane Bachir Diagne United States

Timothy H. Parsons United States

Patricio N. Abinales United States

Bjørn Enge Bertelsen Norway

Harry A. Gailey United States

Marie-Aude Fouéré France

Nathan Gilbert Quimpo Japan

Cherry Leonardi United Kingdom

Blessing-Miles Tendi United Kingdom

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20 of 20 papers shown

Macola, Giacomo. (2025). Party Politics and Populism in Zambia: Michael Sata and Political Change, 1955–2014. South African Historical Journal. 1–3.

Macola, Giacomo, et al.. (2019). Guerrilla warfare in Katanga: the Sanga rebellion of the 1890s and its suppression. Small Wars and Insurgencies. 30(4-5). 872–894.

Macola, Giacomo. (2016). The Gun in Central Africa. Ohio University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations

Gordon, David M., et al.. (2014). DEBATING ‘THE REDISCOVERY OF LIBERALISM’ IN ZAMBIA: RESPONSES TO HARRI ENGLUND. Africa. 84(4). 658–667. 2 indexed citations

Gewald, Jan‐Bart, Marja Hinfelaar, & Giacomo Macola. (2012). Living the end of empire: politics and society in late colonial Zambia. Choice Reviews Online. 49(7). 49–4018. 14 indexed citations

Macola, Giacomo. (2010). Liberal Nationalism in Central Africa: A Biography of Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 20 indexed citations

Macola, Giacomo. (2010). Liberal Nationalism in Central Africa. Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks. 23 indexed citations

Macola, Giacomo. (2010). REASSESSING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FIREARMS IN CENTRAL AFRICA: THE CASE OF NORTH-WESTERN ZAMBIA TO THE 1920S. The Journal of African History. 51(3). 301–321. 3 indexed citations

Peterson, Derek & Giacomo Macola. (2009). Recasting the Past: History Writing and Political Work in Modern Africa. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 67 indexed citations

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Macola, Giacomo. (2008). One Zambia, Many Histories. 11 indexed citations

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Gewald, Jan‐Bart, Marja Hinfelaar, & Giacomo Macola. (2008). One Zambia, Many Histories: Towards a History of Post-Colonial Zambia. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). 27 indexed citations

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Larmer, Miles & Giacomo Macola. (2007). The origins, context, and political significance of the Mushala Rebellion against the Zambian one-party State. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 40(3). 471–496. 10 indexed citations

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Macola, Giacomo. (2006). ‘IT MEANS AS IF WE ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE GOOD FREEDOM’: THWARTED EXPECTATIONS OF INDEPENDENCE IN THE LUAPULA PROVINCE OF ZAMBIA, 1964–6. The Journal of African History. 47(1). 43–56. 14 indexed citations

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Macola, Giacomo. (2005). Imagining Village Life in Zambian Fiction. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 25(1). 1–10. 8 indexed citations

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Macola, Giacomo. (2004). THE HISTORIAN WHO WOULD BE CHIEF: A BIOGRAPHY OF SIMON JILUNDU CHIBANZA III, 1899–1974. The Journal of African History. 45(1). 23–43. 3 indexed citations

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Hinfelaar, Marja & Giacomo Macola. (2004). A first guide to non-governmental archives in Zambia. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 1 indexed citations

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Macola, Giacomo. (2003). HISTORICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHICAL PUBLICATIONS IN THE VERNACULARS OF COLONIAL ZAMBIA: MISSIONARY CONTRIBUTION TO THE 'CREATION OF TRIBALISM'. Journal of Religion in Africa. 33(4). 343–364. 6 indexed citations

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Macola, Giacomo, et al.. (2003). The Kingdom of Kazembe: History and Politics in North-Eastern Zambia and Katanga to 1950. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 36(2). 433–433. 4 indexed citations

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Macola, Giacomo. (2002). The Kingdom of Kazembe: History and Politics in North-Eastern Zambia and Katanga to 1950. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 10 indexed citations

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Macola, Giacomo. (2001). Literate Ethnohistory in Colonial Zambia: The Case of Ifikolwe Fyandi na Bantu Bandi. History in Africa. 28. 187–201. 2 indexed citations

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