Research/Areas of Interest
Modern East Africa
Education
- Ph.D., Modern African History, West Virginia University, Morgantown, United States, 2021
- M.A., Pan-African Studies, Syracuse University, Syracuse, United States, 2013
- B.A., Communication, Daystar University, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010
Biography
H. Muoki Mbunga is Assistant Professor of History at Tufts University. He holds a Ph.D. in Modern African History from West Virginia University and an M.A. in Pan-African Studies from Syracuse University. Dr. Mbunga is a cultural and social historian of modern East Africa. His ongoing book project, Mau Mau's Moral War, is a study of the ethical and religious history of the Mau Mau War in late colonial Kenya. The book frames Mau Mau rituals and acts of violence as primary sources that provide a window into the ethico-religious dimensions of the conflict. It argues that Mau Mau members' ethical and religious convictions profoundly shaped the movement's internal dynamics and military campaign. The book is under contract with the New African Histories series at Ohio University Press.