Dr. Nyang'oro is Professor and Chair of the African and Afro-American studies Department and an Adjunct Professor in Political Science at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a native of Tanzania and an expert in African politics and economics.
He received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, M.A. and Ph.D. from Miami University, and J.D. from Duke University. He has also taught as a visiting professor at the University of Asmara in Eritrea.
Dr. Nyang'oro has published numerous books and articles on democracy, political economy, foreign policy, state building, and the role of international financial institutions and non-government organizations in Africa. His books include Civil Society, the State and African Development in the 1990s, Discourses on Democracy: Africa in Comparative Perspective, and The State and Capitalist Development in Africa: Declining Political Economies.
According to one student, "He is the first person who presented African traditions in such a way that I could really understand them."
When a girl in the developing world has received seven or more years of education, she marries four years later and has 2.2 fewer children.