Nuno Carlos de Fragoso Vidal
Associate Professor of African History;
PhD in History (King’s College, 2002)

Nuno Carlos de Fragoso Vidal

Lines of research

Thematic Clusters

History of conflicts, of dictatorial regimes and authoritarisms
Political economies and social relations of production

Advising subjects

Post-colonial power systems in Africa;
Political economy;
Democratization and development processes;
Electoral integrity;
Ethno-racial relations;
Brazil-Africa relations (contemporary).

Ongoing Research

Pluralism: Democratisation and Electoral Integrity in Angola and Mozambique (P-DEIAM)
Democratization and Development Processes in Angola and Southern Africa: 3rd phase

Selected Publications

VIDAL, Nuno de Fragoso. African “modern” Illiberal Democracies? Angola and Mozambique in the twenty-first century. Lisbon: Sá da Costa, 2024. ISBN: 978-989-33-5994-5. 138 pages.

VIDAL, Nuno Fragoso & PINTO DE ANDRADE, Justino. A luta continua e a reação não passará!? O Iliberalismo contra a Democratização em Angola e Moçambique no século XXI. Lisboa: Sá da Costa / ISCTE-IUL, Universidade Católica de Angola, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, 2023. ISBN: 978-989-33-4993-9.

VIDAL, Nuno Fragoso. Democracias Iliberais em África ou Evolução do Patrimonialismo Pós-moderno? Os casos de Angola e Moçambique. Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, v. 45, 2023,  p.11 – 40.

VIDAL, Nuno Fragoso. Angolan State security/intelligence services, and their support of the MPLA and presidential hegemony. Journal of Intelligence History, v, 23, n. 2, 2023, p. 1-20.

VIDAL, Nuno Fragoso. The new wave of international authoritarian populism of the 2010s has also arrived in Africa? The Mozambique and Angolan cases. Topoi – Revista de História, Rio de Janeiro, n. 52, vol.24, 2023, p.52-76.

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