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Contact Information

435 Gregory Hall
810 S Wright St
Urbana, IL 61801
Ph.D. Student
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Education

 Ph.D. Student, African History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, (in progress)                                                 

M.A., History, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe (2021)                                       

B.A., Special Honours, History, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe (2019)

B.A., Honors, History and Portuguese, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe (2018)                                                                                 

Awards and Honors

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign History/University FellowshipAugust 2023 – May 2024

Courses Taught

HIST 104: Black Music (TA, Fall 2025)

HIST 278: Native American History (TA, Spring 2025)

HIST 100: Global History (TA, Fall 2024) 

Recent Publications

Vongai O. Sagonda, Book Review, Ulrike Krause. Difficult Life in a Refugee Camp: Gender, Violence, and Coping in Uganda. African Studies Quarterly, November 2024.

Nicholas Nyachega and Vongai O. Sagonda, “Changing Livelihoods and Coping Strategies among Ethnic Minorities and the Manyikas in the Honde Valley Borderlands since the 1970s.” In K. Helliker, P. et al (eds.) Livelihoods of Ethnic Minorities in Rural Zimbabwe. Springer Cham Press. 2022.