Contact Information
810 S Wright St
Urbana, IL 61801
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)
Courses Taught
HIST 104: Black Music (TA, Fall 2025; Spring 2026)
HIST 278: Native American History (TA, Spring 2025)
HIST 100: Global History (TA, Fall 2024)
Additional Campus Affiliations
Center for African Studies (CAS)
Highlighted Publications
Vongai O. Sagonda, Book Review, Allen F. Isaacman, Joy M. Chadya, & Barbara S. Isaacman. Elusive Histories: Mozambican Migrant Laborers in Rhodesia, ca. 1900–1980. African Studies Quarterly, December 2025.
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.