Benjamin Maiangwa
Ph.D. Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Manitoba
M.Sc. Sustainability, Development and Peace, United Nations University
MA. Conflict Transformation, University of KwaZulu-Natal
BA (Hons). Political Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal
BA. Philosophy, St Joseph's Theological Institute, Cedar-a
Prior to joining Lakehead University, Dr. Maiangwa was Teaching Fellow in International Relations and Peace and Conflict Studies in the School of Government and International Affairs (SGIA), Durham University, England. He was also instructor at the University of Manitoba and the Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology (MITT).
My research broadly explores the intersection of politics, culture, and society. My work employs storytelling to examine contested notions of belonging, mobility, and the everyday lived experiences of conflict and peace.
Courses:
My courses in Political Science include:
- Introduction to Political Science
- International Peacebuilding
- Global Politics
- Conflict Transformation
- Global Political Economy
- Global Terrorism
Selected Publications
Maiangwa, B. (2026). One boy! A boarding school memoir. University of Ottawa Press.
Maiangwa, B. (Ed.). (2026). Peace and conflict in core-periphery relations: Rethinking margins, violence, and power. Routledge.
Maiangwa, B. (Ed.). (2023). The paradox(es) of diasporic identity, race, and belonging. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38797-5
The Crisis of Belonging and Ethnographies of Peacebuilding in Kaduna State, Nigeria (2020). Lanham: Lexington Books.
The Banality of Infrastructural Racism Through the Lens of Peace and Conflict Studies" (2022). Peacebuilding Journal (Co-authored with Christiane Ndedi Essombe and Dr. Sean Byrne).
Against Memory-as-remedy to the Traumatic Aftermaths of the Nigeria-Biafra War Past: Whither Justice? (2020). Social Dynamics: A Journal of African Studies (Co-authored with Dr. Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba).
The Nation as Corporation: British Colonialism and the Pitfalls of Postcolonial Nationhood in Nigeria. Peace and Conflict Studies: (2018). Vol. 25, No 1, Article 3. (Co-authored with Dr. Muhammad Dan Suleiman and Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba).
Conflicting Indigeneity and Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Post-Colonial Africa. Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice (2017) Vol 29, no 3: 269-274.