Phineas Bbaala

Phineas Bbaala is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zambia where he is also a PhD candidate in Public Administration. His PhD research is on “The Role of Public Administrative Institutions in Zambia’s Electoral Politics”. He is a governance enthusiast with many researches and scholarly publications. His recent publications include the following: ‘Emerging Questions on the Shifting Sino-African Relations: Win-Win or Win-Lose’?, Africa Development, Vol. 40, No.3, 97-120, 2015, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal; With Jotham, C. Momba,’Beyond a Free and Fair Election: The Ethnic Divide and the Rhetoric of ‘One Zambia, One Nation’ in Mihyo, P.B (ed.), Election Processes Management and Election-Based Violence in Eastern and Southern Africa, Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Ethiopia, 143-169, 2015; ‘When a Dragon Changes its Colors: Governance Implications of the New Sino-Southern African Relations’, Radical History Review, Issue No, 131, 139-145, 2018, Duke University, United States. From July 2017 to date, he is researching into ‘Electoral Conflict Management under the SADC Principles and Guidelines’ for the Trade Law Centre (TRALAC), Cape Town, South Africa.