Areas of interest
East African History
Biography
Stigger鈥檚 interest in the relationship between military power, economics, social change, and constitutional development reflects his background. Born at the Royal Tank Corps depot in 1932, taken to British India, and exposed briefly to Black Africa at Mombasa as World War II broke out, he developed an interest in Eastern and Southern Africa, causing him to seek a B.A. (Hons) from Bristol. After military service in the Egyptian Canal Area (General Service Medal 1916-1962), on finding difficulty in comprehending Black African events without deep direct exposure, he went to Tanganyika as an Administrative Officer in 1958. He left Tanzania in 1965 in order to take up an appointment at Simon Fraser from 2 July. There, he worked with Allan Cunningham, Peter Kup and, more closely, David Ross, to introduce graduate and undergraduate students to the complexities of Third World issues, focusing on East and Central Africa, especially Tanzania and Zimbabwe. He was retired in 1997, and is a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medalist.
Courses
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