| Intro | Zimbabwean academic |
| Is | Academic |
| From | Zimbabwe |
| Type | Education |
| Gender | male |
George Shire is a Zimbabwean independent radical scholar, political analyst, curator and cultural critic who lives in London in the United Kingdom.
He has appeared in the UK media offering his personal opinion on the causes of the political and economic situation in Zimbabwe. In these articles he blames Britain for Zimbabwe’s economic situation and defends the Zimbabwean land reform process.
He describes himself as a Pan-Africanist,following in the footsteps of Franz Fanon and Amilcar Cabral, and sympathetic to the political institutions that grew out of the anti-colonial struggles and wars of liberation in Southern Africa. He is an avid transdisciplinarian who draws heavily on the work of Derrida; Spivak; Hall; Said; Marx; Lenin; Stalin; Mao; Freud; Lacan; Mbembe and Gilroy to name a few.
He has written articles that have appeared in the state sponsored Herald newspaper, where he has expressed support for ZANU (PF)’s policies and professed his support for President Robert Mugabe.
He was also seen at a pro-Mugabe rally held in Lisbon at the EU-Africa summit in 2007.
In the United Kingdom he is closely linked to “Soundings” – the journal of culture and politics. He has written articles for the Guardian Newspaper, the New African Times, BBC Focus on Africa, and Africa Business Monthly.
Shire has for more than 30 years taught and worked in further and higher education institutions in the United Kingdom in the fields of access and widening participation, English and cultural studies and has research interests in visual culture and post colonial studies. He worked for the Open University (UK) as a regional academic advisor, as a policy development officer, and as a coordinator of widening participation projects. He has also worked for the University of Arts (CSM) London where he was a Senior Lecturer. He has held a number of visiting professorships in the United States, in Nicaragua, and in Australia.