Tycho van der Hoog

Tycho van der Hoog is a former PhD candidate at the African Studies Centre Leiden. He successfully defended his dissertation (under embargo until 7 May 2026) on 7 May 2024.

His dissertation, titled ‘North Korea and the Liberation of Southern Africa, 1960-2020’ seeks to reveal the ties that bind North Korea to the African continent. His monograph Monuments of Power: The North Korean Origin of Nationalist Monuments in Namibia and Zimbabwe was published by the African Studies Centre Leiden in 2019. His monograph Breweries, Politics and Identity: The History Behind Namibian Beer was published by Basler Afrika Bibliographien in 2019.

He is the recipient of the BISA African Affairs Postgraduate Paper Prize 2021.

Tycho holds a bachelor’s degree in history, a bachelor’s degree in political science, a research master’s degree in African Studies, and a master’s degree in history (cum laude) from Leiden University. He previously worked at the Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa and lectured at BA programme Korean Studies of Leiden University. He is currently a university lecturer at the Netherlands Defence Academy.

Keywords: African history, liberation struggle, liberation movements, frontline states, international relations, nationalism, Southern Africa, North Korea, South Korea.

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