Department of Communication Science

Mr LT Lechaba

College of Human Sciences
School of Arts
Department: Communication Science
Lecturer
Tel: 012 429 6399
E-mail: elechalt@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • PhD in African Studies, University of the Free State (qualification in progress)
  • MA in Communication (cum laude), UNISA. (2019)
  • BA Honours in Media Studies, UNISA (2014)
  • BA in Communication Science (cum laude), UNISA  (2013)

Fields of academic interests

  • Media representation
  • Media and democracy
  • Development communication
  • Cultural studies

Field of Specialisation

  • Cultural studies
  • Discourse theory
  • Critical theory
  • Decoloniality
  • Textual analysis
  • African philosophy and Afrocentric paradigm

Journal articles

  • Exploring the concept of Ubuntu as a liberatory praxis, South African Journal of Philosophy (2022)
  • Sartre, bad faith and authentic decolonial interventions, Sartre Studies International (2021)