Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
| College of Human Sciences |
| School of Humanities |
| Department: Anthropology and Archaeology |
| Chair
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| Tel: |
012 429 4171
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| E-mail: |
radebnz@unisa.ac.za
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Qualifications
- PhD Social Anthropology (Unisa, 2019)
- MA Social Anthropology (Wits University, 2012)
- BA Honours (Wits University, 2001)
Currently teaching
- Masters and Doctoral Supervision
Fields of academic interests
- Anthropological methods
- African conception of gender
- Orality
- Digital anthropology
Books
- Radebe, N.Z. (2023). African Anthropology in Practice in Azibuye Emasisweni: Reclaiming our space and centering our knowledge. Edited by Zethu Cakata, Nompumelelo Zodwa Radebe, and Magobe Ramose. AOSIS Scholarly Books: Cape Town
- Radebe, N.Z. (2023). Conclusion: Azibuye Emasisweni in Azibuye Emasisweni: Reclaiming our space and centering our knowledge. Edited by Zethu Cakata, Nompumelelo Zodwa Radebe, and Magobe Ramose. AOSIS Scholarly Books: Cape Town
- Radebe, N.Z. (2023). Decolonising the Curriculum at Unisa: The Case of an Anthropology Module. in Transforming classroom experiences for helping professions in higher education-global perspectives. Edited by Sibusiso Mkhwanazi, Roshini Pillay and Sharon Moonsamy. BRILL: Leiden/Boston
- Radebe, N.Z. (2022). Introduction: Decoloniality as praxis in Still to be named: An exploration of African epistemologies using Simphiwe Dana’s selected works. Unisa Press
- Radebe, N.Z. (2022). Ihilihili: A call back to the self in Still to be named: An exploration of African epistemologies using Simphiwe Dana’s selected works. Unisa Press
- Radebe, N.Z. (2022). African epistemology in a song: Zobuya nin’iinkomo in Still to be named: An exploration of African epistemologies using Simphiwe Dana’s selected works. Unisa Press
- Hlabangane N. L. & Radebe N. Z. 2016. Decolonial Analysis of Coloniality in Anthropology, in Decolonizing the University in Africa, Knowledge Systems and Disciplines, S. J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni & S. Zondi (eds.). Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 131- 149.
Journal articles
- Radebe, N.Z. (2024). Ukukhonza as an ethic-oriented ontology to ensure harmonious existence among AmaZulu HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies. Vol 80 (2), pp. 1-6
- Radebe, N.Z. (2022). Learning from Indigenous Communities: The Case of Esihlengeni in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter and Transdisciplinarity, Vol 17, issue 2. pp 51-65.
- Radebe NZ 2019. Singabantu bendawo: Understanding the concept of land from a perspective of ubuntu. Anthropology Southern Africa. Vol. 42, No. 3, 247-258, DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2019.1670086. Link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2019.1670086
Paper presentations
- Induku Enhle Igawulwa Ezizweni as a Premise for Curriculum Transformation 10th Annual International Conference on Anthropology & Ethnology, 17-20 June 2024, Athens, Greece.
- Towards an African-centred University in Pursuit of Academic Freedom, Institutional Autonomy, and Public Accountability. Higher Education Conference, 2024. Theme: Deepening the Discourse on Academic Freedom, Institutional Autonomy and Public Accountability in South African Higher Education. 28 February to 1 March 2024 Emperors Palace 64 Jones Road, Kempton Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Ukukhonza as an ethic-oriented ontology to ensure harmonious existence among AmaZulu. ‘Linguistic Landscapes, Cultural Climates,’ a conference organised by the (SCOPUS / ISI) SOAS GLOCAL AFALA 2023, 18-21 October 2023, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
- Learning from Indigenous Communities: The Case of Esihlengeni in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Leadership and Power in Africa in the Past and the Present: Studies in Russia, Tanzania and Beyond. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1 – 4 March 2022.
- The myth of artificial intelligence: understanding the dependency of technology on humans at the 11th Asian Conference on Education. On October 31 – November 3, 2019, Toshi Centre Hotel, Tokyo, Japan.
- Towards the Cattle Economy: Understanding the Logic of Stokvels at Esihlengeni at the 1st Social Scientists Conference “State- Building in Africa: Prospects and Challenges that will take place from the 4-7 March 2019 at Mwalimu Nyerere Academy
- Singabantu bendawo: understanding the expropriation of land from the perspective of African epistemology at the Caribbean Philosophical Association (CPA), under the theme: Shifting the Geography of Reason XV, Ways of knowing, Past and Present held at the Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD) Dakar, Sénégal June 19-22, 2018.
Professional positions, fellowships & awards
- Deputy Head of the Athens Institute’s Anthropology & Demography Unit, ATINER, Greece (2024-2027)
- A Fellow of Teaching Advancement at Universities (TAU) fellowship programme which forms part Ministerial Statement on the University Capacity Development Programme (UCDP).
- Won a University Teaching and Learning Festival award for the best-transformed module (2021))
- Former visiting student researcher at UC Berkeley in the Department of ethnic studies (2017).
- Academic Qualification Programme for Doctoral Studies, 2015
- National Research Fund Scholarship for Doctoral Studies, 2014
- Carnegie Research Fund for Master’s degree, 2003
- National Research Fund Scholarship for Master’s degree, 2000
Projects
- Part of the project titled: Pluralizing values of livestock in Africa’s food systems: between production commodity and Ukusisela, in collaboration with the Agricultural Research Council of South Africa (ARC) the Philosophy Department at the University of Ghana (UG), and Wageningen University, the Netherlands. The project is funded by the Wageningen Global Sustainability Board.
- Involved in the departmental community engagement project titled: Oral Traditions and History of the Bakgatla baga Mosetlha in Makapanstad, Moretele District, North West Province, South Africa
- I am part of the international decolonial community that amongst other things, teaches in different decolonial summer schools organised by different Universities in South Africa. In January 2019, the summer school was organised by the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)l. In 2020 the decolonial summer schools will organised by the University of Cape Town and the UKZN.
- In 2017 November I led the project titled: Mmangwana o tshwara thipa ka bohaleng: remembering and celebrating African women, producers and custodian of knowledge funded by the National Institute for the Humanities (NIHSS) and it was successfully completed in May 2018.
- In 2014 and 2015 I had a community engagement project titled: Funda Wazi ‘Learn and Know’ Project: A Storytelling Intervention in the Classroom that was based in Greenfield Secondary School.
