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Enhancing health-related remittances to Zimbabwe through digital

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 23 July, 2021 - 10:09
Enhancing health-related remittances to Zimbabwe through digital technology
 

“Ndabatisa malayitsha mapiritsi amai eBP” (I gave malayitsha the BP tablets for mother). “I will send [the groceries] with malayitsha at the end of the month.” “Is your malayitsha reliable, I want to send my things home?” “How much does [the] malayitsha charge [to carry] one thousand rands?” “Did malayitsha deliver all the things I sent?”

Remembering Magema Fuze on the centenary anniversary of the publication of Abantu Abamnyama Lapa Bavela Ngakona

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 23 February, 2022 - 12:24

Sihle Zikalala | Remembering Magema Fuze on the centenary anniversary of the publication of Abantu Abamnyama Lapa Bavela Ngakona

"Undoubtedly, this text is a piece of important history, and thanks to leading Fuze scholar, Professor Hlonipha Mokoena, and the UKZN Press among others, the book will be republished sometime this year."

Read more here.

Improvising the future of decolonised jazz 

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 25 March, 2022 - 05:13

Gwen Ansell | Improvising the future of decolonised jazz 

WiSER’s Director Sarah Nuttall and Hlonipha Mokoena in New Frame on jazz, music and the university ‘after decolonization’.

https://www.newframe.com/improvising-the-future-of-decolonised-jazz/

The 100-year-old story of South Africa’s first history book in the isiZulu language

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 14 April, 2022 - 16:15

This year marks the centenary of the publication in 1922 of Abantu Abamnyama Lapa Bavela Ngakona (The Black People and Whence They Came), the first book-length history of black people written in isiZulu. Part of the Nguni language group, there are an estimated 12 million isiZulu speakers in South Africa.

Its author was Magema Fuze, now seen as a major figure in the body of writings produced in African languages in South Africa, but one who remains too little known outside narrow scholarly circles.

WiSER’s Hlonipha Mokoena in conversation with Abongile Nzelenzele

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 22 April, 2022 - 02:06

Podcast | WiSER’s Hlonipha Mokoena in conversation with @CapeTalk’s Abongile Nzelenzele talking 100-year story of South Africa’s our first history book published in isiZulu.

Open Call for Post-Doctoral Fellowship Applications

WISER invites applications for two-year post-doctoral fellowships to be awarded to outstanding candidates from any appropriate discipline.

Congo Style: how two dictators shaped the DRC’s art, architecture and monuments

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 5 March, 2024 - 10:49

The nationalist art of Mobutu Sese Seko and the art nouveau style of King Leopold II both live on in Kinshasa in fascinating ways.

Full article on The Conversation - Ruth Sacks

The 2024 Holberg Prize awarded to Achille Mbembe

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 15 March, 2024 - 06:19

It's a great honour to congratulate Prof. Achille Mbembe on receiving the esteemed Holberg Prize

This accolade celebrates not just his intellectual rigour but also the profound influence he has across the global academic community

Congratulations on this deserved recognition!

Read Holberg Prize article here. 

Political theorist Achille Mbembe named 2024 Holberg Prize Laureate

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 15 March, 2024 - 06:32

Achille Mbembe, an outstanding researcher in the fields of humanities, social sciences, law, or theology, has been honored with the 2024 Holberg Prize. The University of Witwatersrand highlights this award as one of the most prestigious international accolades given annually to exceptional scholars in these disciplines.

Read full article here. @The University of Witwatersrand

Achille Mbembe becomes Africa’s first Holberg Prize laureate

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 15 March, 2024 - 07:14

Professor Achille Mbembe, from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, has become the first African to win the Holberg Prize, recognizing his pioneering work in the humanities, social sciences, law, or theology. Awarded annually with a value of approximately US$575,000, the prize honors Mbembe's contributions that challenge traditional views on decolonization and humanity. His influential research, which has been translated into 17 languages, promotes a global understanding that transcends racial and colonial legacies.

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