Speakers

Melissa Steynhas been developing Diversity Studies as a field in Higher Education since starting Intercultural and Diversity Studies at UCT in 2001. She is the founding director of the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies (WiCDS) in 2013. Since 2014 she has held the South African National Chair (SARChI) Chair in Critical Diversity Studies. She is […]

Morgan Ndlovu is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Zululand. He is a decolonial scholar and the author of Performing Indigeneity: Spectacles of Culture and Identity, (Pluto, 2019)

Dr William Mpofu is a researcher at the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg. His research interests are in Decoloniality, especially the province of the Philosophy of Liberation and methodology of undisciplinarity.  William Mpofu’s latest book is : Robert Mugabe and the Will to Power in an African Postcolony (2021),

Mahlubi Chief Mabizela is a Chief Director responsible for the Chief Directorate: Higher Education Policy and Research Support in the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), South Africa. The Chief Directorate’s (CD) main responsibilities are the development and implementation of higher education policies; measurement and analyses of research and creative outputs from universities; research

Maria Leonor Alves Maia, architect full professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil, is the immediate past-president of the Brazilian Association for International Education – FAUBAI [2018- 2021].Since 2012 she has been active in the field of internationalization of Higher Education. From 2012-2020 she served as Dean

Buntu Mnyaka recently graduated with his Masters in Conflict Management and Transformation at the Nelson Mandela University focusing on the influence of social conflict on social cohesion. he has served in various positions of the United Nations Association of South Africa Student Chapter. He received experimental training from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation

LaNitra M. Berger is an award-winning scholar, educator, and social justice advocate working towards making higher education accessible to low-income, first-generation, and minority students. Her scholarly interests are in art and social activism in the African and Jewish diasporas. For over 15 years, her work as an educator focuses on creating and expanding education abroad

If passion were to be personified, it would probably be me, Simone Thomas!I am passionate about education and natural textured hair. I am passionate about purpose and passionate about young people discovering theirs.I am a proud product of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. I completed my undergrad, National Diploma in Marketing and I am armoured

Ms Taonga Phiri is currently serving as the Rhodes University Student Representative Council (SRC) Secretary-General. Previously, she served as the International Affairs Councillor on the same Council. Apart from serving on the SRC, she has also served as a house committee member for her residence. She is currently in her final year of her Bachelor