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Contact Info

Inkanyiso Building, Office 513 (KwaDlangezwa Campus)

Phone: +27 35 902 6671

Dr Pedro Mzileni

Senior Lecturer

Qualifications:

BA Sociology (Nelson Mandela University); BA Honours Sociology (Nelson Mandela University); MA Sociology (Nelson Mandela University); PhD Sociology (Nelson Mandela University).

About

Dr Pedro Mzileni is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Zululand and an Associate Editor of Inkanyiso: Journal of African Thought. His intellectual work centres on the Sociologies of Africa, Decolonial Theory, Global Higher Education Studies, and International History.

He contributes regularly to public scholarship, writing widely read columns for Pambazuka News Africa, Al Jazeera, and CounterCurrents International. Dr Mzileni also provides expert commentary on television, radio, and podcast platforms, including Al Qaheera News (Egypt) and SABC News International.

Research Interests

  • Sociologies of Africa
  • Decolonial Theory
  • Global Higher Education Studies
  • International History

Professional membership

  • Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
  • International Sociological Association (ISA),
  • Caribbean Philosophical Association (CPA),
  • Azanian Philosophical Society (APS)
  • South African Sociological Association (SASA)

Research Database/ Publications