Mogomme Alpheus Masoga holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of the Free State (UFS). His academic career started with a Bachelor of Arts from the erstwhile
University of Natal, where he completed two Honours degrees and a Master of Arts degree. He received a second Master of Arts in Musicology (with distinction) from
the University of South Africa.

He is currently a professor and Dean of the Faculty of the Humanities at the University of the Free State. He has served at various universities: Dean of the Faculty of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zululand and the Faculty Research Professor at the
University of Limpopo and the University of Venda.

Prof Masoga has extensive and impressive national and international research experience
and standing. He has managed to establish local and international networks and partnerships. Also, he has substantive management experience: Manager of Research at the National Research Foundation (NRF), focusing on indigenous knowledge and education portfolios;
served as the founding Director of Research for the Commission for Culture, Religion and Language (CRL Commission); and appointed as the Social and Institutional Specialist and Researcher at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). He is currently the Chairperson of the Steering Committee (SC) of the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) and Vice President of the Southern African Deans Association (SAHUDA). He is also the co-editor of the Journal for African Thought and serves on the Board of the Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies. He has supervised master’s and doctoralstudents in areas of decoloniality, indigenous knowledge systems, folklore studies and African musicology. His participation in international collaborative projects has positively impacted his scholarly growth, as well as other colleagues and early career scholars.

Prof Masoga is an acclaimed researcher with an NRF C1 rating and has maintained a coherent
research trajectory in indigenous knowledge systems and decolonial studies. Prof Masoga
has an excellent research publication record within the broad niche area of oral history, Africanism, and indigenous knowledge system studies. He has developed a well-grounded sense of autonomy and involvement, as he has established several research projects and
produced single and co-authored articles. Furthermore, he has developed Afro-sensed approaches and frames for conducting research in and with local communities, pushing for a strong place for local communities in research and challenging researchers to ‘negotiate
space’ in their work. He is the book editor of the series publication titled Knowledge Pathing: Multi-, Inter- and Trans-Disciplining in Social Sciences, published by AOSIS. Recently published books include Studies on Indigenous Knowledge (2020) and Narratives of Culture, Identity and Community: From Mother to Son (2021).