Contact Info

Phone: +27 35 902 6369

Mr NC Monyela

Lecturer

Qualifications:

BA in Anthropology (UWC), BA Hons in Anthropology (UWC), MA in African Studies and Anthropology (Cum laude) (UFS)

About

I am currently a Lecturer of Anthropology (both undergraduate and honours) in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Zululand. I am pursuing my PhD in Anthropology on An Inquiry into the Intellectual Biography of Makhosezwe Bernard Magubane. A Teaching and Learning Committee member in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), and departmental coordinator of the Teaching and Learning for Honours programme.  I am also actively involved in the supervision of post-graduate students in both Honours and Masters Anthropology programmes. I also serve as an external examiner for Masters dissertations at other institutions of higher learning. 

Research Interests

  • African Intellectual Heritage
  • African Political economy 
  • Youth Cultures and Identities
  • African Beliefs and Rituals
  • African Anthropology.
  • African traditions of intellectual thought (decolonial thought – the exemplary ideas in the theorising, practice, and pedagogy of [South] African scholars).