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UCT RESEARCH REPORT 2012
School of African and
Gender Studies,
Anthropology &
Linguistics
Research Report 2012
Director: Professor Jane Bennett
African Studies Section
(Including the Centre for African
Studies)
Director of Centre: Professor Lungisile
Ntsebeza, AC Jordan Chair in African Studies
Head of Section: Associate Professor Nick
Shepherd
Profile
The goals of the African Studies Unit and the Centre
for African Studies are to encourage and co-ordinate
teaching and research in the various fields concerned with
people in Africa, as well as developing African Studies
graduate courses and programmes. We also provide service
courses for non-Humanities students, such as Engineers and
Architects, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
At the core of our teaching and research is our intellectual
project of examining the ways in which knowledge of Africa
has been constructed in a range of discourses that cut across
a number of disciplines. Within this forum, our courses cover
themes such as the representation of Africa across a number
of media in both popular culture and in academic disciplines.
In this regard, we provide a critical understanding of how
knowledge in and about Africa has been filtered through
the colonial library. In addition, the Centre’s activities include
producing our journal,
Social Dynamics
, holding regular
seminars, workshops and forums for debate and providing a
venue for performances, art exhibitions and film.
Statistics
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Emeritus Professor
1
Honorary Professor
1
Professors
2
Associate Professors
2
Lecturers
2
Senior Secretary
1
Permanent Administrative Staff
2
Total
11
Students
Diploma
2
Honours
9
Master’s
11
Doctoral
8
Undergraduate
270
Total
300
Research Fields and Staff
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Associate Professor Harry Garuba
Associate Professor Nick Shepherd
Professor Lungisile Ntsebeza
Professor Crain Soudien
Dr Horman Chitonge
Mr Nkululeko Mabandla
Emeritus Professors
Professor Brenda Cooper (MA Birmingham) (PhD Sussex)
Honorary Professor
Professor Anthony Bogues (Brown University, USA)
Honorary Research Associates
Louise Green (University of Stellenbosch)
Kylie Thomas (Rhodes University)
Visiting Research Associates
Cheryl-Ann Michael (University of Western Cape)
Steven Robins (University of Stellenbosch)
Fiona Ngarachu (University of Southampton, UK)
Ghirma Negash (Ohio University, USA)
Isaac Ndlovu (University of Venda)
Postdoctoral Fellows
Jeremiah Arowosegbe
Contact Details
Postal Address: Harry Oppenheimer Institute Building,
University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701
Telephone: +27 21 650 2308
Fax: +27 21 650 3579
E-mail: cas-africas@uct.ac.za
Web: http://www.africanstudies.uct.ac.za