Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni (born 6 June 1968) is a Professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South at the

University of Bayreuth A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, th ...

, Germany.

Biography

Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni was educated at the

University of Zimbabwe The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) is a public university in Harare, Zimbabwe. It opened in 1952 as the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and was initially affiliated with the University of London. It was later renamed the University ...

, in

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, and

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in South Africa. he holds a BA Honours degree in History, MA in African History, PhD in History and PGDE in Education. He previously worked as Professor of History at the

and Professor of History and Development Studies at

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, located in the city of

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, Zimbabwe; Research Professor at the

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(UNISA), South Africa; Professor Extraordinarius at the

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(UFS) in South Africa; Honorary Professor at the

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(UKZN) in South Africa; Visiting Research Fellow at the

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in South Africa; and is also a Research Associate of The Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies at

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in the United Kingdom.

Works

* ''Epistemic Freedom in Africa: Deprovincialization and Decolonization'' * ''Empire, Global Coloniality and African Subjectivity'' * ''The Decolonial Mandela: Peace, Justice and the Politics of Life''Reviews of ''The Decolonial Mandela: Peace, Justice and the Politics of Life'': * * * * * ''Coloniality of Power in Postcolonial Africa: Myths of Decolonization''

References

External links

Google scholar page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J. 1968 births Living people University of Bayreuth faculty Zimbabwean philosophers