Fellows

Mandipa Machacha is a feminist development practitioner with a comprehensive range of skills acquired from having worked for the Botswana government, the non-profit sector, and the United Nations. Passionate about social justice (gender-justice in particular), she has worked for over 10 years either for or supporting activist groups, donors, and international organizations to deepen analysis, shape policy, and refine interventions that defend minority and women’s rights, with the overarching goal of developing strategies that will enable us to build intersectional feminist futures. This work has included human rights advocacy, humanitarian assistance, conflict resolution, sustainable development initiatives, curriculum development, advisory roles …

Rose Mbezi is a PhD candidate at the University of Dar es Salaam. She holds a Master of Philosophy in anthropology of development from Bergen University (Norway), Masters of Arts and Bachelor of Arts both from University of Dar Es Salaam and a Diploma in Education from Marangu Teachers college. She has over 20 years of experience in projects, programs, research and forums in relation to gender and development endeavors. She has participated in different project assignments regarding gender and development in the following sectors: Health, Crop-Livestock, Fisheries, Agriculture, Tourism, Land, informal sector, Gender Based Violence and Fertilizer. Her involvement

Tracey Muradzikwa has 5 years of experience working at the Judiciary Service Commission in Zimbabwe. She was a Research Assistant for a research conducted by the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS & Gender (CSA&G) based at the University Of Pretoria, South Africa, entitled ” The Lived Experiences and Social Support Needs of Pregnant Women and Neonates in Hurungwe District, Zimbabwe”. Previously, she had been working at the United Nations World Food Programme as an intern. In 2018 she graduated at the University of Zimbabwe with a Masters in international relations and is currently a PhD student at the University of Witwatersrand,

William Musamba holds a Second-class Upper Degree of Bachelor of Arts with education (history and geography), and a Master of Education in social sciences and Arts Education (History option), all from Makerere University. He is currently a pursuant of a PhD Degree in Historical Humanities in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Makerere University. His PhD research theme on Sub-ethnic Identities and Conflict in Uganda: The Case of Busoga (1887 to 1967), is being funded by Gerda Henkel Stiftung, Düsseldorf, Germany. In June 2020, he was awarded a Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa followship for 2020-2021 with

William Musamba holds a Second-class Upper Degree of Bachelor of Arts with education (history and geography), and a Master of Education in social sciences and Arts Education (History option), all from Makerere University. He is currently a pursuant of a PhD Degree in Historical Humanities in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Makerere University. His PhD research theme on Sub-ethnic Identities and Conflict in Uganda: The Case of Busoga (1887 to 1967), is being funded by Gerda Henkel Stiftung, Düsseldorf, Germany. In June 2020, he was awarded a Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa followship for 2020-2021 with

Eminata Kamogo is an assistant lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam. Her professional background in geography and environmental studies( Bachelor’s Degree) and geography and environmental management (Master’s Degree) have pushed her to focus her studies and provide expertise in the field of disaster management, urban management, natural resources management, and conflict resolution.

William Musamba holds a Second-class Upper Degree of Bachelor of Arts with education (history and geography), and a Master of Education in social sciences and Arts Education (History option), all from Makerere University. He is currently a pursuant of a PhD Degree in Historical Humanities in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Makerere University. His PhD research theme on Sub-ethnic Identities and Conflict in Uganda: The Case of Busoga (1887 to 1967), is being funded by Gerda Henkel Stiftung, Düsseldorf, Germany. In June 2020, he was awarded a Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa followship for 2020-2021 with

Fisayo Ajala is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is a 2019 fellow of the SSRC’s Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Fellowship Program. His current research interests are in the areas of military sociology, violent extremism, gender studies, and civic space. His book reviews and articles have been published in LSE Book Review, African Studies Quarterly, and The Republic: Journal of Nigerian Affairs.

Hafsa Ali Ibrahim is a Kenyan citizen who lives in Nakuru County. She is a wife and a mother of four children: a daughter and three sons. She is also a teacher by profession with more than six years of experience in secondary education and four years in tertiary. Ibrahim is currently a part time lecturer at Egerton University in the Department of Philosophy, History, and Religion. She is pursuing a doctoral degree in philosophy and religious studies in the same university. She holds a Master of Arts in philosophy and religious studies from the University of Nairobi and an

Ridwan Abiola Kolawole is a doctoral student in the Department of Communication and Language Arts at the  University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His research interest is in the area of applied communication with a particular interest in media studies, journalism, development communication as well as the interface between conflict and the media. He is interested in multi-disciplinary research and has applied his communication knowledge to the area of conflict which gave birth to his PhD topic, “Exploratory Analysis of Identity Construction in Nigerian Media Framing of Farmer-Herder Conflict in North Central Nigeria.” Before now, he earned a BA and a MA