The sociology and Anthropology department is pleased to be hosting Zintombizethu Matebeni, an Associate Professor who is based permanently at the Department of Anthropology & Sociology at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
She will be teaching in the first term and also holding talks at the Nelson Mandela University.
Zethu’s published research focuses on gender and sexuality, with specific attention on black lesbian lives, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ rights and queer issues generally. She is the co-editor of “Beyond the Mountain: queer life in ‘Africa’s gay capital’” (UNISA Press, 2019), and Queer in Africa: LGBTQI identities, citizenship and activism (Routledge 2018).
She is actively involved in queer activism in South Africa and Zethu’s films, poetry and essays have been published in numerous journals, books and blogs including blacklooks.org and AWID.org. She has been a visiting Professor Yale University and has received a number of research fellowships including those from African Humanities Program, Ford Foundation, the Fogarty International Centre and the National Research Foundation.