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/PROFESSOR ZIFIKILE MGUNI-MAKWAVARARA
PROFESSOR ZIFIKILE MGUNI-MAKWAVARARA

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Profession: Academic specialised in Language and Literature

Qualifications:

  • DPhil: University of Cape Town (1999)
  • Master of Arts in African Languages and Literature: University of Zimbabwe (1986)
  • Graduate Certificate of Education: University of Zimbabwe (1979)
  • A. General Degree: University of Zimbabwe (1977)

Experience: 37 years

  • Senior Lecturer, University of Zimbabwe (2000 to date)
  • Full Professor and Inaugural Director of the Postgraduate Centre, UZ (Aug 2012 – Jul 2020)
  • External Examiner, Lupane State University (2019)
  • External Examiner, UZ (2016)
  • Associate Professor, UZ (2008 – 2016)
  • Lecturer, African Languages and Literature UZ (1988 – 2000)
  • Chairperson, Department of African Languages and Literature, UZ (1995 – 1997)
  • Editor/ Senior Editor, Literature and Humanities – College Press Educational Book Publishers (1984 – 1988)

Other Professional Experience

  • Editor in Chief of Zambezia, Humanities Journal of University of Zimbabwe (2004 – 2017)
  • Senior Editor, Literature and Humanities Department – College Press Publishers (1986 – 1988)
  • Editor, Literature and Humanities Department – College Press Publishers (1984 – 1986)
  • Language Consultant (2014 to date) 

Membership in Associations:

  • Member of Council, Midlands State University (2021 to date)
  • Member of Council, Great Zimbabwe University (2019)
  • Member of Intangible Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage
  • External Examiner in the Department of Language, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lupane State University
  • Member of the University of Zimbabwe Quality Assurance Committee
  • Member of the Student Disciplinary Committee, University of Zimbabwe
  • Member of the Grand Jury for Africa’s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century
  • Member of the Jury of Zimbabwe’s Best 75 Books Project
  • Member of the Zimbabwe Book Publishing Association (ZBPA)
  • Member of the Adjudication Committee for the Literature and Arts Section, National Arts Council, Zimbabwe
  • Founder member and treasurer of Southern African Association of Culture and Development Studies
  • Member of the ZIMSEC Board (2011 – 2013)
  • Organising Committee Member of the Faculty of Arts International Conference
  • Organising Committee Member of the Faculty of Arts International Conference, UZ
  • Secretary, Methodist Church in Zimbabwe Bookshop Board (2013 – 2017)

Publications:

Professor Mguni-Makwavarara has several publications to her credit

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