BA , MA (RU), PhD (Pretoria)

Biography

Dr Thapelo Tselapedi is a lecturer in the department. After being awarded the Centre for the Study of Democracy bursary, he completed his MA degree at Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 which focused on political theory, social movements and local government. He formerly worked for a public interest organization in Johannesburg as a social researcher focusing on social movements in Gauteng, the North West and KZN. He also went on to work for an umbrella body of a number of NGOs, called Local Government Network (LGA), delivering constitutional literacy workshops on local government. He is a former assistant lecturer at the 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Johannesburg where he taught Introduction to Politics and South African Liberation Theories. His PhD, from the 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Pretoria, forcused on critical approaches to International Relations. 

Research interests

Africana existential philosophy
Critical theory
Decolonial studies

Specialisations

Colonial, anti-colonial and post-colonial studies in the Global South. Critical IR. Race and gender studies. 

Research Articles

Tselapedi, T (2017) Black liberation and the notion of ‘social justice’ in South Africa in NGO’s and Social Justice in South Africa and Beyond. UKZN Press. Book chapter.

Tselapedi, T (2016) Political studies: An entry into ‘social science thought’ in the South African academy. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education. Cambridge 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网.

Book Reviews

Book review for the Journal of Contemporary African Studies (JCAS): Reviewed the book, Popular politics and Resistance Movements in South Africa edited by William Beinart and Marcelle C. Dawson. Johannesburg, Wits 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Press, 2010. (June 2013).

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