Munyaradzi Mawere

Munyaradzi Mawere (PhD) is Professor Extraordinarius of Interdisciplinary Research (UNISA), and a Full Professor of African Studies at Great Zimbabwe University in Zimbabwe. Prof Extraord. Mawere holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa; three Masters Degrees namely: Master of Arts Degree in Social Anthropology (passed with Distinction); Master of Arts Degree in Development Studies (passed with University Book Prize); Master of Arts Degree in Philosophy; a BA (Hons) Degree in Philosophy, and several certificates across disciplines. He is an author and editor of 98 books and over 310 book chapters and peer-reviewed academic journals with internationally acclaimed publishers, with a focus on Africa straddling the following areas: poverty and development, African philosophy, society and culture, democracy, human rights, politics of food production, humanitarianism and civil society organisations, indigenous knowledge systems, urban anthropology, existential anthropology, cultural philosophy, environmental anthropology, society and politics, decoloniality and African studies. Professor Extraord. Mawere has also won several prestigious international honours such as the Wenner-Gren Research Fellowship (2011) and the much-coveted Association of African Studies (ASA) Presidential Fellowship Award (2017). He is an entrepreneur, a senior editor of a number of publishing outlets, and the incumbent representative of Africa in the Europe External Programme with Africa (EEPA). Some of my recently published books are: RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS FOR CROSS-CUTTING RESEARCH: A Handbook for Multidisciplinary Research (2022); African Sovereignty in the Age of Posthumanism and Transhumanism (2022); Re-imagining Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices in 21st Century Africa: Debunking Myths and Misconceptions for Conviviality and Sustainability (2022); Morgan Richard Tsvangirai’s Legacy: Opposition Politics & the Struggle for Human Rights, Democracy and Gender Sensitivities (2022); ENSLAVED: Trapped and Trafficked in Digital Black Holes-Human Trafficking Trajectories in Libya (2023); Africa, Human Rights and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Mitigation Dynamics and their Implications for Human Rights, Freedoms and Civil Liberties (2023); and Media and Technology in 21st Century Higher and Tertiary Education in Africa: Insights from Teachers’ Colleges in Zimbabwe (2023).