Simamkele Dlakavu

Simamkele is a researcher, writer, scholar-activist, and communications and sustainability professional. Her previous role was a Research Fellow at the Nelson Mandela Centre for Women and Gender Studies, as well. Her areas of focus are social movements, feminist development economics, citizenship, and the ways in which African Feminist activists make claims towards the state and organise politically. She is a member of the South African Association for Political Studies and the African Feminist Initiative. Simamkele holds a BA in International Relations and Political Studies, BA Honours in Political Studies, an MA in African Literature from Wits University, as well as a PhD in Political Science at the Stellenbosch University.