Department of English Studies
| College of Human Sciences |
| School of Arts |
| Department: English Studies |
| Administrative Officer
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| Tel: |
012 429 2427
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| E-mail: |
mabulmm@unisa.ac.za
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Qualifications
- PhD Linguistics and Literary Studies (University of Udine, 2010)
Fields of academic interests
- Spoken word poetry
- Autobiographical writing
- Poetry therapy
Field of Specialisation
- African literatures in English
- Postcolonial studies
- Decolonial theory
Books
Book chapters:
- Go Fetisa Lekoalo/Beyond Literature. Orality, Poetry and Music in Post-apartheid Urban Spoken Word Art”. In: Beyond the Text. Issues in African Oral Literature and Diaspora Studies. Otiono, N. and Akoma, C. (eds.) (Forthcoming)
- The Partnership Spiritual Voice in the Poetry of Napo Masheane, Lebo Mashile and Natalia Molebatsi”, in: The Goddess Awakened. Partnership studies in education and world literatures in English. Riem Natale, A., Conti Camaiora, L. & Dolce, M. R. (eds.) 2007. Udine: Forum. pp. 171-191.
Journal articles
- Rewriting the past, reshaping the present, decolonizing the canon. Siphiwo Mahlala, Zukiswa Wanner and Makhosazana Xaba’s intergenerational and intertextual dialogues with Can Themba’s “The Suit”. The Journal of Commonwealth Literature (Forthcoming)
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Teaching spoken word poetry as a tool for decolonizing and africanizing the South African curricula and implementing literocracy”, in scrutiny2, special issue: The Scope of Contemporary South African Poetry Scrutiny2, 21:2, 2016.
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“Reconceptualising poetry as a multimodal genre” (with Denise Newfield). TESOL Quarterly, Vol. 49, No. 3, September 2015, pp. 510-532.
Professional positions, fellowships & awards
- Postdoctoral Fellow (University of South Africa, 2013 – 2014)
- Research Fellow (University of Udine, 2005 – 2007)
- “Anna Panicali” Literary award (Italy, 2010)
Projects
- ZAPP: The South African Poetry Project
- NRF: South African Poetry as an Indigenous Knowledge System (IKS)
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