Karen Ferreira-Meyers lives and works in Eswatini. Associate Professor and Coordinator Linguistics and Modern Languages in the Institute of Distance Education, University of Eswatini, her research interests include (but are not limited to): distance and e-learning, teaching and learning of languages, diversity and inclusion, staff development, instructional design and technology, open education, autofiction and autobiography, African literature (Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone), crime and detective fiction. She is a keen translator, interpreter, editor and proof-reader.