MA African Literature (Wits)
DESIGNATION
Lecturer
TEACHING AREAS
Women's Fiction
African Literatures
Postcolonial Studies
RESEARCH
Popular Cultures in Africa
Postcolonial Studies
African Film Studies
East African literary and cultural studies
African Diasporic Studies
OTHER
Council member of the English Academy of Southern Africa
Co-editor English Academy Newsletter
Member of Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
'Heirs of Tradition or Veiled Anxieties? Romance, Sex and Marriage in Contemporary Women's Short Stories from Uganda' in Rethinking Eastern African Literary and Intellectual Archives eds. James Ogude, Grace A. Musila and Dina Ligaga. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2012.
ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
"Young, black and female in post-apartheid South Africa: Identitiy politics in Kopano Matlwa's Coconut." Scrutiny2: Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa 14 (1): 2009 66-78
"Language Learning Interventions." Journal for Language Teaching 39 (1): 2005 114-130
Ms Lynda Gichanda Spencer
