Mixed Race Writings

I am a self-identified Black mixed-race South African educator, researcher, storyteller and decolonial feminist activist. I draw fromand am inspired by my own experiences as a child born in exile to an activist mother. My research considers experiences of racial mixed-ness in relation to family, socio-historical context and legacies of coloniality. I am particularly interested in how [mixed]race is articulated, institutionalised and experienced in post-colonial contexts within the Global South and on the African continent. I draw on post and decolonial as well as Black feminist discourses to think through and approach my work.  

Alongside my academic career, I have been involved in civil society across the areas of gender and education for over 15 years. I have a particular interest in the project of decolonising “development” and bridging the gap between the academy and civil society.  

I am an avid dog lover and a huge fan of art and plants.