Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that South African author, Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh, has received his D.Phil from Oxford University. (Read More Here).
Taking to his Instagram page a day ago, Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh shared photos from his D.Phil graduating ceremony held in the United Kingdom.
He studied International Relations for his Doctorate/PhD at Oxford University. On November 7, 2021, he took to his Twitter page to announce that he has been appointed as a lecturer at Witwatersrand University (Wits University) at the Department of International Relations (IR), under the faculty of Huumanities.
He wrote: “I’ve been appointed Lecturer at the @WitsUniversity IR Department from 2022. Looking forward to my first full-time academic role, and to teaching and supervising a new generation of students.”
He wrote: “Ko I had to wait 18 months to attend my @UniofOxford graduation ceremony, but the wait made it all the sweeter.”
Rejoicing with his son, Mr. Mpofu wrote: “The situation right now at Oxford University!
Lets give it up for The Good Doctor In the House!”
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Biography of Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh:
“Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh (born 4 January 1989) is a South African author, musician and activist. Mpofu-Walsh was president of the University of Cape Town Students’ Representative Council in 2010. He holds a DPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford. In September 2017, Mpofu-Walsh published his debut book, Democracy and Delusion: 10 Myths in South African Politics. Along with the book, he released his debut rap album, also titled Democracy and Delusion.
“Mpofu-Walsh was born in Johannesburg, the son of a black father and a white mother. His parents were politically active in the struggle against apartheid. His father is Dali Mpofu a prominent advocate, former SABC CEO and Chairperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters political party. He attended Sacred Heart College and St John’s College. He was part of the hip-hop group Entity, along with rapper AKA and Nhlanhla Makenna. He played for the Orlando Pirates Youth Academy between the ages of 13 and 16[citation needed]. Mpofu-Walsh spent a year living in the rural Eastern Cape village of Qugqwala, before undergoing ritual Xhosa initiation in 2007.
“Mpofu-Walsh attended the University of Cape Town, earning an Honours degree in Politics Philosophy and Economics in 2012. He was SRC President in 2010, where his SRC was the first to successfully challenge the university’s proposed fees increase, reducing it from 12% to 8%. At UCT, he co-founded InkuluFreeHeid, a youth-led civil society organisation. He earned a Weidenfeld Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in International Relations at the University of Oxford, which he earned in 2015 with distinction. He completed his doctorate in international relations in 2020 at Oxford, with a dissertation on the politics of nuclear-weapon-free zones.
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