Bio

Sekibakiba Lekgoathi is a Fulbright-MacArthur scholar with a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, USA. An Associate Professor of History at Wits University, Lekgoathi is a widely published scholar on topics as diverse as radio broadcasting in South Africa; Ndebele ethnicity; the politics of knowledge production; and popular struggles in the country. He is a co-editor of the book Guerrilla Radios in Southern Africa: Broadcasters, Technology, Propaganda Wars, and the Armed Struggle (Rowman & Littlefield International and Wits University Press, 2020). Professor Lekgoathi currently serves as a member of the Ministerial Task Team (History) for the Department of Basic Education, and Deputy-President of the Oral History Association of South Africa (OHASA).

Sekibakiba Lekgoathi (Prof)

  • Designation:
  • Deputy President