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Name: Andile Mayekiso
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About Dr. Andile Mayekiso
Andile is a lecturer at the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg in the department of Anthropology and Development Studies. He holds a doctoral degree in Social Anthropology obtained from the 欧美福利100000 of Cape Town. His thesis:听鈥楿kuba yindoda kwelixesha鈥�听(鈥楾o be a man in these times鈥�): Fatherhood, marginality and forms of life among young men in Gugulethu, Cape Town. His thesis examines how young, marginalised men in Gugulethu, a poor township in Cape Town, formulate their conceptions of fatherhood and fathering, and understand their roles and involvement with their children.
In May 2023 I was appointed by the Premier of Gauteng to serve as a technical expert on Gauteng Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims. My role was to help the commission by conducting research, designing of interview guides for public hearings, conduct public hearings and report writing. The commission was chaired by Professor Mziwoxolo Sirayi. This has sine led to a new interest to research the role of traditional leadership post 1994 in South Africa.
Before joining UJ, Andile worked as a project manager for a very large cohort study of an intervention in neighbourhoods of Khayelitsha and Mfuleni townships in Cape Town. This large, randomized control trial focused on HIV & drug abuse prevention for South African men. He worked closely with researchers from the 欧美福利100000 of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
In 2008, he joined the Children鈥檚 Institute of UCT as a researcher to conduct ethnographic fieldwork of infants鈥� born to HIV-positive mothers in Gugulethu Township.
Qualifications:
BA (Rhodes 欧美福利100000); BA Honours (Rhodes 欧美福利100000); Master of Arts in Development Studies (Sociology)听鈥�听(Rhodes 欧美福利100000 and Maastricht 欧美福利100000); and PhD in Social Anthropology (欧美福利100000 of Cape Town).
Research Interests:
His research areas of interest and specialisation are gender, masculinities, medical anthropology, HIV/Aids, sexuality, anthropology of religion, relationships, youth, indigenous knowledge systems, governance and social theory.
Selected Publications:
Mawere, M., & Mayekiso, A. 2022. . In Re-imagining Indigenous Knowledge and Practices in 21st Century Africa: Debunking Myths & Misconceptions for Conviviality and Sustainability. Langa RPCIG.
Mawere, M., & Mayekiso, A. 2022. . Re-imagining Indigenous Knowledge and Practices in 21st Century Africa: Debunking Myths and Misconceptions for Conviviality and Sustainability. Langa RPCIG.
Mayekiso, A & Mawere, M. 2018. Insecurities and ethical dilemmas of the filed: Reflections on insecurities and ethical dilemmas encountered by male researchers in a South African place鈥� In听Development Naivety and Emergent Insecurities in a听Monopolised World: The Politics and Sociology of Development in听Contemporary Africa.听Langaa RPCIG, Bamenda: Cameroon.
Kodi, B. A., Tomlinson, M., Mayekiso, A., Bantjes, J., van Heerden, A., Rotheram-Borus, M. J. 2017. Criterion Validity of Self-Reports of Alcohol, Cannabis, and Methamphetamine Use Among Young Men in Cape Town, South Africa.
Rotheram-Borus, M. J., Tomlinson, M., Mayekiso, A., Bantjes, J., Swendeman, D., Harris, D. M., & Weiss, R. E. 2017. Gender-specific HIV and substance abuse prevention strategies for South African men: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.听Trials. Submitted.
Mayekiso, A & Mawere, M. 2015. Traditional Healers and Medicine in South Africa: A Quest听for听Legal听and Scientific Recognition. In听Between Rhetoric and Reality: The State and Use of Indigenous Knowledge in Post-Colonial Africa.
Mawere, M., & Mayekiso, A. 2014. Traditional leadership, democracy and social equality in Africa: The role of traditional leadership in emboldening social equality in South Africa:听International Journal of Politics and Good Governance. International Journal of Politics and Good Governance: Volume 5, No. 5.3.
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