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Currently a lecturer and a part-time Postgraduate Recruitment Advisor at the University of Birmingham | Currently a lecturer and a part-time Postgraduate Recruitment Advisor at the University of Birmingham | ||
| − | He is a Reviews Editor for Africa in Words and works closely with artists, writers and publishers across Africa. | + | He is a Reviews Editor for ''[[Africa in Words]]'' and works closely with artists, writers and publishers across Africa. |
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| + | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
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| + | Publications include | ||
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| + | Song Identity and the State: Julius Malema's Dubul' ibhunu song as catalyst | ||
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| + | Volume, Power, Originality: Reassessing the Complexities of Soweto Poetry | ||
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| + | Dissonances from the Global South: Song, Art and Performance in Cultures of Struggle | ||
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| + | Towards a New Public Space: Performance Culture in 1980s South Africa | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | https://www.academia.edu/17305455/Towards_a_New_Public_Space_Performance_Culture_in_1980s_South_Africa?email_work_card=thumbnail | ||
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| + | Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | == Return to == | ||
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| + | Return to [[ESAT Personalities P]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[Main Page]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:55, 16 March 2023
Tom Penfold is a researcher and teacher in contemporary postcolonial literature.
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Biography
Holding a B.A (Exon) from the University of Exeter and a PhD in African Studies from the University of Birmingham (September 2013). This followed by a four year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Johannesburg.
His main focus is poetry and performance culture in South Africa, with key research projects inclduing studies of graffiti in Johannesburg, the #FeesMustFall movements, and Poetry of No Sure Place. He has also worked on Brazil and the wider Global South.
Currently a lecturer and a part-time Postgraduate Recruitment Advisor at the University of Birmingham
He is a Reviews Editor for Africa in Words and works closely with artists, writers and publishers across Africa.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Publications include
Song Identity and the State: Julius Malema's Dubul' ibhunu song as catalyst
Volume, Power, Originality: Reassessing the Complexities of Soweto Poetry
Dissonances from the Global South: Song, Art and Performance in Cultures of Struggle
Towards a New Public Space: Performance Culture in 1980s South Africa
Sources
Go to the ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to ESAT Personalities P
Return to South African Theatre Personalities
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
