Nompumelelo Zondi

Nompumelelo Zondi, also known as “Mpume”, is a Vice-Dean of Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of the Free State in South Africa. Prior appointments include: University of Pretoria (Professor and Chairwoman in the Department of African Languages), State University of New York at Albany, and University of Zululand (Associate Professor). Her research engages with gender, performance, literary traditions, and folklore in Zulu and Shona cultures. As an activist, she advocates for women’s and children’s rights such as gender-based inequalities and has published several articles and papers in local and internationally acclaimed journals.