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Associate Professor
Name: Siseko H. Kumalo
Location: B-Ring 220 Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education, Faculty of Education Staff Members
Contact Details:
Tel: 011 559 3167
Email: sisekok@uj.ac.za
About Prof Siseko H. Kumalo
Professor Kumalo is an Associate Professor at the Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies, University of Johannesburg. A scholar of political theory, his work examines how universities shape belonging and national identity in South Africa through teaching, research, and community engagement. His research contributes to global discussions on higher education’s transformative role in society.
Professor Kumalo leads the Black Archive Project, which curates intellectual histories to expand curricula and decolonise knowledge production. He is also a member of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s Global Ethics Steering Committee, where he advances ethical frameworks for sustainable education globally. With a robust publication record and contributions to prestigious platforms, Professor Kumalo’s scholarship bridges African perspectives with global discourses, cementing his role as a thought leader in higher education studies.
Selected Publications:
Kumalo, S.H., 2024. Pedagogic Obligations toward a Decolonial and Contextually Responsive Approach to Teaching Philosophy in South Africa. Journal of Philosophy of Education, p.qhae028.
Kumalo, S.H., 2023. Imfundo, Ubulumko, Nomthetho: A South African Philosophy of Education. In Handbook of African Philosophy (pp. 1-25). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Kumalo, S.H., 2023. Can Iqaba Possess Ontological Legitimacy?. Critical Philosophy of Race, 11(2), pp.378-407.
Kumalo, S.H., 2022. Amaqaba nama Gqobhoka?: Working through Colonial Derision of Black Ontology. Theoria, 69(173), pp.1-28.
Kumalo, S.H., 2021. Resurrecting the Black Archive through the decolonisation of philosophy in South Africa. In Decolonising Curricula and Pedagogy in Higher Education (pp. 19-36). Routledge.
Research Interests:
Black Archive, Higher Education Decolonisation and Transformation, Feminist and Queer Theory, Post-Liberalism