The Harry Frank Guggenheim African Fellows

(Formerly Harry Frank Guggenheim Young African Scholars)

2025–2026

Aroob Alfaki (Social Anthropology, University of Khartoum), Reproduction of Inequalities or Construction of New Commonalities? Socio-Spatial and Cultural Reconfigurations of the Urban and the Rural in Sudan Between Revolution and War
Tamia Botes (Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand), Eldorado Park as Demonic Grounds: A Social History from 1960s–Present
Nonhlanhla Gumede (Social Work, University of Pretoria), Narratives of Male Perpetrators on Factors Contributing to Gender-Based Violence: A Case Study of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Lameck Kachena (Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Cape Town), Migration, Socioecological and Geopolitical Trajectories along the Great Limpopo and Chimanimani Transboundary Parks
Stanley Kiswaga (Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), Makerere University), Theatre for Development and the Neoliberal Divides: Rethinking “New Nation-Building” in “Post-Socialist Tanzania” 
Kgomotso Komane (Political Science and International Relations, University of Pretoria), An Intersecting Theoretical Analysis on Lesotho’s Struggle with Political Violence: A Case Study on the (Re)Configuration and (Re)Construction of Basotho Wem on Mediation and Peacebuilding in Lesotho
Abdirizak Muhumed (Political Science, University of the Witwatersrand), Unfinished Imperialism and Lived Experiences of Occupation in Ogaden, 1994–2018
Faridah Muli (Department of Diplomacy and International Studies, University of Nairobi), Digital Technologies in Counterterrorism: Assessing US-Kenya Partnerships in Violent Extremism Prevention in the Horn of Africa
Azzeddine Tajjiou (English Studies, Université Mohammed Premier), Colonial Shadows and Post-Colonial Dreams: Exploring Corruption and Hope in Anglophone African Literature
Rukayat Usman (Sociology/Public Policy, University of Ibadan), Violence Continuum and the Mobility Trajectories of Young Internally Displaced Persons Exiting Camps in Nigeria
Alida van der Walt (Department of Music; Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest, Stellenbosch University), Sensing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in South Africa: Vocal Performance as Witness and Apology

2023–2024

Doyinsola Oluwagbemi Agunbiade (Department of Peace, Security and Humanitarian Studies, University of Ibadan), Impact Assessment of Violent Conflicts on the Democratic Development in Côte d'Ivoire
Benyin Akande (Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of Uyo), Separatism and Gender Roles: Exploring Women's Involvement in IPOB’s Agitations in Nigeria's South-east Region
Adventino Banjwa (Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University), Contesting the Postcolonial Political Order: A Critical Historical and Political Study on the Federalist Movement in Uganda
Kigambo Gaaki (Centre for Film and Media Studies, University of Cape Town), Mediating Contentious Politics in Hybrid Regimes: Press Coverage of Political Protests in Uganda
Marie-Grace Kagoyire Gasinzigwa (Department of Psychology, Universiteit Stellenbosch), Construction of Genocide Memories: Narratives of Second-generation Rwandans
Yosef Sintayehu Jemberie (Department of Social Studies, Makerere University), The Making of State of Emergency: A Historical Critique of Modern Political Power in Ethiopia
Awet Halefom Kahsay (Institute for Peace and Security Studies, Addis Ababa University), Preventing Inter-Ethnic Conflict through Traditional Institutions: Evidences from North-East Ethiopia
Learnmore Mvundura (School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand), Debunking Foreigner-Citizen Identity Binaries: Immigrant Women’s Negotiation of Maternal Health Inequities in Johannesburg
Kenechukwu Nwachukwu (Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University), Nigeria’s Unresolved Political History and the Production of Violence Through Historical Narratives: The IPOB Question
Jacob Tagarirofa (Centre for Gender and Africa, University of the Free State), ‘Invisible Objects’ and Everyday Violence in a Post-war Community: A Posthuman Analysis of the Gendered Materialities of Landmines in the North-Eastern Border Area of Zimbabwe

2019–20

Jacqueline Adongo (Cultural Studies, Makerere University), Rethinking Childhood: Child Identity Formation in Post-War Northern Uganda
Stephen David (English Studies, Stellenbosch University), Biafra as Third Space: Reading the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria-Biafra Civil War Literature
Florence Ncube (Anthropology, University of the Western Cape), Navigating Exile: A Case Study of Rwandan Former Soldiers Living in South Africa
Elizabeth Animashaun (Peace Studies, University of Ibadan), Contending for Power: Intersections of Spiritualism, Violence, and Dominance in Commercial Sex Work
Khanyile Mlotshwa (Media and Cultural Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal), Interrogating Anti-Black Violence and Xenophobia in Discursive Construction of Black Subjectivity in Post-Apartheid Johannesburg, South Africa
Charlotte Ofori (Population Studies, University of Ghana), Bridewealth Payment and Male-Perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Ghana
Martin Ihembe (Political Science, University of Ibadan), Electoral Violence and Reforms in Nigeria’s Fledgling Democracy
Chenai Matshaka (Political Science, University of Pretoria), Civil Society Narratives of Violence and the Shaping of the Transitional Justice Agenda in Zimbabwe
Isaac Dery (Gender Studies, Unaffiliated), "Illegal Border Crossing" and Gender-Based Violence: Developing an African-Centered Perspective on Masculinities
Michael Owojuyigbe (Sociology, University of Ibadan), Sexual Learning Among the "Omo Ita" in Ibadan 

2017–18

Simbarashe Gukurume (Sociology, University of Cape Town), Militarization of University Spaces in Zimbabwe: Institutionalised Political Violence
Yahya Sseremba (Political Science, Makerere University), A Historical and Political Inquiry Into the Political Violence in the Rwenzori Area of Uganda
Edmore Chitukutuku (Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand), Youth Militias As Victims of Political Violence in Northern Zimbabwe
Torque Mude (Political Science, Religions, and Philosophies, Midlands State University), Effects of Violent Protests in Zimbabwe: Interrogating the April-August 2016 Anti-Government Protests
Benard Kilaka (Political Science), When Comrades Become Radicalized: Students’ Fears, Everyday Relations, and Perceptions of Security in Moi University, Kenya
Chibuzor Azubuike (African Studies, University of Ibadan), Negotiating Homeland and Return Among Female Bakassi Refugees in Cross River State
Souad Belhorma (Gender Studies, Moulay Ismail University-Meknes), Violence and Socioeconomic Development in a Transnational Context: A Case Study of Sub-Saharan Women in Morocco
Rosette Vuninga (History, University of the Western Cape), Combattants: Activists or Gangs? Ethno-Regional Violence Among Congolese Immigrants of South Africa
Elizabeth Animashaun (Conflict Studies, University of Ibadan), Commercial Sex Workers and Gender-Based Violence in Communities along Benin-Republic- Nigeria Border Corridor
Naume Choguya (Sociology and Anthropology, University Of the Western Cape), Student Protests and Responses in South Africa: Violent Clashes

Welcome to the website of The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

Sign up here for Foundation news and updates on our programs and research.