2018 Cohort

ALEXA NICOLE ANTHONIE Home country: South Africa Year of enrolment: 2018 Department: General Linguistics Supervisor: Dr Marcelyn Oostendorp Dissertation title: Investigating the potential of heteroglossic teaching and learning practices in an underrepresented higher education setting: a case study of a South African technical and vocational education and training college
MICHAEL OKYERE ASANTE Home country: Ghana PANGeA partner: University of Ghana Year of enrolment: 2018 Department: Ancient Cultures Supervisor: Prof Philip Bosman Dissertation title: A rereading of the position of women in Plato's ideal state through the lens of Kwame Gyekye's moderate communitarianism
BIMBO LOLADE FAFOWORA Home country: Nigeria Year of enrolment: 2018 Department: Journalism Supervisor: Prof Lizette Rabe Dissertation title: Media construction and representation of women in political leadership positions: a case study of female politicians in Nigeria
IDARESIT INYANG Home country: Nigeria Year of enrolment: 2018 Department: Drama and Theatre Studies Supervisor: Dr Mareli Pretorius Dissertation title: Applying indigenous knowledge resources in children's play-crafting in Southern Nigeria: practice-led research using Ibibio folk narratives
MARION NDAWAKA KAJOMBO Home country: Malawi Year of enrolment: 2018 Department: General Linguistics Supervisor: Dr Lauren Mongie and Prof Frenette Southwood Dissertation title: Taboo language and women's bodies: a sociolinguistic study of speech codes used in gynecological consultations in Blantyre, Malawi
BRYAN UMARU KAUMA Home country: Zimbabwe Year of enrolment: 2018 Department: History Supervisor: Prof Sandra Swart Dissertation title: A socio-economic and environmental history of small grains in Zimbabwe, c1890 to 2013
YUSTINA SAMWEL KOMBA Home country: Tanzania PANGeA partner: University of Dar es Salaam Year of enrolment: 2018 Department: History Supervisors: Dr Anton Ehlers and Dr Hezron Kangalawe (University of Dar es Salaam) Dissertation title: A socio-economic history of coffee production in Mbinga District, Tanzania, c1920 - 2015
JAUQUELYNE KOSGEI Home country: Kenya PANGeA partner: University of Nairobi Year of enrolment: 2018 Department: English Studies Supervisor: Prof Tina Steiner Co-Supervisor: Dr Uhuru Phafalala Dissertation title: Imaginaries of oceanic histories in oral and written texts from the Kenyan Coast
CLAIRE-ANNE LOUISE LESTER Home country: South Africa Year of enrolment: 2018 Department: Sociology Supervisor: Dr Bernard Dubbeld Dissertation title: Marikana, state and struggle: official 'truth-seeking' commissions and the legitimation of violence
MICHEL MEDJO MEDJO Home country: Cameroon PANGeA partner: University of Yaoundé I Year of enrolment: 2018 Department: Sociology Supervisor: Prof Simon Bekker and Prof Philippe Essomba (University of Yaoundé I) Dissertation title: L'influence de l'ethnicité dans le commerce frontalier: le cas de la ville de Kyé-Ossi au Cameroun (English: The influence of ethnicity on border trade: the case of the town of Kye-Ossi in Cameroon)
CORINNE AURELIE MOUSSI Home country: Cameroon Year of enrolment: 2018 Department: Political Science Supervisor: Prof Amanda Gouws Dissertation title: A critical analysis of the discourse on sexual violence in the Bemba case before the International Criminal Court
BRIGHTON PHARES MSAGALLA Home country: Tanzania PANGeA partner: University of Dar es Salaam Year of enrolment: 2018 Department: African Languages Supervisor: Prof Marianna Visser Dissertation title: Argumentation involving account-giving and self-presentation in the Tanzanian parliament: a pragma-dialectical perception
DOUGLAS KIYINIKIBI NKONGE Home country: Uganda PANGeA partner: Makerere University Year of enrolment: 2018 Department: African Languages Supervisor: Prof Marianna Visser Dissertation title: The locative in Luganda: a syntax-interfaces approach
DENIZA JOASH NYAKANA Home country: Tanzania PANGeA partner: University of Dar es Salaam Year of enrolment: 2018 Department: General Linguistics Supervisor: Dr Kate Huddlestone and Prof Manne Bylund Dissertation title: Multilingual acquisition of determiner phrases in L2 English and L3 French by Swahili speakers in Tanzania
GODFREY SEBIDIE Home country: Botswana Year of enrolment: 2018 Department: Social Work Supervisor: Dr Marianne Strydom Dissertation title: The challenges experienced by unemployed youth graduates in Botswana: an ecological systems perspective

ALEXA NICOLE ANTHONIE

Home country:        South Africa
Year of enrolment: 2018
Department:            General Linguistics
Supervisor:              Dr Marcelyn Oostendorp
Dissertation title:    Investigating the potential of heteroglossic teaching and learning practices in an underrepresented higher education setting: a case study of a South African technical and vocational education and training college

MICHAEL OKYERE ASANTE

Home country:        Ghana
PANGeA partner:   University of Ghana
Year of enrolment: 2018
Department:            Ancient Cultures
Supervisor:              Prof Philip Bosman
Dissertation title:    A rereading of the position of women in Plato's ideal state through the lens of Kwame Gyekye's moderate communitarianism

BIMBO LOLADE FAFOWORA

Home country:        Nigeria
Year of enrolment:   2018
Department:            Journalism
Supervisor:              Prof Lizette Rabe
Dissertation title:    Media construction and representation of women in political leadership positions: a case study of female politicians in Nigeria

IDARESIT INYANG

Home country:        Nigeria
Year of enrolment: 2018
Department:            Drama and Theatre Studies
Supervisor:               Dr Mareli Pretorius
Dissertation title:    Applying indigenous knowledge resources in children's play-crafting in Southern Nigeria: practice-led research using Ibibio folk narratives

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MARION NDAWAKA KAJOMBO

Home country:        Malawi
Year of enrolment: 2018
Department:            General Linguistics
Supervisor:              Dr Lauren Mongie and Prof Frenette Southwood
Dissertation title:    Taboo language and women's bodies: a sociolinguistic study of speech codes used in gynecological consultations in Blantyre, Malawi

BRYAN UMARU KAUMA

Home country:        Zimbabwe
Year of enrolment: 2018
Department:            History
Supervisor:              Prof Sandra Swart
Dissertation title:    A socio-economic and environmental history of small grains in Zimbabwe, c1890 to 2013

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YUSTINA SAMWEL KOMBA

Home country:        Tanzania
PANGeA partner:     University of Dar es Salaam
Year of enrolment: 2018
Department:            History
Supervisors:             Dr Anton Ehlers and Dr Hezron Kangalawe (University of Dar es Salaam)
Dissertation title:    A socio-economic history of coffee production in Mbinga District, Tanzania, c1920 - 2015

JAUQUELYNE KOSGEI

Home country:       Kenya
PANGeA partner:    University of Nairobi
Year of enrolment: 2018
Department:           English Studies
Supervisor:              Prof Tina Steiner
Co-Supervisor:        Dr Uhuru Phafalala
Dissertation title:   Imaginaries of oceanic histories in oral and written texts from the Kenyan Coast

CLAIRE-ANNE LOUISE LESTER

Home country:        South Africa
Year of enrolment: 2018
Department:            Sociology
Supervisor:              Dr Bernard Dubbeld
Dissertation title:    Marikana, state and struggle: official 'truth-seeking' commissions and the legitimation of violence

MICHEL MEDJO MEDJO

Home country:       Cameroon
PANGeA partner:    University of Yaoundé I
Year of enrolment: 2018
Department:           Sociology
Supervisor:             Prof Simon Bekker and Prof Philippe Essomba (University of Yaoundé I)
Dissertation title:   L'influence de l'ethnicité dans le commerce frontalier: le cas de la ville de Kyé-Ossi au Cameroun (English: The influence of ethnicity on border trade: the case of the town of Kye-Ossi in Cameroon)

CORINNE AURELIE MOUSSI

Home country:       Cameroon
Year of enrolment: 2018
Department:           Political Science
Supervisor:              Prof Amanda Gouws
Dissertation title:    A critical analysis of the discourse on sexual violence in the Bemba case before the International Criminal Court

BRIGHTON PHARES MSAGALLA

Home country:       Tanzania
PANGeA partner:    University of Dar es Salaam
Year of enrolment: 2018
Department:           African Languages
Supervisor:              Prof Marianna Visser
Dissertation title:   Argumentation involving account-giving and self-presentation in the Tanzanian parliament: a pragma-dialectical perception

DOUGLAS KIYINIKIBI NKONGE

Home country:       Uganda
PANGeA partner:    Makerere University
Year of enrolment: 2018
Department:           African Languages
Supervisor:              Prof Marianna Visser
Dissertation title:   The locative in Luganda: a syntax-interfaces approach

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DENIZA JOASH NYAKANA

Home country:       Tanzania
PANGeA partner:     University of Dar es Salaam
Year of enrolment: 2018
Department:           General Linguistics
Supervisor:              Dr Kate Huddlestone and Prof Manne Bylund
Dissertation title:    Multilingual acquisition of determiner phrases in L2 English and L3 French by Swahili speakers in Tanzania

GODFREY SEBIDIE

Home country:       Botswana
Year of enrolment: 2018
Department:           Social Work
Supervisor:             Dr Marianne Strydom
Dissertation title:   The challenges experienced by unemployed youth graduates in Botswana: an ecological systems perspective