Mpho Tshivhase

Mpho Tshivhase is a South African philosopher who teaches at the University of Pretoria. In April 2018, Tshivhase became the first black woman to receive a PhD in philosophy in all of South Africa. [1][2] Tshivhase teaches applied ethics and her research is focused on uniqueness and individuality

Quotes

• “Professionally, my role involves lecturing undergraduate and postgraduate students and supervising postgraduate research projects,”
• “I am currently abroad on a visiting scholarship as part of building international scholarship on topics relating to African knowledge systems and the works produced therein. Part of the aim of this project is to decolonize academia and what we teach at universities in Africa.”
• “I also have an interest in exploring the ontological status of Blackness,”
• “I am a guardian to a group of students who form an executive committee of the Faculty House in Humanities, an academic mentor for some students on the Student Representative Council, and I am a consultant at Redhill School in Johannesburg, which runs a project on philosophy for children.”
• “I have humbly learned not to plan for the future, as tomorrow is a mystery that will only become known to me when it manifests,” she concludes.
• “My journey has been affected by many people in different yet valuable ways, especially by my late mother, who unfailingly prioritized my wellbeing. She created a space for me to use the world as laboratory where I could experiment with different ideas and models of life.”
  • Education 2019 by mg.co.za, 2019, Retrieved 16/11/2023