Tweet Towards the end of 2010 I was confronted with the reality of leaving the State of Ohio, a place I had grown to call home; a place where I spent my formative years. I accepted a position at the University of Colorado at Boulder as an Academic Technology Consultant (ATC). A place with a…
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Searching for stones on waterless holes: cutting through financial hurdles for the reincarnation of the mind
Tweet My parents’ named me ‘Gcobani’ (meaning ‘happy’ in English) because for them I was their ‘miracle baby’ that they were happy to receive. My mother was already in her early forties when she gave birth to me, whereas my father was sitting just three years shy of 50 years. I never consciously thought about…
Nerdy pleasures: negotiating vulnerability and fidelity to the perpetual question
Tweet Anyone who knows me well will most probably be aware of my intense admiration for the work and scholarly output of feminist scholar and cultural critic bell hooks. This is particularly because of hooks’ idea of ‘education as a practice of freedom’. It came as no surprise to many of my friends therefore that…
Studying in Europe
Tweet Studying abroad has been an enriching and eye-opening adventure, one that has helped me mature, personally and intellectually. The experience has provided an opportunity to travel and has been an optimal way to immerse myself in French culture and to learn the language. In fact, with this form of learning that extends beyond classroom…
Library, Coffee and Passion
Tweet Choosing to study further, at Masters level is rarely complicated at the beginning. While you’re busy with your coursework, presentations, and seminar papers, you tend to forget that at the end of it all, you have to submit something, on some topic or other that may or may not advance the cause of academia,…
You gotta have an awesome boss
Tweet It is hard to believe that a year has passed since I started my job as the Assistant Director for the African Studies Program here at Ohio University. I was formally appointed to the position in August 2010 and only started working full time in November 2010. The hold up? United StatesImmigration. Those few…
