Pumla Dineo Gqola | |
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.jpg) Gqola at the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences in 2015 | |
| Born | 3 December 1972 |
| Nationality | South African |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, writer, feminist |
| Awards | Alan Paton Award (2016) |
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| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Literature |
| Sub-discipline | Postcolonial literature, African literature, African feminism |
| Institutions | Nelson Mandela University |
Pumla Dineo Gqola (born 3 December 1972) is a South African academic, writer, and feminist, best known for her 2015 book Rape: A South African Nightmare,[1] which won the 2016 Alan Paton Award, and Female Fear Factory, which won the 2022 Best Non-Fiction Monograph Award from the South African National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS).[2] Pumla Dineo Gqola is also the recipient of the German Falling Walls Foundation 2023 Breakthrough Award in Humanities and Social Sciences [3] and the CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa.[4]In addition, she was awarded the Ruth First Fellowship[5] by the University of the Witwatersrand in 2016 and the Black Feminisms and the Polycrisis Fellowship[6] by The New Institute in Hamburg in 2024.
She is a professor of literature at Nelson Mandela University, where she holds the South African Research Chair in African Feminist Imagination.[7]
- ^ "Rape". NB Publishers. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "NIHSS".
- ^ "German Falling Walls Foundation".
- ^ "CANEX Prize for Publishing". 24 October 2024.
- ^ "University of Witwatersrand Ruth First Fellowship 2066: "Violence and Rage"". journalism.co.za. The University of Witwatersrand. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Alumni / Pumla Dineo Gqola". thenew.institute/en/. The New Institute. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "New NRF SARChI Chair in African Feminist Imagination for Mandela Uni". Nelson Mandela University. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2021.