Dr GB Myeni

# A Node For African Thought

Research and Innovation

To achieve and maintain the University’s vision and mission, the research and innovation division contributes mainly by promoting the research related goal of the institution which is: to drive growth in UNIZULU research and Innovation

Faculty: Humanities and Social Sciences

Department: African Languages and Culture

Discipline: Arts

Contact details

Email: MyeniG@unizulu.ac.za

Phone:035 902 6109/073 594 0043

Campus: KwaDlangezwa

Research Interest Areas

Onomastics
Literature
Linguistics
Heritage and Culture

Research Niche Area(s) of current projects

Onomastics
Linguistics
Heritage and Culture

Active Community Engagement & Service-learning work

Nelson Mandela Children’s Funds Community Engagement Project.

Career Guidance

Awards & Honors

Achievement: Full-Time Bursary (2012) Sponsor: NRF Honours Scholarship

Achievement: Full-Time Bursary (2012) Sponsor: UKZN School of Arts Postgraduate Bursary

Achievement: Full-Time Bursary (2013 & 2014) Sponsor: NRF Free-standing Scholarship for Masters

Achievement: Full-Time Bursary (2014) Sponsor: Canon Collins Master's Scholarship

Achievement: Full-Time Bursary (2015) Sponsor: NIHSS Doctoral Scholarship

Achievement: Junior Research Fellowship (2023-2024) Sponsor: University Capacity Development Programme (UCDP)

Teaching Interest Areas

Onomastics
Literature
Linguistics
IsiZulu Second Language

Active Research Projects

2023-2024 - Injula Yomlando Wesizwe Sakwamkhwanazi eMtubatuba Otholakala Ekwethiweni Kwamagama: An Onomastics Approach.

Fully funded by University Capacity Development Programme (UCDP).

M/D Supervision completed (3 or 4 projects)

2023. Nhleko, KM. Masters. Completed
2023 Khanyile SH. Masters. Intention to submit.
2023 Ngwane Z.Z. Masters. Intention to submit.
2023 Khumalo K.E. PhD. Intention to submit

Impactful Research Publications

(Author(s); Year; Title; journal / publisher)

Dlamini Myeni B & Sibiya N. 2021. ‘Code switching in contemporary isiZulu performance poetry', Literator 42(1), a1747. https://doi. org/10.4102/lit.v42i1.1747

Nobuhle Ndimande-Hlongwa & Bongephiwe Dlamini (2015) Ukuhlaziywakwemizwa ecashile equkethwe amagama emizi yakwaMkhwanazi KwaSomkhele, South AfricanJournal of African Languages, 35:2, 189-198, DOI: 10.1080/02572117.2015.1113005.

Dlamini-Myeni. B. 2022. Navigating the new normal: An exploration of funeral and burial rituals among traditional Zulu people in the context of COVID-19 Indilinga– African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems Vol 21(1) 2022 64-77.