Zoliswa Fikelepi-Twani

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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: Creative Arts

Discipline: Musical Arts

Highest Qualification

Ph.D.

Contact details

Email: TwaniZ@unizulu.ac.za

Phone: 035 902 6232

Campus: KwaDlangezwa Campus

Research Interest Areas

Ethnomusicology and World Music

Music Education

South African Indigenous and Traditional Music

Decolonisation of the Creative Arts Curriculum and Teaching and Learning Methods

Research Niche Area(s) of current projects

Decolonisation of the Curriculum and Methods of Teaching and Learning in the Creative Arts, especially in the Musical Arts...

Awards & Honors

2022 : Mzansi Golden Economy Grant
2021 – 2023: NIHSS Working Groups Grant

Teaching Interest Areas

History of Music: Western, African and South African music
Music education, methods and curriculum design
Research methods: Community -based and PAR
Community-based and practice-based musicology

Active Research Projects

A book project - The Khabi Mngoma Autobiographical project in collaboration with a colleague from the University of Fort Hare, funded by the NIHSS.

A book project - The Khabi Mngoma Autobiographical project in collaboration with a colleague from the University of Fort Hare, funded by the NIHSS.

The Racial Justice Institute and the Department of African American Studies at Georgetown University, together with the Department of African Languages at the University of the Witwatersrand. It is a symposium on “Women’s Liberation and Protest through Transnational Musical Storytelling", at the Indaba Hotel, Spar and Conference Centre, Johannesburg, March 11, 2023 from 8:30 -18:00. The purpose is to bring together a set of original debates that reflect critically on the idea of women agency in musical spaces..

M/D Supervision completed (3 or 4 projects)

2023 PhD Thesis (Kutala F. Ngoma), external Supervisor - University of Fort Hare, submitted for examination, degree to be awarded in September 2023. Working title: Indigenous African Music Curriculum in Universities: Exploring Possible Approaches of Teaching and Learning at Walter Sisulu University of South Africa.

2011 MMus Treatise (Kholisani Moswate), Supervisor – Nelson Mandela University. Title of treatise: Exploring the Impact of Teaching Music within the Creative and Performing Arts Subject in Selected Upper Primary Schools in Botswana. Degree awarded in April 2012.

2016 BMus Mini-thesis (Masibulele Mkosana), Supervisor – University of Fort Hare. Title of mini thesis: Understanding the literal meaning and impact of protest songs: the case of Nkqonkqweni. Degree awarded in May 201

Active Community Engagement & Service-learning work

Approaching the teaching and learning of music concepts from a Community Engagement perspective

The role of Community music experts in the teaching and learning of indigenous music at a South African University.

Impactful Research Publications

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

2022 Authors: Multi-authored Monograph. Title: Injobo Ithungelwa Ebandla, Perspectives on COVID-19. University of Zululand, South Africa. Africa Century Editions. Cape Town. ISBN: 978-1-990999-51-2.

Author: Prof. Zoliswa Fikelepi-Twani, University of Zululand, South Africa. Title: COVID-19 and the Musical Arts in selected South African Universities: Trajectories on Emergency measures to incorporate e-learning, technology-based education, and performance. Chapter 21 in - Humanities and Social Sciences Perspectives on COVID-19. A Vista of Shame, p309. ISBN: 978-1-99099-53-6 https://herri.org.za/7/zoliswa-fikelepi-twani/a creative output which appears in the new ejournal Issue #07 – Herri - is a new form of showcasing Creative outputs.

2022: Editor and executive producer - the Battle of Municipalities (BOM) Theme Song, music score sheet & audio - a collaborative composition 21 – 23 April 2021, Kokstad. under Review for DHET ACCREDITATION for Creative Outputs.

Research Platform

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6114-648X

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Contacts

Director: 035 902 6779

Research Office Secretary: 035 902 6273

NRF & Postgraduate Funding: 035 902 6909

# A Node For African Thought

Research and Innovation