Prof. Vuyisile T. Msila

Institute for African Renaissance Studies

University of South Africa, South Africa

Professor

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2012 MPhil., Conflict Management, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, SA

2002  Ph.D., Education Management, Vista University, SA

2000  M.A., Curriculum and Teaching, Michigan State University, USA

Publications (Selected)

1. Msila, V. (2025). Transforming university through Africanised research: in search of the indigenous. African Identities, 1-14.
2. Msila, V. (2024). Peace studies, knowledge and learner achievement. International Journal of Educational Development in Africa, 9, 20-pages.
3. Msila, V. (2024). Imam Khomeini and Mandela’s Views of Education: Lessons from Iran’s Cultural Revolution and Decolonial Thought in South Africa. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 12(1), 433-449.
4. Msila, V. (2024). Imam Khomeini and Mandela’s Views of Education: Lessons from Iran’s Cultural Revolution and Decolonial Thought in South Africa. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 12(1), 433-449.
5. Msila, V. (2023). On relevance, decolonisation and community engagement: The role of university intellectuals. South African Journal of Higher Education, 37(1), 20-37.
6. Msila, V. (2022). Bringing Africa into new epistemologies: Rethinking the university in Africa. Journal of Educational Research and Reviews, 10(3), 29-37.
7. Msila, V. (2022). Teacher unions, schools and success: Opportunities and contradictions. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 21(3), 263-280.
8. Msila, V. (2022). Black women school leaders: Building effective schools against the odds. Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies, 11(1), 1-23.
9. Msila, V. (2022). Reimagining social justice: Epistemic freedom and the marginalized roles of research assistants in knowledge generation. The International Journal of Community Diversity, 22(1), 23.
10. Msila, V. (2022). Higher education leadership in a time of digital technologies: A South African case study. International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 12(10), 1110-1117.
11. Msila, V. (2022). Public service, leadership and innovation in South Africa. Technium Soc. Sci. J., 33, 456.
12. Msila, V. (2021). Digitalization and decolonizing education: A qualitative study of university of south africa (unisa) leadership. International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 11(11), 553-560.
13. Msila, V. (2021, September). Using an indigenous language to teach natural sciences and technology: Opportunities and challenges in two primary schools. In 3rd World conference on teaching and Education. University of South Africa, South Africa. Paper Presented at Towards Carnegie III. A Conference held at the (pp. 3-5).
14. Msila, V. (2021). Revisiting Robert Axelrod: Cooperation, school management and teacher unions. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 20(4), 284-301.
15. Msila, V. (2021). Entrenching the Soul of a University in Africa: A Search for a Liberating African Institution. The International Journal of Diversity in Education, 22(1), 1.
16. Msila, V. (2021). Indigenous feminism and Black women leadership. Sociology and Anthropology, 9(4), 42-51.
17. Bhuda, M. T., & Pudi, T. I. (2020). Indigenising mathematics in schools: Why ethnomathematics matters. Developing teaching and learning in Africa: Decolonising perspectives, 21.
18. Msila, V. (2020). Revisiting teacher leadership in South Africa: A study of four schools. Africa Education Review, 17(5), 95-112.

Profile Details

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