Prof. Simphiwe Sesanti

Simphiwe Sesanti is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). He is a former Editor of the International Journal of African Renaissance Studies (IJARS). He holds two PhDs, one in Journalism Studies from Stellenbosch University and another in Philosophy from Wits University. He has taught at Stellenbosch University’s Department of Journalism, at Nelson Mandela University’s Department of Journalism, Media and Philosophy, and at the University of South Africa’s (UNISA) Institute for African Renaissance Studies (IARS). His research focuses on African philosophy, the philosophy of education, gender, and politics, with a regional emphasis on Kemet (Ancient Egypt), Southern, and Eastern Africa. In recognition of his scholarly contributions, he was awarded an NRF rating of C2 in 2018, which was upgraded to C1 in 2024.

Sesanti has published extensively in accredited journals on topics such as education, African philosophy, gender, journalism, politics, and spirituality. His recent articles include “Sindiwe Magona: An African Woman Teacher’s Agency for a Decolonised and Afrocentric Education” (2024) and “bell hooks’ Feminist and Ancient Egypt’s Philosophy of Education for an Enabling Afrocentric Education” (2023).

“Sindiwe Magona: An African Woman Teacher’s Agency For A Decolonised And Afrocentric Education,” Education As Change, Vol. 28 (2024).

“bell hook’s feminist, and ancient Egypt’s philosophy of education for an enabling Afrocentric education,” South African Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 42/3 (2023), pp. 217-229.

“Teaching Ancient Egyptian Philosophy of Education in Teacher Education,” Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions, Vol. 11, No. 2 (2022), pp. 109-126.

“Phyllis Ntantala: An African Woman’s Leadership in the Struggle against a Pan-Eurocentric Education,” Education As Change, Vol. 26 (2022).

“Afrocentric education’s foundations of Wangari Maathai’s philosophical (ethical) leadership,” South African Journal of Philosophy. Vol 40/4 (2021), pp. 395-409.

“Studying and teaching ethnic African languages for Pan-African consciousness, Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance: A Decolonising Task,” Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions. Vol. 10. No. 1. (2021), pp. 145-164.

“Decolonised and Afrocentric Education: For Centering African Women in Remembering, Re-Membering, and the African Renaissance,” Journal of Black Studies. Vol. 50/5 (2019), pp. 431-449.

“The African Renaissance as a reversal of conquest expressed in naming: an Afrocentric engagement,” South African Journal of Philosophy. Volume 37/4 (2018), pp. 502-514.

“Teaching Ancient Egyptian Philosophy (Ethics) and History: Fulfilling a Quest for a Decolonised and Afrocentric Education,” Educational Research for Social Change (ERSC). Volume 7 (2018), pp. 1-15.

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