In today's episode, we interview Zama Dlamini. Zama is a PhD candidate at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa, working in the fields of gender and religion. She is also a mother of four and entered the PhD at a later stage in life.

We learn about Zama's research, and how her background as a Lay minister informed her research topic, and her current work. We touch upon the PhD at her university, and the difference between the full-time and part-time program. Zama tells us about her experience as an academic mother working on her PhD (during COVID-19).

We round off with our questions on the best advice for PhD candidates, the impact of COVID-19, how to set boundaries, and what a day in the life looks like.

References

• Zama on LinkedIn
• Zama on Twitter
• Zama's supervisor
• Mercy Oduyoye - African theologist
• Article about Mercy Oduyoye, the mother of African feminist theology
• Ujamaa NGO
• University of Kwazulu-Natal
• Feeling like an imposter - Ep. 26

• 1000wordsaday

• Madoda Sabelani!: Engaging Indigenous Music in the Fight Against Toxic Masculinities and Gender-Based Violence in South Africa: A Critical Discourse Analysis
• Faith leaders prepare to become agents of transformation to bring an end to gender based violence
• Parenting children with learning challenges
• Feminist intersectionality and the matrix of domination in South Africa
• ´Deliver us from patriarchy´: a gendered perspective of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa and implications for pastoral care
• Gender-Based Violence, Twin Pandemic to COVID-19