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Dr Tadiwa Madenga

Early-Career Collaboration Awards 2024 Recipients

Dr Tadiwa Madenga

Home university:

University of California, Berkeley

Host university:

University of Oxford

Area of research:

Intersection of African literature, Queer Studies, and Performance Studies.

Project:

Restaging Queer African Archives

This research was completed in 2025. Findings and related publications are currently in preparation and will be made available on this site shortly.

2024 recipients