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Research Interests
Anthropology of Masculinities, Sexual and Reproductive Health, and the Anthropology of Childhoods and Youth.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Care, Life and Death in a Highly Racist World: Casey Golomski’s God’s Waiting Room
Peete, K., Vratsanos, C. I., Lupindo, E., Golomski, C. & Qambela, G., 2025, In: African Studies. 84, 1-2, p. 155-167 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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Liminal bodies left in perpetual suspension: social, cultural and political-economic responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in Southern African contexts
Stadler, J. & Qambela, G., 2024, In: Anthropology Southern Africa. 47, 1, p. 1-5 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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“The issues still persist”: a roundtable discussion of perpetual crisis, the massification of grief and joyful black futures
Maqwelane, L., Nkamisa, A., Sehoma, C., Mohamed, K. & Qambela, G., 2024, In: Anthropology Southern Africa. 47, 1, p. 85-94 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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“The Boy Has to Be a Man in Order for Life to Start”: AmaXhosa, Black Boyhood Studies, and the Anthropology of Boyhoods
Qambela, G., 2022, In: South African Review of Sociology. 52, 2, p. 40-56 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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‘There is nothing beautiful I see’: Xhosa masculinities under structural violence, unemployment and changing political economies of sex
Qambela, G., 2021, In: Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 39, 4, p. 589-603 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus)
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Gcobani Qambela InsightDevastating floods highlight need for trauma-informed teachers
10/07/25
1 item of Media coverage
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African Studies Association to Host Annual Meeting Sessions for Nov. 19 (Part 12 of 13)
2/11/22
2 items of Media coverage
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