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Kudzaiishe P Vanyoro

Kudzaiishe Vanyoro is an Associate Researcher and Critical Diversity Studies (CDS) PhD candidate at Wits Centre for Diversity Studies (WiCDS). His PhD research focuses on experiences of resilience and home among Johannesburg-based black queer people. Kudzaiishe holds an Honours Degree in Media and Society Studies and a Masters in Critical Diversity Studies. Kudzaiishe is co-winner of the inaugural Queer African Studies Association Prize for Best Published Scholarly Essay by a Graduate Student for his 2020 article, “Learning How Language is Used in Higher Education to Strategically Marginalise Female, Queer, and Gender Non-Conforming People: An Autoethnographic Account”.