Dr Kimméra Pillay

Position: Lecturer

BA (UKZN) BA Hons (UKZN) MA (UKZN) PhD (UKZN)

Email Address: k.pillay@ru.ac.za

Teaching and Research interests:

African literature; Postcolonial feminist literature; African feminism (African feminist literary theory & African feminist theology); Gender and religious studies; African diaspora studies; Transcultural literary studies; Contemporary South African fiction.

Selected Publications:

Journal Articles:

2022: “‘Driven by and Blinded by Our Desperation’: Religious Exploitation of Vulnerable Women in Amma Darko’s Not without Flowers.” English in Africa 49.2:71-90.  

Institutional/Professional Activities:

• Member: Golden Key International Honour Society
• Member: English Academy of Southern Africa
• Facilitator: Ncedana Student Peer Mentoring Programme 

Departmental Portfolios:

English 1 Course Co-ordinator

Member: Postgraduate Committee 

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