BA; MA (Pretoria), PHD (Birmingham)

Dr. Matthews is a senior lecturer in the Department. She can be contacted at s.matthews@ru.ac.za.

Teaching

In 2012, I will be teaching the following three courses:

• Introduction to Comparative Politics (first year course offered in Term 4);
• African Studies (third year course offered in Term 2); and
• Poverty and Privilege (post-graduate course offered in Terms 1 and 2).

Current Research

Sally Matthews’ current research focuses on the relationship between poverty and privilege. Several of her recent articles explore some of the implications of the post-development debate, relating these particularly to NGO work in Africa. Other recent research examines white South African responses to privilege. More generally, her research interests are focused on the politics of development, African political economy and social theory. She is currently developing a post-graduate course on poverty and privilege.

Recent Publications

(under review) Renouncing Privilege, Using Privilege, under consideration for publication in Journal of Social Philosophy.

(forthcoming, 2012) White Anti-Racism in Post-Apartheid South Africa, forthcoming in Politikon.

(2011) Becoming African: Debating Post-Apartheid White South African Identity. African Identities, 9(1):1-18. Available here.

(2011) Review of Pierre Englebert’s Africa: Unity, Sovereignty, Sorrow. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 29(2):238-241. Available here. 

(2010) Teaching and Researching Africa in an “engaged way”: the possibilities and limitations of community engagement. Journal of Higher Education in Africa, 8, no. 1&2. Available here. 

(2010) Post-development. International Studies Encyclopedia, edited by R.A. Denemark. Blackwell-Wiley. Information on this publication available here.

(2010) The Ambivalence of African Elitehood. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 45(2):170-18. Available here.

(2010) Differing Interpretations of Reconciliation in South Africa: a Discussion of the Home for All Campaign. Transformation vol. 74:1-22. Available here.

(2008) Review of Stephen Chan's Grasping Africa. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 26(4). Available here.

(2008) The Role of the Privileged in Responding to Poverty: Perspectives Emerging from the Post-Development Debate. Third World Quarterly, 29(6). Available here.

(2007) What, then, should we do? Insights and experiences of a Senegalese NGO, in Exploring Post-Development: theory and practice, problems and perspectives, edited by A. Ziai. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 131-144. Information on this book available here.

(2006) Responding to Poverty in the Light of the Post-Development Debate: Some Insights from the NGO Enda Graf Sahel, Africa Development, XXXI(4). Available here.

(2005) Attaining a Better Society:  Critical Reflections on What it Means to be Developed, Theoria, 52 (1). Available here.

(2004) Investigating NEPAD’s Development Assumptions, Review of African Political Economy, 31 (101). Available here.

(2004) Post-development Theory and the Question of Alternatives:  a view from Africa, Third World Quarterly, 25 (2). Available here.

For Dr. Matthews' most recent updates and news, please visit her Academia.edu page.