Degrees Held
- PhD Anthropology, (University of Zululand)
Research Interests
- Identity politics
- Migration, globalization and diaspora Studies
- African feminism
- Gender
- Culture and religion
Teaching Interests
- Research methodology
- Theoretical frameworks
- Migration and globalization
- Gender and feminism
Academic positions
- Lecturer, University of KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa (June 2004 – March 2007)
- Senior Lecturer, University of KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa (1 April 2007–31 December 2013)
- Associate Professor, University of KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa (1 January 2013 –December 2018)
- Full Professor, University of KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa (1 January 2019 – present).
Administrative positions
- Academic Coordinator (1 April 2007 – December 2013)
- Academic Leader (1 June 2016 – 30 April 2019)
- Acting Head of the School of Anthropology, Gender and Historical Studies (January 2008 –June 2011)
- Acting Dean and Head of School, Social Sciences, University of KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa (1 May 2019 – 31 August 2021)
- Dean and Head of School Social Sciences, University of KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa (1 September 2021–present)
- Dean of Research (Interim), College of Humanities, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (1st September 2023 -present )
Selected Publications
Culture
Journal Articles
Chapters in Books
Journal Articles
- Nhodo, L. Basure, HS and Ojong, VB 2024. Territoriality and the Politics of Space Among the Tokwe Mukosi Displaced Persons at Chingwizi, Zimbabwe. African Renaissance. 21(1), 359-380.
- Ojong, V.B, Ashe, M.O, Cohen, J.H, and Oyebamiji, S.I 2024. The migration dreamer: a new insight into concepts and issues in Cameroonian migration. Migration and Diversity. 3 (3) 255-267.
- Basure H.S and Ojong V.B 2023. Mobility and social media: rethinking the role of social media in international migration patterns. Mankind Quarterly 64 (2).
- Nhodo L, and Ojong V.B, People- State Relations in Forced Displacement, Experiences from The Tokwe Mukosi people, (Paper under review) Mankind quarterly.
- Basure H.S and Ojong V. B. The religious lives of migrants in South Africa: Rethinking the role of religion in migration. Submitted to African Studies Quarterly. (paper under review)
- Sibaya, Y.Z. and V.B. Ojong 2023. Race, Racialization and Belonging in South African Citizenship., submitted for possible publication in Journal of Nation-building & Policy studies (JoNPS)
- Sibaya, Y.Z. and V.B. Ojong, 2023. South African citizenship and naturalized citizens complex integration. submitted for possible publication in Journal of African Foreign Affairs (JoAFA)
- Sibaya, Y.Z. and V.B. Ojong2023. Pluralist society versus capitalist governmentality in the context f identity and citizenship in South Africa. (September 2023)
- Muesiri, O. A. and Ojong, V. B.2022. Border management and gender issues in Sub-Saharan Africa’s cross-border trade under Covid-19. African Journal of Gender, Society and Development. 11, 33-53.
- Ojong, V. B. and Mahndu, J. “The role of transnational churches in response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in South Africa,”Journal of Social Development in Africa. 37
- Nhodo, L. and Ojong, V.B. Ethical and Practical Reflections of Resident Anthropologists in Conflict Zones: Experiences from the Tokwe Mukosi Dam Project and Displacement at Chingwizi, Zimbabwe. The Oriental Anthropologist, 44, 210–220.
- Ojong, V. B. and Ashe, M.O. 2021. Christian Missions and Covid–19 in Africa and Latin America: A case study of Brazil, Nigeria, and South Africa. Journal of Intellectual Disability, 9, 228–235.
- Ojong, V. B. and Mhandu, J. 2021. Covid–19 and the south African Pentecostal Landscape: Historic Shift from Offline Liturgical Practice to Online Platforms. Journal for the Study of Religion, 34, 1–25.
- Ojong, V. B. and Mahndu, J. Rethinking the Complexities of Decolonising Curricula and Humanising Pedagogy in South Africa’s Higher Education. Alternation, 36, 418–438.
- Ojong, V. B, Naidu, U.M, Chebanne, A 2020. Issues of Decoloniality and Africanisation in Southern Africa. Editorial, Alternation, 36, 1–13.
- Ojong, V. B. 2019. The Social Dynamics of Feminism in the context of African Migration. Journal of Gender, Information and Development in Africa, 8, 13920 -13932.
- Muesiri, O. A. and Ojong, V. B. 2018. The African Union of local authorities (AULA) and global trends in regional management of grassroots institutions: Responses and lapses. Journal of African Union Studies, 7, 233–259.
- Ashe, M. O. and Ojong, V. B. 2018. Great lakes crisis: Rwanda and her neighbours. Journal of African Union Studies, 7, 129-149.
- Ojong, V. B., Ashe, M. N. and Out, M.N. 2018. The different shades of Africanity within the broader South African identity: The case of African migrants. Journal of African Foreign Affairs, 5, 123-146.
- Ndlovu, J. and Ojong, V. B. 2018. Understanding India–South Africa tourism: The impact on the Socio–cultural and economic fabrics in Durban. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 34, 1
- Ojong, V. B. and Ndlovu. J. 2017. She does not want to cook for me: Zulu women and food preparation at the crossroads of courtship and dating. Agenda, 30, 91-112.
- Ojong, V. B. 2017. The economics of hairdressing and its implications for gender power in Durban South Africa. Journal of Social Development in African. 32, 91–112.
- Ojong, V. B. 2017. Gender and leadership in Christian religious circles in Africa. Journal of Social Development in Africa, 32, 125–140.
- Mhandu, J. and Ojong, V. B. 2017. Undocumented female immigrants in the urban informal sector: An interpretative understanding to informal leadership. Journal of Social Development in Africa, 32, 61–79.
- Ojong, V. B. 2016. The symbiosis between identity and migrant entrepreneurship among Ghanaian women entrepreneurs in South Africa. Journal of Social Development in Africa, 31, 111–142.
- Fomunyam. N. B and Ojong. V.B. 2016. Entrepreneurial activities as a fundamental handle for the re/construction of masculine identity among Senegalese men in South Africa. Journal of Social Development in Africa, 31, 27–53.
- Ojong, V. B. 2016. The Young Female Body as a Site of Demonic Sexual Abuse:
- The Case of Christians in Charismatic Pentecostal Churches in Durban South Africa. The Oriental Anthropologist, 16, 279–289.
- Ojong, V. B. 2016. Ghanaian migrant women’s involvement in micro–level community development in Ghana through remittances. Journal of Social Development in Africa, 31, 27-53.
- Ogana, W and Ojong, V.B. 2015. A study of literature on the essence of Ubungoma (divination) and conceptions of Gender among izangoma (diviners). Journal for the Study of Religion, 28, 52-80.
- Ojong, V.B. and Out, M.N. 2015. Migration (Bushfalling) as a form of insurance for Cameroonians. Journal of Social Development in Africa, 30, 49 – 69.
- Fomunyam, N. B. and Ojong, V. B. 2014. Durban Dahira: A Safety Net and Transnational Junction for Senegalese Mourides in South Africa. Journal of Social Development in Africa, 29, 85– 108.
- Ojong, V. B. 2013. Submission, Experience, Empowerment and Human Rights: A conceptual Problematic for Christian Women. Alternation, 20, 75–92.
- Ojong, V. B. 2013. Academic Travel: Travelling for Work. Journal Human Ecology, 43, 83–91.
- Ojong, V. B. 2013. The Gender Dynamics of Conducting Fieldwork and its Implications for the Writing of Ethnographies. Alternation, 20, 108–120.
- Ogana, W. and Ojong, V. B .2013. Thin/thick body ideal: Zulu women’s bodies as a site of cultural and postcolonial feminist struggle. Agenda, 27, 110–119.
- Ojong, V. B. and Ndlovu, J .2013. Food as a measure of complete diplomacy: balancing India–Africa partnership through accommodating taste. Nidan International Journal for the Study of Hinduism, 25, 34–50.
- Ojong, V. B. 2012. Indianness and Christianity: negotiating identity/cultural values in the context of religious conversion among South African Indians living in Chatsworth, South Africa. The Oriental Anthropologist, 12, 431–444.
- Ojong, V. B. 2012. The ‘Working–Dead’ in nyongo occult economy in Cameroonian society. Journal of Dharma, 37, 427–440.
- Ojong, V.B. 2012. Career–driven migration: A new transnational mosaic for African women. Alternation. Loyola Journal of Social Sciences, 26, 209–227.
- Ojong, V. B. 2012. Pragmatic and symbolic negotiation of home for African migrants in South Africa. Alternation, 19, 262–279.
- Ojong, V. B. 2012. Strangers in the land: The African others in South Africa: reflections from within on the role of the diaspora in South Africa. Diaspora Studies, 5, 1–13.
- Ogana, W. and Ojong, V. B. 2012. Sexual Body Ideal among Zulu Women: continuity and change. Indilinga African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, 11, 32–48.
- Ojong, V. B. 2011. Symbolic enactments and ritualized constructions of the environment among Pentecostal Christians in South Africa. Journal of Dharma, 36, 289–300.
- Ojong, V. B. and Fomunyam, N. B. 2011. Senegalese immigrant entrepreneurial entanglements and religious/cultural continuities. Journal for the Study of Religion, 24, 23–35.
- Naidu, M. and Ojong, V. B. 2010. The ‘re–production’ of ‘woman’ and mothering: women in Hindu and Christian religio–cultural traditions. Nidan International Journal for the study of Hinduism, 22, 96 – 111.
- Ojong V. B. and Muthuki J. M. 2010. Empowerment or reconstituted subordination? Interrogating the dynamics of gender identities in the lives of professional African migrant women in South Africa. Journal of Social Sciences 11: 169–176.
- Ojong, V. B. Otu, M.N. 2010. Steering the Wagon: Foreign African Academics at the fore–front of knowledge production at the University of KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa, IKAMVA. International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 4, 21–44.
- Ojong, V. B. and Muthuki, J. M. 2010. Religious conversion and the renegotiation of gender identity amongst Indian women in Chatsworth in Durban South Africa. Nidan International Journal for the study of Hinduism, 22, 9–21.
- Ojong, V. B. 2010. Motherhood in Lesotho in Encyclopedia on Motherhood. Sage Publications.
- Ojong, V. B. 2009. Forced reciprocity: Ghanaian participation in remittances. Ikamva, International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 3, 75–94.
- Ojong, V. B. 2009. Men in women’s spaces: The struggle and redrawing of spaces for entrepreneurial women in KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa. In F, Patel and K, Naido (Eds.) Working Women. Sage Publications.
- Ojong, V. B. 2008. Religion and Entrepreneurship among Ghanaians in South Africa. Journal for the Study of Religion, 21, 63– 84.
- Ojong, V. B. 2007. Identity and construction of differences among Ghanaian women entrepreneurs in South Africa IKAMVA. International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 1, 56–66.
- Ojong, V. B. and Sithole, M. P. 2007. The substance of Identity: Territoriality, Culture, Roots and the Politics of Belonging. African Anthropologist, 14, 89–99.
- Ojong, V. B. 2006. Entrepreneurship and the drive to succeed among Ghanaian migrant women in KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa. in L. Dana (Ed.), The value of the psychological capital of immigrant entrepreneurs. Edward Elgar Handbook of Research on Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship. Cheltenhami.
- Ojong, V. B. 2006. The socio–economic impact of African women entrepreneurial activities in South Africa. Africanus Journal of Development Studies, 36, 142–153.
- Ojong, V. B. and Moodley, V. 2005 Leadership and Issues affecting the productivity of women entrepreneurs in KwaZulu–Natal. Agenda, 65, 76– 82.
Chapters in Books
- Ojong, V. and Basure, S. 2024. Identity and Belonging: The African Others in South Africa. Bamenda/London: Langaa Publishers
- Soorymoorthy, R. and Ojong, V. B (eds) 2024. Researching the ‘new normal’ Social world: Methodological adaptations and innovations. London: Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group)
- Ojong, V. B. 2024. Ethnographic research Developments and challenges in the post-pandemic era: pp. 50-66, in Sooryamoorthy, R. and Ojong, V. B (eds) 2024. Researching the ‘new normal’ Social world: Methodological adaptations and innovations. London: Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group)
- Naidu, M. and Ojong, V. B (eds) 2023. The pandemic and Social Science approaches to teaching and learning. Bamenda/London: Langaa Publishers.
- Nhodo, L. and Ojong, V. B. 2023. Dam Projects, Modernity, and Forced Displacement: An Analysis of the Role of Local Institutions in Surviving Marginalization Among the Tokwe Mukosi Displacees in Zimbabwe, pp. 239-262. Switzerland; Springer.
- Ojong, V.B. and Mhandu, J. 2023. Rethinking Knowledge Production, Methodological and Theoretical Pragmatism during the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Case of Masters and Doctoral Student Supervision in The Pandemic and Social Science Approaches to Teaching and Learning (Naidu and Ojong (eds). Pp. 77-91. Bamenda/London: Langaa Publishers.
- Ojong, V. B. 2010. An escape route: Independent female migrancy in South Africa. Lap Lambert.
- Ojong, V. B. 2010. Transnational entrepreneurship through identity. Lap Lambert.
Student Supervision
MA (Graduated)
PhD (Graduated)
Honours
Supervision at national level
Post-doctoral supervision
MA (Graduated)
- Moodley, L. C. 2008. An exploration of the reasons surrounding Indian businesswomen’s involvement in home-based business in Shallcross. Msoci thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Otu, M. N. 2009. An exploration of the lives and livelihoods of African professional migrants in institutions of higher learning: The case of University of KwaZulu-Natal. MA thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Fomunyam, B. N. 2011. Migrant adjustment and regrouping: the case of Cameroonians in Durban, South Africa.
- Mtsolo, S. Re-negotiation of identity of people who become physically disabled during the course of life: issues of acceptance, adaptation and coping strategies for those who live under Durban Metro. University of KwaZulu-Natal. (MA in Anthropology).
- Andiswa P. Tshibangu 2020. Perceptions of intercultural marriage: The lived experiences of South African foreigners in intercultural marriages. University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Sifundu P. Mpanza 2022. Urban/rural migration: exploring the motivating factors of people involved and their perceptions related to migrationin Matshana community in KwaZulu-Natal. University of KwaZulu-Natal
PhD (Graduated)
- Shongwe, E. D. 2008. From genocide to gacaca: Historical and socio-political dynamics of identities in the late twentieth century in Rwanda (The perspectives of the Durban based Rwandese). (PhD in Anthropology), University of KwaZuluNatal. (co-supervisor Prof Sithole Pearl)
- Muthuki, J. M. 2010. Transnationalism and the (re) construction of Gender identities amongst foreign studies of African origin at the University of KwaZuluNatal, South Africa. University of KwaZulu-Natal (PhD in Gender Studies).
- Naidu, U. M. 2011. Shaping plastic bodies: A critical study of how the African female body is inscribed and disciplined. University of KwaZulu-Natal (PhD in Anthropology).
- De la Porte, S. 2011. Shifting care dynamics: the moral economy of care and its challenges in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in KwaZulu-Natal (PhD in Anthropology).
- Otu, M.N. 2013 The role played by foreign African migrants in the promotion of African scholarship in the Faculty of Humanities, Development and Social Sciences at the University of KwaZulu- Natal (PhD in Anthropology),
- Ogana, N. W 2015. “Food decisions and cultural perceptions of overweight and obesity: the case of Zulu women in Durban, South Africa. University of KwaZuluNatal (Co-supervisor Prof Julie Parle) (PhD in Anthropology).
- Hingston, C.A. 2015 “Gender contestation in the migration site: the case of Nigerian migrants in Durban, South Africa. University Of KwaZulu-NataI (PhD in Gender Studies).
- M’ungisi, N. 2015 “A comparative analysis: contestation of two system of political representation: Isiphakanyiswa and Ngcolosi traditional communities. University of KwaZulu-Natal (co-supervised with Dr M. Naidu) (PhD in Anthropology).
- Fomunyam, B. N. 2015. ‘Brotherhood solidarity and the (Re) negociation of identity among Senegalese migrants in Durban. University of KwaZulu-Natal (PhD in Anthropology)
- Gatfied, R. C. 2015. “Beadwork identity as brand equity: an analysis of beadwork conventions as the basis of craft economies in KwaZuiu-Natal with specific emphasis on the beadwork of amanyuswa. University of KwaZulu-Natal (PhD in Anthropology), co-supervised by Prof M. P. Sithole
- Ntshekane Goodness Gumede 2018. Local Community participation in coastal Tourism. University of KwaZulu-Natal (PhD in Tourism).
- Lungile Prudence Zondi 2018. The life and experiences of young women living on the streets of Pietermaritzburg CBC and surrounding. University of KwaZulu-Natal (PhD in Anthropology).
- Mhandu, J. 2019. Immigrant female Entrepreneurs in the informal sector. The case of Zimbabwean illegal migrant women hairdressers in Durban. University of KwaZulu-Natal ( PhD in Sociology)
- Lloyd Nhodo 2020: “Surviving marginalization in development-induced displacement in Zimbabwe: A case study of Tokwe Mukosi Dam Project. University of KwaZulu-Natal ( PhD in Sociology)
- Zethembe Mseleku 2020. Graduate internship and employment opportunities: A case study of eThekweni municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. . University of KwaZulu-Natal ( PhD in Public Policy)
- Yvonne Zamaswazi Sibaya 2022. A critical assessment of inclusion and exclusion in South African identity within the context of migration and citizenship: complexities and challenges. University of Kwazulu-Natal (PhD in Anthropology).
- Ifedayo Adesola Ajimakin 2023. Gender oppression and Pentecostal Christian Religion: An exploration of the position of African migrant women in Durban. University of Kwazulu-Natal (PhD in Gender Studies)
Honours
- 2008- Mellon Merit Award for Younger scholars in the Humanities and Social Sciences
- 2010- University of KwaZulu-Natal Research productivity Award ( Emerging Researcher for
- 2011- University of KwaZulu-Natal Productivity Award (Emerging Researcher for 2011)
- 2012- University of KwaZulu-Natal Research productivity Award (Top 30 Researchers for 2012)
- 2017- College of Humanities Staff Excellence Award (Top 30 Researchers)
- 2017- College of Humanities Staff Excellence Award (Top 10 Most Published Women)
- 2017- College of Humanities Staff Excellence Award (Morale Booster Award for School of Social Sciences).
- 2018 – College of Humanities Staff Excellence Award (Top 30 Researchers)
- 2018 – College of Humanities Staff Excellence Award (Top 10 Most Published Women Award)
- 2018 – College of Humanities Staff Excellence Award (Excellence in Teaching).
- 2018—NRF Rating C3
- 2022 –School of Social Science top 5 most published women
Supervision at national level
- Houston, N. 2012. A study of the socio-cultural context of Wentworth in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Towards photographic documentary. M. Tech Graphic Design, Durban University of Technology
Post-doctoral supervision
Past post-doctoral supervision
- Muthuki, J. M. 2010-2012. Transnationalism and the negotiation of gender identities among migrants.
- Otu, N. M. 2013-2014. Gender and knowledge production at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Muesiri, O. A. 2018 – 2023. Grassroots institutions and development of talents among female migrants in SADC Region: A case study of South Africa.
- Mhandu, J. 2021- 2023. Transnational Migrants
- Zethembe Mseleku 2020-2022
Current post-doctoral Supervision
- Lloyd, N. 2023
- Hardlife, B. 2023 Transnational economies
- Zama Sibaya 2022. Citizenship and Identity
Internal Examining
Masters Dissertations
Doctoral thesis
Masters Dissertations
- Kakhobwe, Y. B. 2009. The state and the phallus: intersections of patriarchy and prejudice in the Jacob Zuma rape trial. M. A. thesis. University of KwaZufu-Natal.
- Sabelo Zondo 2011. Youth Violence and the changing African family in an Urban Township: The case of Umlazi. MA thesis, University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Ashling McCarthy 2010. An exploratory study of the non-kin models of care available to orphaned and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal. MA thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Khanyisile Nomthandazo Khanyile 2011. Food security at Qhudeni (Kandla): A case of one home one garden campaign as a poverty alleviation strategy MA thesis. University of KwaZulu Natal
- NonhEanga Mkhize 2012. From practice to policy: A critical study of the perception of the use of female condom by women in Durban (UKZN). MA thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Shabnam Shaik 2012. An exploratory study of the experiences of care-givers of children with autism in KwaZulu-NataE. MA thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Aneesah Khan —2012. An analysis of the arrival, settlement and domestic arrangements of South Asian Muslim salon workers in Durban. MA thesis. MA thesis. University of KwaZuluNatal
- Kombi Sausi 2011. Nigerian migrants in central Durban: social adjustment and renegotiation of identity. MA thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Mazibuku, N. N. 2014. “(Alternative) constructions of masculinity: Isikhothani as an Alternative form of masculinity”. M. A. thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Darong, G. G. 2014. “The cultural construction of illness amongst IsiZulu-speaking nurses: probing nurses understanding of patients illness and health in hospitals. M. A. thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Garna, N. 2017. Ibambabukhosi disputes and women in Ubukhosi/chieftaincy leadership: looking at Mathenjwa chiefdom, at KwaZulu-Natal under Umkhankakude District. M. A thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Dlamini, M. A. C. 2016. Exploring constructions of masculinity among young men in the context of poverty: A case study of Kenneth Gardens, Durban. M, A. thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Zulu, S. P. 2016. “From practice to policy: young African female smokers in the University of KwaZulu-Natal. M. A, thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Khumalo, S. K. 2016. “Shortening the foreskin: probing perceptions towards medical male circumcirsion (MMC) and traditional male circumcision among University of KwaZulu-Natai African male students. M. A. thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Kanda, B. C. 2018. ‘Exploring the perceptions of Congolese migrant in Durban towards the practice of preserving virginity before marriage. M. A. thesis. University of KwaZuluNatal.
- Ojo Joseph Cultural identity, social exclsion and communal conflicts: A case study of Kabba, Kogi State. University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Thandeka Y. Ndaba 2020. Understanding the Sexual Pleasure Perceptions and Preferences of Black African University going Women in the Context of Male Circumcision”. University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Terry T. Kuzhanga 2020. Intersections of gender and food insecurity in a political and economic crisis environment: A reflection from some NGOs and Civil Society Organisations in Zimbabwe.University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Senelisiwe Ndlela 2021. “Community Perceptions of an Early Warning System: A Case Study of Swayimane, UMshwathi Local Municipality’s Lightning Warning System”University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Doctoral thesis
- Kate Wells 2006. Manipulating metaphors: An analysis of beadwork craft as a contemporary medium for communicating on AIDS and culture in KwaZulu-Natal. PhD. Anthropology. University of KwaZulu-Nata1.
- Nhlanhlenhle Una Malinga 2011 Sexual harassment in the workplace: A case study of women’s experiences at Walter Sisulu University, Eastern Cape. PhD (Gender Studies)
- Ngqila, K. H. 2015. An investigation ofmethods used by the Southern Nguni in healing Ukuhanwa illness. PhD thesis, University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Kanghuha, E. M. 2016. Information literacy learning experiences of fourth year psychology students in Kenyan Universities. PhD thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Nzuza, N. Y. 2017. “Renegotiating body image and sexuality after surving breast cancer: narratives of young black women. PhD. Thesis. University ofKwaZulu-Nata1.
- Umubyeyi, B. S. 2017. “Probing marital conflicts within the context ofmigrant families from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. PhD thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Scina, Y. Y. 2017. “The life histories of traditional birth attendants in the context of changing reproductive health practices in uMzimkhulu, KwaZulu-Natal. PhD thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Muchono, W.W. 2018. “Constructing women”: probing how cultural practice of Chinamwall among the Shangaan people is used to construct womanhood”. PhD thesis. University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Ndumbaro, R. 2018. Role of infon•nation ethics in the provision of library and information services in university libraries in Tanzania. PhD, thesis. University of KwaZu1u-Natal.
- Darong, G. G. 2018. “Experiences of people living with HIV/AIDS in a plural health care system: probing tensions and complexities. PhD. Thesis. University of KwaZuluNatal.
- Ojuku Charlotte 2021. Strategies for sustaining the provision of electronic information resources services in university libraraies of North Central Nigeria. University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Fidelis Udo 2021. Gender and climate change adapation experiences of local black women to flood impacts within the Ethekwine Municipality. University of Kwazulu-Ntal.
- Angela M. Kavishe 2021. “Exploring the Experience of Cyberstalking among Female Students in Tanzanian Universities: A Case Study of the University of Dar es Salaam”University of Kwazulu-Natal.
- LIVED EXPERIENCES OF MEDICAL TOURISTS: AN INSIGHT FROM NIGERIANS EXODUS TO INDIAN
External examining
MA/PhD
National and International modules
MA/PhD
- Yusuf Nsanja. 2011 Illusfration as activism: The role of traditional Ugandan visual materials in community health care in the Kampala and Wakiso districts. M. Tech. Durban University of Technology.
- Barbara Kritzinger 2011. An exploration of myth in the adaptation processes of Zimbabwean migrants residing in Port Elizabeth. MA thesis. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.
- Sello, K. 2014. Investigating how women negotiate and navigate relationships through use of cell phones: a case study of Basotho women in Marseru. M.A. thesis. University of Cape Town.
- Thuo, A. 2015. Sport as a developmental tool in nine schools in Nkowankowa township in Limpopo province. MA treaties. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.
- Nelani, S. V. 2015. Recapilisation on emerging farmers in the Cacadu District. MA treaties. Nelson mandela Metropolitan University.
- Bogopa, DL. 2016. An anthropological study of the perception of gender equality within sport policies in Gauteng province: The case of Tsakane schools. PhD thesis. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.
- Monyela, C. 2017. The experiences of the Basotho newly initiated men in selected Batshabelo high schools, Free State Province. M. A. thesis. University of the Free State.
- SHAABIRA SAIT 2020. An inquiry of gender, religion and sport: The case of muslim women residing in Malabar, Portelizabeth. NNMU
- Joseph Oluyemi Adesoji 2022. Lived experiences of medical tourist: an insight from nigerian’s Exodus to India. NNMU.
National and International modules
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Honours Module: The Study of Different Schools of Thought (SA401)
- Undergraduate Module: Applying Cultural Knowledge (SA302)
University of Forth Hare
- Undergraduate Module: Cultural Interchange, Acculturation and Applied Anthropology (ANT 322
- Honours Module: Introduction to Urban Anthropology (ANT 524)
- Undergraduate Module: Anthropological Schools of Thought and Introduction to Fieldwork (ANT 311)
- Honours Module: Selected Theoretical Problems and Methods of Fieldwork (ANT 512)
- Honours Module: History of Anthropological Theory (ANT 511)
- Undergraduate Module: Cultures of South and North America (ANT 321)
- Honours Module: Selected Topics from: Khoisan Tradition and History; Methods of Oral History and Material Culture: Advanced Studies in Physical Anthropology (ANT 523) International Human Rights Exchange (IHRE ),
WITS University
- MA: Migration and Human Rights (GRAD 7056)
- BA: Migration and Human Rights (SOSS 2004)
University of Zululand
- Anthropology Department
- External examination of all modules.
Committees
Membership of Professional Committees
Editorial Committees
Membership of Professional Committees
- Pan African Anthropological Association (PAA)
- Anthropology Southern Africa (ASnA)
- Association for the Study of World Wide African Diaspora (ASWAD)
- African Association for the Study of Religions
- DramAidE Management Board Member
Editorial Committees
- Nidan International Journal for the study of Hinduism
- Alternation o International Editorial board member of Spears Media
- Board Member for the DYKE JOURNAL
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- African Journal of Governance & Development
Journal reviewing/referee
Agenda Journal
University/ national service
Thesis
Agenda Journal
- Journal for the study of Religion
- Alternation: Interdisciplinary journal for the study of Arts and Humanities in Southern
University/ national service
- Chair of School of Social Science management committee (MANCO)
- Chair of School of Social Science Board
- Member of College of Humanities Leadership Forum
- Member of management committee
- Member of University Research Committee
- Chair of College of Humanities Research Committee
- Chair of Appointment/Promotion Committee, School of Social Sciences
- Chair of Promotion Committee for the evaluation of Community Engagement portfolio for the College of Humanity
- Member of Senate
- College of Humanities Senate Representative to other colleges for appointments and promotion
- Discipline expert for promotions to full professor for Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Discipline expert for appointment and promotion to full professor for the University of Zululand
Thesis
- Ojong, V. B. 2005. Entrepreneurship and Identity among a group of Ghanaian migrants in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. PhD thesis. University of Zululand.
- Ojong, V. B. 2003. A study of independent migrant women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. MA thesis. University of Zululand
Keynote/Conference papers
- B. Ojong. 2024. Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Intersecting Transformative Gendered Responses across Sectors in a Globalized World. Centre for Gender and Social Policy Studies Biennial Conference at Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.
- B. Ojong. 2022. Internationalisation as the strategic think tank for Africa’s development: the role of UKZN as the Premier University of African Scholarship. Internationalisation Summit: Reconnecting after Disconnecting: Reimaging Internationalisation Post COVID-19 and Beyond. Thursday, 20 October 2022, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Ojong, V. B. and Mhkize, G. 2018 Rethinking gender inequalities: Religio-cultural language as major covert driver of gender-based violence in Africa. “Thetha Sizwe: Intersections, practices, and identities — Rethinking gender in African languages and 5 and 6 April , University of Pretoria.
- Ojong, V. B. and Hingston, C. A. 2014. “Double-edged sword”: Gender identity in the context of African migration in South Africa.
- Ojong, V. B. and J.M Muthuki, J. M. 2012. The agenda of feminist anthropology in Southern Africa: continuity and inconsistencies, Annual conference of Anthropology Southern Africa, 31 August to 3rd September.
- Hingston, C. A., Ojong, V. B. and Muthuki, J. M. 2012. The migratory context of complex realities: A platform for generating new gender perspectives. Annual conference of Anthropology Southern Africa, 31 August to 3rd September.
- M. Muthuki and V. B. Ojong: “In theory we understand but in practice we struggle to implement’. Gender Equality as an epistemological category requiring reinterrogation.
- Otu, M. N. and Ojong, V. B. 2012. Valuing other: personal and impersonal life in South Africa. Annual conference of Anthropology Southern Africa, 31 August to 3rd September.
- Kilimani, L. and Ojong, V. B. 2012: Men’s challenges over women’s empowerment in host country. Annual conference of Anthropology Southern Africa, 31 August to 3rd September.
- N. Fomunyam,B. N., Ojong, V. B. and J.M. Muthuki, J. M.2012. Defining maleness in the context of migration: contested masculinities. Annual conference of Anthropology Southern Africa, 31 August to 3rd September.
- Ogana, W. and Ojong, V. B. 2012: The applicability of gender ideology in how African male and female immigrants relate to each other in the migratory context. Annual conference of Anthropology Southern Africa, 31 August to 3rd September.
- Ojong, V. B. and Muthuki, J. M. 2010. The gender dynamics of conducting fieldwork and its implications for the writing of ethnographies. Paper presented at the Anthropology Southern Africa annual conference, at the University of Forth Hare East London, 20th-23d September.
- Ojong, V. B. 2010 “Strangers in their land”: the African others in South Africa; reflections from within on the role of the diaspora in South Africa. Paper presented at the International Seminar on Diaspora: Heritage in the Context of Globalisation. Durban University of Technology Hotel School Conference Centre, 7 Ritson Road, Berea, Durban
- Ojong, V. B. 2009. The gist of the Africa Diaspora: engaging the concept of the African Diaspora for relevance. Paper presented at the 5th Biannual conference of the Association of Africans in the Diaspora Ghana August.
- Ojong, V. B. 2006. Beyond territoriality: identity and the politics of belonging in post-apartheid South Africa. Paper presented at the Social science conference in Pretoria)
- Ojong, V. B. 2006. Pentecostalism as a constructed space for the renegotiation of migrants’ identity. Paper presented at the joint conference organised by ASA, PAM, and IUAES in CapeTown.
- Ojong, V. B. 2005. Home as an unfix concept: Identity struggles and transnationalism. Paper presented at the annual conference for Anthropology Southern Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- Buijs G and Ojong, V. B 2005. Migrant women in South Africa: A review of some factors influencing the migration of women during and after the apartheid era. Paper presented at the Annual General Meeting of the Social Science History association, Portland, Oregon, November 3-6.
- Ojong, V. B. 2004. ” Issues of Identity and Entrepreneurship: A Study of Ghanaian Women.” Paper presented at the Friends of Anthropology Seminar Series, Anthropology Department, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. April.
- Ojong, V. B. 2004The birth of a new era: cognitive orientation and the glory of being Ghanaian in post-apartheid South Africa. Paper presented at the annual conference of Anthropology Southern Africa, University of the Free State, South Africa.
- Ojong, V. B. 2003. “Entrepreneurship and the Drive to Succeed: Ghanaian Women of Durban”. Paper presented at the Anthropology Association of Southern Africa Annual Conference, University of Cape Town, South Africa, August.
- Ojong, V. B, 2003. “Why African Women Migrate Independentlÿ’. Paper presented at the Pan African Anthropological Association Annual Conference, University of Port Elisabeth, South Africa, June.
- Ojong, V. B. 2002. African migrant women in KwaZulu-Natal. Paper presented at the annual conference of Anthropology Southern Africa, Rhodes University, South Africa.
Referees
- Prof Thenjiwe Meyiwa, Vice Principal, Research, Postgraduate Studies, Innovation and Commercialisation, UNISA. Email: meyiwt@unisa.ac.za
- Prof Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala, Senior Anthropologist, USAID, Washington DC. Email: leclercmadlala@gmail.com