About

“the nation has grown”

Dr Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh is a South African author, scholar, media innovator and musician. He received a DPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford in 2020. In 2017, he published his first book Democracy and Delusion: 10 Myths in South African Politics, which won the City Press Tafelberg Award. The book was accompanied by a rap album of the same name. His latest book, The New Apartheid, will be published on 28 July 2021. Mpofu-Walsh is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research and founder of youth current affairs show, the Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh Xperience (SMWX).

Education

2008  —  2011

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UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

Bachelor of Social Sciences in Politics, Philosophy and Economics

2012  —  2012

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UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

Bachelor of Social Sciences in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (Honours)

2013  —  2015

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UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Master of Philosophy in International Relations

2015  —  2020

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UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations