Akhona Ndzuta

Dr Akhona Ndzuta is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair, University of South Africa (UNISA). Her research activities involve topics on the labour conditions of South African (SA) music practitioners in domestic and international contexts, SA cultural policy foundations and processes, music and cultural diplomacy, cultural administration, and entrepreneurship. She was a contributing editor to the 2021 book Culture and Liberation Struggle in South Africa: From Colonialism to Post-Apartheid. She holds a PhD from The Ohio State University, has taught cultural studies across five universities, and has performed various music genres since the early 2000’s.