Zethu Matebeni

Zethu Matebeni (born 1 May 1978) is a sociologist, activist, writer, documentary film maker, Professor and South Africa Research Chair in Sexualities, Genders and Queer Studies at the University of Fort Hare. She has held positions at the University of the Western Cape and has been senior researcher at the Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA) at University of Cape Town UCT. Quotes What we are curious about is how performance and visual works travel, are received, and the ways in which they resonate in the German context. Perhaps by understanding these travels and routes, and ways of landing, possibilities of new and deeper connections can be made between space, places and times. How South African Visual Culture and Performance Resonate in a German Context We are all sexual beings, and whether we want to start exploring at an early age or when we are in our 50s, we should have that right, and we should be part of that fight, fighting for the recognition to explore one's sexuality... Jozi Book Fair 2009 Interview with Zethu Matebeni "Gender & Sexual Rights in South Africa", Part 2 External links Category:Women authors from South Africa Category:Activists from South Africa Category:LGBT people Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Sociologists from South Africa Category:Film directors from South Africa Category:Women academics from South Africa Category:Women born in the 1970s