Ms. Ruth Makumbirofa

Qualifications:

Dphil Candidate, MA (Wits University), BA (Hons) (UZ)

Academic Appointments:

Lecturer department of Creative Media and Communication studies

Research Interests:

Applied drama; events and theatre management

Faculty: Arts and Humanities

Department: Creative Media & Communication

Research Category: Arts

Biography:

Ruth Makumbirofa is a lecturer in the department of Media and Communication Studies. Currently she is working for her DPhil thesis focusing on how Shona funeral ritual performances can be appropriated in modern counseling frameworks.
She teaches courses in uses of theatre, theatre and events management, arts administration and African theatr

Email: ruthmaku@gmail.com

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Publications:

Makumbirofa, Ruth. Rituals (2010) as a counter narrative of healing and reconciliation in Zimbabwe
Makumbirofa, Ruth (2020) Traditional games and child-centred development: affirming disabled and female bodies in applied theatre projects in Zimbabwe

Makumbirofa, Ruth (2019) Sahwira and/as endogenous healing and therapy in Shona funerary rituals
Makumbirofa, Ruth (2019)Towards a Conceptual Reading of Performance as a (Counter) Public Sphere
Makumbirofa, Ruth (2016) Nhimbe/ilima performance as peace-building activity: An ethnographic enquiry
Makumbirofa , Ruth (2009)Theatre, Life Skills and Participatory Learning