Jolly Mazimhaka
Jolly Rwanyonga Mazimhaka is a Rwandan academic and education specialist.[1] She was married to Patrick Mazimhaka (1948–2018); they have three daughters.
Background and education
Jolly Mazimhaka was born in Uganda and attended the Trinity College Nabbingo. She has a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in English Literature and a postgraduate diploma in Education from Kampala's Makerere University and a master's degree in Commonwealth Literature as well as a PhD in Renaissance Drama, with a focus on gender, class and race issues from the University of Saskatchewan.[2]
Career
She started her career teaching Literature and English at the Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga in Uganda and at the Loreto Convent Girls School in Limuru, Kenya. She later was a lecturer in English at the University of Saskatchewan.
At the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Jolly Mazimhaka occupied several positions, including:
- Lecturer in English
- Lecturer in Research Methodology
- Director: Academic Quality Assurance
- Acting Vice-Rector: Academic
At the National University of Rwanda (UNR) she was:
- Director: Academic Quality Assurance
- Director: University Teaching and Learning Enhancement
She is a member of the board of advisors of the Akilah Institute, a non-profit college for women in Kigali,[3] and board member of Equality Power, an initiative that supports ethical and diverse projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. She was president of the Rotary Club Kigali-Virunga.
Publications
- Jolly Mazimhaka: Coming Home. Oxford University Press 2004, ISBN 9780195732146 Search this book on
..[4] - Jolly Mazimhaka: Mutesi in Trouble. Oxford University Press 2004, ISBN 9780195732139 Search this book on ..[4]
- Rebecca Schendel, Jolly Mazimhaka, Chika Ezeanya: Higher Education for Development in Rwanda. 2013, International Higher Education 70, p. 19ff
External links
- CV of Jolly Mazimhaka on the website of Equality Power
References
- ↑ "Dr. Jolly Mazimhaka". Davis College Akilah. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ↑ Mazimhaka, Jolly (1998). "The discourse of difference : the representation of black African characters in english Renaissance drama | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ↑ Rwanda Board of Advisors of the Akilah Institute[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jolly Mazimhaka at the Oxford University Press East Africa
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