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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- CV of Jolly Mazimhaka on the website of Equality Power
References[edit]
- ↑ "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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