Ruth Murambadoro

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Ruth Murambadoro
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Ruth Murambadoro in 2025
Born
Zimbabwe
Citizenship Zimbabwean
EducationPhD in Political Science
Alma mater University of Pretoria
OccupationAfrican Feminist Scholar
Employer Memorial University of Newfoundland
Notable workTransitional Justice in Africa: The Case of Zimbabwe (2020)

Ruth Ratidzai Murambadoro [1] (also known as Ruth Murambadoro) is a Zimbabwean political scientist and African feminist scholar, whose research explores transitional justice, gender justice, and peacebuilding in Africa. [2] [3] [4]

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Murambadoro is currently an Assistant Professor of Gender Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. [5]

Early Life and Education

Murambadoro earned her PhD in Political Science from the University of Pretoria in 2018, focusing on tradition-based approaches to transitional justice in Zimbabwe. [6] [7] She also holds an MA in Political Science (2014), a BA Honours in International Relations, and a Bachelor of Political Sciences from the same institution. [6]

Academic Career

Murambadoro joined Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2024 as an Assistant Professor in Gender Studies. [5] She previously served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at York University (2021–2024), affiliated with the Harriet Tubman Institute and the Centre for Feminist Research. [2] From 2019 to 2021, she was a Senior Lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand. [8] [9]

She has also been affiliated with Philipps University of Marburg in Germany as a guest researcher at the Centre for Conflict Research. [10]

She has conducted ethnographic studies in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique, and Ghana, where she examined how community-based and tradition-based justice mechanisms operate and how women resist structural violence. [7]

She collaborated with Ugandan scholar and editorial cartoonist Jimmy Spire Ssentongo on African and transnational feminisms through a panel discussion and creative exhibition events hosted by York University’s Centre for Feminist Research in October 2025. [11]

Contributions

Murambadoro received the ASA Presidential Fellowship in 2015 and served as an Emerging Scholar representative on the African Studies Association Board of Directors in 2016. [12]

Murambadoro's book, Transitional Justice in Africa: The Case of Zimbabwe (2020), has been recognized for exploring how justice is understood and applied in African contexts, emphasizing local and community-based approaches to post-conflict reconciliation. [13]

Selected Publications

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References

  1. ↑ Murambadoro, Ruth Ratidzai. "Ruth Ratidzai Murambadoro". Canadian Black Scientists Network. York University. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Ruth Murambadoro". York University – Harriet Tubman Institute. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Ruth Murambadoro, Author at Kujenga Amani". Social Science Research Council. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Philipps-Universität Marburg (2022). "We are pleased to welcome Ruth Murambadoro as a guest researcher!". Centre for Conflict Research. Philipps-Universität Marburg. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Faculty". Gender Studies. Memorial University of Newfoundland. 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  6. 1 2 "On the Blue Couch with Dr Ruth Murambadoro". Odile Mackett. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: A Stepping Stone for Emerging Scholars in Africa". Social Science Research Council. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  8. ↑ Murambadoro, Ruth Ratidzai (2024). "ORCID profile". ORCID. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  9. ↑ Govender, Kemantha (1 October 2019). "Meet our new staff at WSG". Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  10. ↑ Philipps-Universität Marburg (2022). "We are pleased to welcome Ruth Murambadoro as a guest researcher!". Centre for Conflict Research. Philipps-Universität Marburg. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  11. ↑ "Mukadzi, Musha, Rugare: Woman, Home, Freedom". Memorial University Gazette. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  12. ↑ "African Studies Association (ASA) Board Member". University of Pretoria – Department of Political Sciences. University of Pretoria. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  13. ↑ Govender, Kemantha (29 July 2020). "Justice in Africa: what it means to Africans?". Wits School of Governance. University of the Witwatersrand. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  14. ↑ Wielenga, Cori; Batley, Mike; Murambadoro, Ruth (2020). "Beyond restorative justice: Understanding justice from an African perspective". Ubuntu: Journal of Conflict and Social Transformation. 9 (1): 43–69. doi:10.10520/EJC-1d589e7a61.
  15. ↑ Murambadoro, Ruth (2015). "From Reconciliation to Justice: The Politics of Memory and the Gukurahundi Massacres in Zimbabwe". African Journal on Conflict Resolution. 15 (1): 33–57. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
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