Victor Ngonidzashe Muzvidziwa

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Professor Victor Ngonidzashe Muzvidziwa is the current Vice Chancellor of Midlands State University in Zimbabwe. [1] [2] He is an anthropologist trained at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. His other qualifications, BA and MA, are from the University of Zimbabwe.

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Career

Muzvidziwa is a career academic whose journey in higher and tertiary education began in 1983 as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Zimbabwe. He subsequently chaired his department, before being promoted to be Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Zimbabwe. He went on to hold the same position at University of Swaziland. He returned to his home country after being promoted as Pro-Vice Chancellor at University of Zimbabwe. He then moved to Midlands State University where he became an understudy of the founding vice chancellor Professor Ngwabi Bhebhe [3] who was facing retirement. [4]

Research

His research encompasses a wide range of interests including: livelihood studies, [5] gender, [6] marriage, [7] migration, [8] and housing.

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References

  1. ↑ "Professor Victor Ngonidzashe Muzvidziwa". Midlands State University. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  2. ↑ "Prof Muzvidziwa appointed MSU Vice Chancellor". The Herald. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  3. ↑ "Ngwabi Bhebe: The 'last man standing'". The Sunday News. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  4. ↑ "ED 'lectures' MSU Vice Chancellor on the varsity's history". Zimbabwe Voice. 2020-11-21. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  5. ↑ "AJOL: Journal of Social Development in Africa : Vol 15 No 2, 2000". www.inasp.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  6. ↑ Muzvidziwa, Victor Ngonidzashe (2015). "Gendered Nature Of Informal Crossborder Trade In Zimbabwe". Journal of Social Development in Africa. 30 (1): 121–146. doi:10.4314/jsda.v30i1 (inactive 31 January 2024). ISSN   1012-1080.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
  7. ↑ Muzvidziwa, Victor Ngonidzashe (2001). "Marriage as a survival strategy: The case of Masvingo, Zimbabwe". Zambezia: The Journal of Humanities of the University of Zimbabwe. 28 (2): 147–166. doi:10.4314/zjh.v28i2.6763. ISSN   0379-0622.
  8. ↑ Muzvidziwa, Victor Ngonidzashe (2010-07-01). "Double-Rootedness and Networking among Urban Migrants in Zimbabwe". Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology. 1 (1–2): 81–90. doi:10.1080/09766634.2010.11885541. ISSN   0976-6634. S2CID   55651729.
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