DR. KUZIWAKWASHE
ZIGOMO

I am an interdisciplinary, decolonial and intersectional feminist scholar. My research interests include: elite politics, religion, gender politics, authoritarianism and military regimes, migration, conflict and peace building with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. My research rests at the intersection of gender, religion and politics. It examines how religious imaginaries and ideas re-configure gender identities in authoritarian and patriarchal contexts, as well as in the context of migration. My broader research agenda explores other dynamics of religion and state formation, militarisation, securitisation, identity politics, and institutions in the global South. I am currently working on a book project funded by a British Academy Leverhulme Grant which investigates the role of religious women in navigating political transitions in Zimbabwe. This work builds on an article published in the Journal of Ethnic and Racial Studies where I investigate the influence of transnational Pentecostal religious beliefs on women’s political participation in Zimbabwe.