Launch of Special Issue of the South African Review of Sociology today at the (hybrid) plenary at 2pm. #sasa2024

We’re so honoured to have our consulting editor and great mentor Dave receiving this lifetime service award from sasa_sociology 🥹🎊👏🏾!!

Congratulations to the winners of the competition 🥹👏🏾🎉 !! We’re grateful that one of our editors was able to be apart of the adjudicators of the sasa_sociology essay competition again.

Reflecting on the recent SA elections Xulu-Gama asks "Are we moving forward or are we stagnant in our democracies?". Issue 53(4) has 5 research articles, 1 discussion article, 3 book reviews and 3 tributes to the late Professor Edward “Eddie” Webster. Read:tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

In 53(4) T.Maake and L. Smuts write about "Exploring Heteronormativity and the Illusion of the “Real Man”: A Case Study of Siv Ngesi and discuss an idiosyncratic vision of an alternative Black African masculine identity and its realities and implications. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

We’re so proud of you Dave!

Asongu & Moola argue for the need for decolonial mental healthcare treatment in SA. Their findings show that sociocultural considerations such as the patient’s culture & the role of their families in mental healthcare should be included in processes. READ: doi.org/10.1080/215285…

Leo Igbanoi writes in our latest article about how divergent constructions of masculine respectability disrupt relations among African migrant men in Johannesburg. They also nuance dominant narratives of local–migrant masculine contestations.. Read: doi.org/10.1080/215285…

Our latest book review by María Teresa Garzón Martínez engages "Women from the South: Poetics of the Encounter with Asia and Africa". It queries implications for Latin American women's interests in studying Asia and Africa for academia and solidarities. doi.org/10.1080/215285…

It’s a new week! Don’t forget to log onto our site to read our latest articles and book reviews before our new edition is out. We’re so excited for it🥹🔥👏🏾 Also don’t delay on submitting a discussion article with us and being in conversation with the larger community😄💃🏽!!

Amidst the rise in talks about migration and expectations vs reality, Tunde Alabi, writes in a recent article that Nigerian migrants comparison of home and host countries shaped their expressions and reactions in the US & UK. UCT doi.org/10.1080/215285…

In this article Govender et.al highlight that strategic health communication is needed to increase understandings of HIV risk in order to promote PrEP as part of HIV combination prevention. READ:tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

In this editorial to 54(2) Dr Nyawasha draws upon the recent sasa_sociology Congress theme and asks “what does a critical public sociology look like? what is the subject matter of a critical public sociology?”. You NEED to engage this edition soon!! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🎉 Congratulations to Akuch Kuol Anyieth on launching her new book Violence & Trauma: Healing South Sudanese Families and Communities! 📚 #ViolenceAndTrauma #HealingTrauma #SouthSudan #BookLaunch #AkuchKuolAnyieth #CommunityHealing

Prof Vivek Chibber will be at Stellenbosch University on 3 October 2024. Department of Sociology & Social Anthropology, Room 401. Seats are limited.