From Umlazi to Washington DC: Dr. Sipho Sithole’s journey of teaching isiZulu abroad – The Mail & Guardian

From Umlazi to Washington DC: Dr. Sipho Sithole’s journey of teaching isiZulu abroad – The Mail & Guardian

Academic and author  Dr Sipho Sithole follows a long line of  South African creative minds finding themselves in lecture halls in the United  States. Zakes Mda, Joel Cabrita, Nadine Gordimer, Es’kia Mphahlele and Lindani Mbunyuza-Memani are among them.  Last year, passport and isiZulu heritage intact, Dr Sithole entered Howard University, in Washington DC as an isiZulu lecturer in the Department of World Languages and Cultures.  Growing up, Dr S…