Rianna Oelofsen

Associate Professor

Honours BA, MA (Rhodes University), PhD (Rhodes University)

Office

Room 101, Chris Hani Building, East London, Phone: (043) 704 7315

Room AFG 4, New Arts Building, Alice Campus, Phone: (040) 602 2213l.

Biography

Rianna Oelofsen (PhD), is  an Associate Professor at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa. She has published a number of articles and book chapters, and co-edited a book collection entitled “An African path to a global future”. Areas of specialization and publication include African philosophy, Education and Decolonization, Race and Gender theory, Phenomenology, and Feminism.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Books and chapters in books.

Edited book

Oelofsen, Rianna and Abímbọlá, Kọlá (eds), An African Path to a Global Future The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2019

Chapters in peer reviewed books: All DHET accredited

Oelofsen, Rianna (forthcoming) “Ubuntu, Reconciliation, and Gender-Based Violence” in the Palgrave Handbook of Ubuntu, Inequality and Sustainable Development, edited by Ezra Chitando,  Sophia Chirongoma and Beatrice Okyere-Manu

Oelofsen, Rianna, & Mqalo, Sizwe. (forthcoming) “Afro-communitarian personhood and humanizing pedagogy: how African philosophy can contribute to the decolonization of higher education in South Africa.” in Cross Currents in African Philosophy edited by Helen Lauer and Helen Yitah.

Oelofsen, Rianna, (2023) “Merleau-Ponty, embodied subjectivity, and (white) women dancing” in Contributions to African Phenomenology, edited by Abraham Olivier, John M Lamola and Justin Sands. SUNY press

Oelofsen, Rianna, 2021 “Afro-communitarian personhood and the political philosophy of needs”, chapter for edited peer reviewed collection An African political philosophy of Needs by Chris Allsobrook and Motsamai Molefe. Routledge.

Oelofsen, Rianna, “Afro-communitarianism, Humanization and the Nature of Reconciliation” in An African Path to a Global Future (eds) Rianna Oelofsen and Kọlá Abímbọlá, The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2019

Oelofsen, Rianna, “Women and Ubuntu: Does ubuntu condone the subordination of women?” in African Philosophy and the Epistemic Marginalisation of Women; (eds) Jonathan O. Chimakonam and Louise du Toit. Routledge, 2018

Research publications in refereed journals

Peer-reviewed articles: all DHET accredited

Oelofsen, Rianna “Afro-communitarianism, Restorative Justice and Affirmative Action in South Africa: A Response to David Benatar” South African Journal of Philosophy, Volume 37, Issue 3, 2018

Oelofsen, Rianna “Afro-communitarianism, justice and reconciliation”, Theoria, No 146, March 2016

Oelofsen, Rianna “Decolonization of the African mind and intellectual landscape.” Phronimon, Vol. 16: 2 (2015) 130-146.

Oelofsen, Rianna. “Afro-communitarian forgiveness and the concept of reconciliation” South African Journal of Philosophy, Volume 34 number 3, 2015

Oelofsen, Rianna.  “De- and Rehumanization in the Wake of Atrocities” South African Journal of Philosophy Volume 28 Number 2, 2009

Oelofsen, Rianna. “Group Responsibility in the Aftermath of Apartheid” South African Journal of Philosophy Volume 27 Number 4, 2008