Joseph Makanda
Biographic Data
| ID | 6555324 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Makanda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Makanda |
| SIGNATURE | MAKANDA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4098-9231 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Do I look like a refugee? Challenging the passive victim narrative of refugeehood in Tongogara refugee settlement
This article examines refugee framing and agency in the context of protracted displacement in Zimbabwe, drawing on research conducted in Tongogara Refugee Settlement (TRS) in December 2024. Using Giddens’ structuration theory and Brun’s concept of active agency-in-waiting, it employs qualitative methods, including in-depth discussions and observations with 24 refugees. Findings show that refugees navigate restrictive policies by engaging in the i…
Covid-19 Social Protection and Exclusion Nexus
Globally, most governments have come up with COVID-19 social relief and protection measures to render expedient and effective assistance to vulnerable populations, ranging from nationals to foreigners. This study utilizes narratives of 15 refugee women and 5 South African women to interrogate whether the South African national COVID-19 social protection and relief policies (such as wage subsidies, social grants and unemployment benefits) have bee…
South Africa’s Involvement in Counterinsurgency in Cabo Delgado
Most scholarship on terrorism in Cabo Delgado (Mozambique) has focused on the nature and causes of the insurgency, who the insurgents are, where the insurgents come from, their underlying needs, and how the current military operations may be successful from a state-centric perspective. As a result, the role of non-state actors, such as migrants, has been left out. This is a qualitative study that relies on secondary data sources to offer a critic…
Indigenising and Africanising South Africa's Approaches to Curbing Covid-19 in South Africa
South Africa's declaration of a state of pandemic on 27 March 2020 to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has elicited debates on the impact of government's policy responses, such as national lockdowns, on the economy of the country. Some pundits support lockdown measures by arguing that they save many lives. Others acknowledge the efficacy of lockdowns in combating the spread of COVID-19 but argue that they have a devas…
Religion and Identity De/Construction among Forced Migrants
The current study unravels religious practices, politics and perceptions as forms of multiple identities within and amongst different types of migrant groups in South Africa. Using purpose sampling from members of the Christ Assembly Church of Africa, we explore how the appeal to religion is a form of identity construction that differentiates Congolese from other groups of migrants. We utilized social identity theory in showing how Congolese use …
The Jihad Feminist Dynamics of Terrorism and Subordination of Women in the Isis
The increasing embeddedness of the jihad feminist within the Islamic State’s (ISIS) operations is eliciting works on the role of women in terrorism. However, there is yet to be a more constructive analysis that adequately accounts for the luring of Muslim women into the ISIS as a justification of the patriarchal beliefs and oppressive social systems. This paper is among the first attempts to draw on the Jihad Feminism Theory (JFT) to develop a co…
The Syrian Conflict and “Women Terrorists”
Studies on terrorism have often taken the usual bias towards studying and analyzing phenomena from a male-dominated perspective. The current article looks at jihadi feminism as a growing trend in contemporary terrorism. The paper argues that there is an increase of women from both traditionally Muslim and traditionally non-Muslim regions joining ISIS and taking part in the Syrian war on the side of Islamic extremists. The paper argues that women …
Religion and Identity De/Construction among Forced Migrants
The current study unravels religious practices, politics and perceptions as forms of multiple identities within and amongst different types of migrant groups in South Africa. Using purpose sampling from members of the Christ Assembly Church of Africa, we explore how the appeal to religion is a form of identity construction that differentiates Congolese from other groups of migrants. We utilized social identity theory in showing how Congolese use …
The Syrian Conflict and “Women Terrorists”
Studies on terrorism have often taken the usual bias towards studying and analyzing phenomena from a male-dominated perspective. The current article looks at jihadi feminism as a growing trend in contemporary terrorism. The paper argues that there is an increase of women from both traditionally Muslim and traditionally non-Muslim regions joining ISIS and taking part in the Syrian war on the side of Islamic extremists. The paper argues that women …
The Syrian Conflict and “Women Terrorists”
Studies on terrorism have often taken the usual bias towards studying and analyzing phenomena from a male-dominated perspective. The current article looks at jihadi feminism as a growing trend in contemporary terrorism. The paper argues that there is an increase of women from both traditionally Muslim and traditionally non-Muslim regions joining ISIS and taking part in the Syrian war on the side of Islamic extremists. The paper argues that women …
The Jihad Feminist Dynamics of Terrorism and Subordination of Women in the Isis
The increasing embeddedness of the jihad feminist within the Islamic State’s (ISIS) operations is eliciting works on the role of women in terrorism. However, there is yet to be a more constructive analysis that adequately accounts for the luring of Muslim women into the ISIS as a justification of the patriarchal beliefs and oppressive social systems. This paper is among the first attempts to draw on the Jihad Feminism Theory (JFT) to develop a co…
Religion and Identity De/Construction among Forced Migrants
The current study unravels religious practices, politics and perceptions as forms of multiple identities within and amongst different types of migrant groups in South Africa. Using purpose sampling from members of the Christ Assembly Church of Africa, we explore how the appeal to religion is a form of identity construction that differentiates Congolese from other groups of migrants. We utilized social identity theory in showing how Congolese use …
Indigenising and Africanising South Africa's Approaches to Curbing Covid-19 in South Africa
South Africa's declaration of a state of pandemic on 27 March 2020 to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has elicited debates on the impact of government's policy responses, such as national lockdowns, on the economy of the country. Some pundits support lockdown measures by arguing that they save many lives. Others acknowledge the efficacy of lockdowns in combating the spread of COVID-19 but argue that they have a devas…
Covid-19 Social Protection and Exclusion Nexus
Globally, most governments have come up with COVID-19 social relief and protection measures to render expedient and effective assistance to vulnerable populations, ranging from nationals to foreigners. This study utilizes narratives of 15 refugee women and 5 South African women to interrogate whether the South African national COVID-19 social protection and relief policies (such as wage subsidies, social grants and unemployment benefits) have bee…
South Africa’s Involvement in Counterinsurgency in Cabo Delgado
Most scholarship on terrorism in Cabo Delgado (Mozambique) has focused on the nature and causes of the insurgency, who the insurgents are, where the insurgents come from, their underlying needs, and how the current military operations may be successful from a state-centric perspective. As a result, the role of non-state actors, such as migrants, has been left out. This is a qualitative study that relies on secondary data sources to offer a critic…
Do I look like a refugee? Challenging the passive victim narrative of refugeehood in Tongogara refugee settlement
This article examines refugee framing and agency in the context of protracted displacement in Zimbabwe, drawing on research conducted in Tongogara Refugee Settlement (TRS) in December 2024. Using Giddens’ structuration theory and Brun’s concept of active agency-in-waiting, it employs qualitative methods, including in-depth discussions and observations with 24 refugees. Findings show that refugees navigate restrictive policies by engaging in the i…
Political science (6 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works)