The Department of Africana Studies
“A Place Where Scholars, Thinkers and Leaders are Nurtured”

CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Munashe Furusa, Assistant Professor

Work Telephone: 310-243-3040
Email: Work mfurusa@csudh.edu

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D. African Literature and Critical Theory, University of Zimbabwe {2003}
M.A. English University of Zimbabwe {1993}
BA Honors English University of Zimbabwe {1991}
BA African and English Literature, University of Zimbabwe, {1990}

TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS
African Literature and Culture
Critical Theory and Practice
Africana Literature and Thought
African Culture and Development
Gender Theories and Gender relations
Research Methods
Africana Literary Traditions

RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The Lyle Gibson Distinguished Teacher Award, California State University, Dominguez Hills (2004)
Cheikh Anta Diop Award for Outstanding Research in Africana Studies (CSUDH Dept of Africana Studies, 2002)
Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Teaching and Contribution to Africana People’s struggles for cultural liberation (CSUDH Students, 2001)
Frederick Douglass Award for outstanding Contribution to Africana community (CSUDH, Pan African Student Union, 2001)
Cheikh Anta Diop Award for Outstanding Research in Africana Studies (CSUDH Dept of Africana Studies, 2000)

PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS AND GRANTS
Publications
Proverbs as an Expression of Philosophy of Life, in Solomon Mutswairo et.al, Introduction to Shona Culture, Juta Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd, Harare, 1996
The Human Factor and the African Intellectual, in Vimbai G. Chivaura and Claude G. Mararike, The Human Factor Approach to Development in Africa, University of Zimbabwe Publications, Harare, 1998.
The Role of Institutions in Africa’s Development, in E.M. Chiwome and G. Gambahaya, Culture and Development: Perspectives from the South, Mond Books, Harare, 1998.
The Direction of Innovation in Shona Literature in Tom Spencer-Walters, Orality, Literacy and the Fictive Imagination: African and Diasporan Literatures, Bedford Publishers, Inc., Michigan, 1998.
Television, Culture and development in Zimbabwe in E. M. Chiwome, Gambahaya and Furusa, Knowledge and Technology in African and Diasporan Communities, Mond Books, Harare, February 2000.
African Culture and the Agenda for Africa’s Liberation and Development" in the International Journal for Africana Studies, Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University, 2000
E. M. Chiwome, Gambahaya and Furusa, Knowledge and Technology in African and Diasporan Communities, Mond Books, Harare, 2000.
The Challenges of African Studies Departments in the Twenty-First Century (NCBS Conference 2000) Gender Relations in African Culture, Women Center and Department of Africana Studies Lecture, California State University, Dominguez Hills, March 15, 2000
African Literature as an expression of African history and culture, Department of African American Studies Lecture, Loyola Marymount University, April 13, 2000
African History and Culture as Sources of Values for the Empowerment of African Women, Department of Africana Studies Lecture, San Diego State University, May 3, 2000
Africana Theories of Knowledge, California Statewide Africana Studies, Curriculum Development summit, California State University, Dominguez Hills, March 30, 2000
The role of culture in African liberation and freedom movements, Department of Africana Studies Lecture, March 25,2000
African Religions, Department of Africana Studies Lecture Series, March 3, 2000
Key Issues in African and African Diasporan Literature and Thought (Global Diaspora Conference 2000)
Africana Languages and Creative Productions: Recreating Africana Presence into the Global Community, (co-presented with Dr. Selase Williams, Global Diaspora Project Conference, CSUDH, December 6, 2001)
Black Student Organizations and African Centered Consciousness, (Collective Minds Student Conference, CSUDH, 2001)
Celebrating Africana History and Culture Through Africana Literature and the Arts, (African American Heritage Month, CSUDH, 2002)
Re-conceptualizing Africana Studies (co-presented with Dr. William A. Little, NCBS Conference, San Diego, 6-10 March, 2002)
African Worldview and Africana Theories of Literature, (NCBS Conference, San Diego, 6-10 March, 2002)
African Culture, Literature and Literary Criticism, (NCBS Conference, San Diego, 6-10 March, 2002)
The Challenge of Self-Definition in the African Diaspora, Black Student Union Meeting, CSU, Northridge, September 2002.
Theorizing the African World Through the Broken Lenses of Postcoloniality, (NCBS Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2003)
African Writers and the Art of Healing a Dismembered Community, (NCBS Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2004)
Re-visiting the Contested Role of African Studies Institutes, Programs and Departments Located Outside Africa, (Zimbabwe International Book Fair Indaba, August 3, 2004)
The Role of African Scholars in Shaping Discourses on Africa, (Zimbabwe International Book Fair Indaba, August 3, 2004)

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