Jessie Kabwila-Kapasula

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Who is Jessie Kabwila-Kapasula?

Dr. Jessie Kabwila-Kapasula is an academic, feminist, educator and activist. Her scholarship focuses on African feminism.

Kabwila-Kapasula was the acting president of the Chancellor College Academic Staff Union that was fired during the stand off to ensure academic freedom at the University of Malawi that hasn't been resolved. She is one of the fired lecturers at the center of the stand off for academic freedom that occurred at University of Malawi that resulted in her dismissal. This prompted protests from the UNIMA students and faculty that stood in solidarity with Kabwila-Kapasula and the eventual closure of the university. It led to a stand off between President Bingu wa Mutharika and the lecturers. Her dismissal centering academic freedom was also one of the events that led to the July 20th, 2011 protests.

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on July 23, 2013

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