Dr Jackson Sebola-Samanyanga is an academic and planning practitioner with expertise spanning urban and rural contexts, informed by experience in the private sector, public institutions, and academia. He holds a Master’s degree in Town and Regional Planning and a Doctor of Philosophy in Development Studies. His scholarly work critically interrogates colonial planning legacies and examines the interplay between statutory and traditional governance systems in advancing transformative rural development, reimagining land and (s)place as lived, spiritual, and political constructs. Dr Sebola-Samanyanga’s current work focuses on (S)place, Identity, and Apartheid Amnesia.
Home Institution
University of Pretoria
Host Institution & Centre of Excellence
Makerere University, Centre of Excellence in Notions of Identity
Education
PhD Development Studies, Master of Town and Regional Planning (MTRP), Bachelor of Technology Town and Regional Planning (BTRP)
Research Topic
The Right to (S)place: Land, Identity, and Ontological Belonging in Rural South Africa
jackson.sebola@up.ac.za