Lekholokoe Paul Leshota is Associate Professor of Practical Theology in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the National University of Lesotho. He is presently the Lesotho Country Coordinator of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians.Maxwell Constantine Chando Musingafi is Professor of Public Policy & Governance in the Department of Development Studies at the National University of Lesotho. Professor Musingafi is a novelist and researcher in gender, conflict, peace, governance and water studies with a track record of more than 300 published works.Itumeleng Rethabile Veronica Mokhele is an interdisciplinary scholar at the National University of Lesotho. She is a lecturer in French language in the Faculty of Humanities, French Department and the chairperson of the NUL- Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians.Makhulu Makumane (PhD) is Senior Lecturer at the National University of Lesotho in the Faculty of Education, and she is affiliated with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She teaches and supervises postgraduate research in Curriculum studies and Advanced French language education studies

• 1.-Enna Gudhlanga, PhD, Zimbabwe Open University, Angeline Madongonda, PhD, Zimbabwe Open University - Are we rightful citizens also? Women in oral literature and folk stories as a mobilising force for contemporary gender struggles in Southern Africa. -2.-Maxwell. Musingafi, PhD, National University of Lesotho, Pascalinah Mokhothu, PhD candidate, National University of Lesotho, Mokone Musi, PhD, North-West University - Matrilineality, women power and the matriarchs of precolonial Southern Africa.-3.- Sophia Chirongoma, PhD, Midlands State University - Shona Women and Rain Petitioning Rituals in Zimbabwe: Indigenous Women's Ecological Wisdom and Agency.-4.-Judith Ziwa, PhD, University of Zambia - An Exploration of Women Leadership in Pre-Colonial Zambia: The Case of Mwenya Mukulu.-5.-Alice Chititi, PhD, Zimbabwe Open University - Struggles within Struggles: Women fighting for liberation in the war of liberation in Zimbabwe.-6.- Regina Kulehile, PhD, University ofStockholm, Borenahabokhethe Sekonyela, customary law chief - Women as custodians of legal and moral values as inculcated by indigenous knowledge systems and Practices: Case of initiation schools.-7.- Itumeleng Mokhele, PhD candidate - The influence of missionaries’ wives on Basotho women’s struggles for innovation during the colonial era.-8.-Butholezwe Mtombeni, PhD, UNISA - Unsung Liberation Heroines: Women’s Role in Liberation Struggles in Changing Colonial Contexts in Southern Africa. -9.- Sonene Nyawo, PhD, University of Eswatini - Colonialism and women’s changing legal status: Southern African perspectives. -10.- Bertha Muringani, PhD, National University of Lesotho - Gender Equality Narratives by Zimbabwean Women: Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship. -11.- Matholeni, PhD, Stellenbosch University - Unongqawuse Ngase Mlanjeni: Re-Imagining a young prophetess and a human being: Social Community Pastoral Caregiving Perspective.-12.- Lefatshe Moagi, PhD candidate, UNISA - Feminist perspective on equal participation of women in politics and elections: A case of SADC.-13.-Itumeleng Mokhele, PhD candidate, Kelello Rakolobe, PhD, Makhulu Makumane, PhD, National University of Lesotho- The evolution of women’s positionality in postcolonial Lesotho’s households, education and politics: from being a “Child”to being a decision maker.-14.-Tebello Tlali, PhD, National University of Lesotho, Sepiriti Sepiriti, PhD, National University of Lesotho - Shifting gender dynamics in the postcolonial times: Experiences of female Secondary School Principals in Lesotho.-15.- Itumeleng Mokhele, PhD candidate, Makhotso Sula, student - Women and the world of science: Challenges and prospects in Post-Colonial Lesotho Secondary Education.-16.-Sethunya Mosime, PhD, University of Botswana - Herstory in Botswana: Its post-colonial, intersectional, intergenerational and nervous condition. -17.- Mamello Rakolobe, Lecturer, National University of Lesotho - The Participation of Women in Local Governance in Lesotho: A Postcolonial Historic Overview.

Lekholokoe Paul Leshota is Associate Professor of Practical Theology in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the National University of Lesotho. He is presently the Lesotho Country Coordinator of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians.Maxwell Constantine Chando Musingafi is Professor of Public Policy & Governance in the Department of Development Studies at the National University of Lesotho. Professor Musingafi is a novelist and researcher in gender, conflict, peace, governance and water studies with a track record of more than 300 published works.Itumeleng Rethabile Veronica Mokhele is an interdisciplinary scholar at the National University of Lesotho. She is a lecturer in French language in the Faculty of Humanities, French Department and the chairperson of the NUL- Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians.Makhulu Makumane (PhD) is Senior Lecturer at the National University of Lesotho in the Faculty of Education, and she is affiliated with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She teaches and supervises postgraduate research in Curriculum studies and Advanced French language education studies

• 1.-Enna Gudhlanga, PhD, Zimbabwe Open University, Angeline Madongonda, PhD, Zimbabwe Open University - Are we rightful citizens also? Women in oral literature and folk stories as a mobilising force for contemporary gender struggles in Southern Africa. -2.-Maxwell. Musingafi, PhD, National University of Lesotho, Pascalinah Mokhothu, PhD candidate, National University of Lesotho, Mokone Musi, PhD, North-West University - Matrilineality, women power and the matriarchs of precolonial Southern Africa.-3.- Sophia Chirongoma, PhD, Midlands State University - Shona Women and Rain Petitioning Rituals in Zimbabwe: Indigenous Women's Ecological Wisdom and Agency.-4.-Judith Ziwa, PhD, University of Zambia - An Exploration of Women Leadership in Pre-Colonial Zambia: The Case of Mwenya Mukulu.-5.-Alice Chititi, PhD, Zimbabwe Open University - Struggles within Struggles: Women fighting for liberation in the war of liberation in Zimbabwe.-6.- Regina Kulehile, PhD, University ofStockholm, Borenahabokhethe Sekonyela, customary law chief - Women as custodians of legal and moral values as inculcated by indigenous knowledge systems and Practices: Case of initiation schools.-7.- Itumeleng Mokhele, PhD candidate - The influence of missionaries’ wives on Basotho women’s struggles for innovation during the colonial era.-8.-Butholezwe Mtombeni, PhD, UNISA - Unsung Liberation Heroines: Women’s Role in Liberation Struggles in Changing Colonial Contexts in Southern Africa. -9.- Sonene Nyawo, PhD, University of Eswatini - Colonialism and women’s changing legal status: Southern African perspectives. -10.- Bertha Muringani, PhD, National University of Lesotho - Gender Equality Narratives by Zimbabwean Women: Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship. -11.- Matholeni, PhD, Stellenbosch University - Unongqawuse Ngase Mlanjeni: Re-Imagining a young prophetess and a human being: Social Community Pastoral Caregiving Perspective.-12.- Lefatshe Moagi, PhD candidate, UNISA - Feminist perspective on equal participation of women in politics and elections: A case of SADC.-13.-Itumeleng Mokhele, PhD candidate, Kelello Rakolobe, PhD, Makhulu Makumane, PhD, National University of Lesotho- The evolution of women’s positionality in postcolonial Lesotho’s households, education and politics: from being a “Child”to being a decision maker.-14.-Tebello Tlali, PhD, National University of Lesotho, Sepiriti Sepiriti, PhD, National University of Lesotho - Shifting gender dynamics in the postcolonial times: Experiences of female Secondary School Principals in Lesotho.-15.- Itumeleng Mokhele, PhD candidate, Makhotso Sula, student - Women and the world of science: Challenges and prospects in Post-Colonial Lesotho Secondary Education.-16.-Sethunya Mosime, PhD, University of Botswana - Herstory in Botswana: Its post-colonial, intersectional, intergenerational and nervous condition. -17.- Mamello Rakolobe, Lecturer, National University of Lesotho - The Participation of Women in Local Governance in Lesotho: A Postcolonial Historic Overview.

Lekholokoe Paul Leshota is Associate Professor of Practical Theology in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the National University of Lesotho. He is presently the Lesotho Country Coordinator of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians.Maxwell Constantine Chando Musingafi is Professor of Public Policy & Governance in the Department of Development Studies at the National University of Lesotho. Professor Musingafi is a novelist and researcher in gender, conflict, peace, governance and water studies with a track record of more than 300 published works.Itumeleng Rethabile Veronica Mokhele is an interdisciplinary scholar at the National University of Lesotho. She is a lecturer in French language in the Faculty of Humanities, French Department and the chairperson of the NUL- Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians.Makhulu Makumane (PhD) is Senior Lecturer at the National University of Lesotho in the Faculty of Education, and she is affiliated with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She teaches and supervises postgraduate research in Curriculum studies and Advanced French language education studies

• 1.-Enna Gudhlanga, PhD, Zimbabwe Open University, Angeline Madongonda, PhD, Zimbabwe Open University - Are we rightful citizens also? Women in oral literature and folk stories as a mobilising force for contemporary gender struggles in Southern Africa. -2.-Maxwell. Musingafi, PhD, National University of Lesotho, Pascalinah Mokhothu, PhD candidate, National University of Lesotho, Mokone Musi, PhD, North-West University - Matrilineality, women power and the matriarchs of precolonial Southern Africa.-3.- Sophia Chirongoma, PhD, Midlands State University - Shona Women and Rain Petitioning Rituals in Zimbabwe: Indigenous Women's Ecological Wisdom and Agency.-4.-Judith Ziwa, PhD, University of Zambia - An Exploration of Women Leadership in Pre-Colonial Zambia: The Case of Mwenya Mukulu.-5.-Alice Chititi, PhD, Zimbabwe Open University - Struggles within Struggles: Women fighting for liberation in the war of liberation in Zimbabwe.-6.- Regina Kulehile, PhD, University ofStockholm, Borenahabokhethe Sekonyela, customary law chief - Women as custodians of legal and moral values as inculcated by indigenous knowledge systems and Practices: Case of initiation schools.-7.- Itumeleng Mokhele, PhD candidate - The influence of missionaries’ wives on Basotho women’s struggles for innovation during the colonial era.-8.-Butholezwe Mtombeni, PhD, UNISA - Unsung Liberation Heroines: Women’s Role in Liberation Struggles in Changing Colonial Contexts in Southern Africa. -9.- Sonene Nyawo, PhD, University of Eswatini - Colonialism and women’s changing legal status: Southern African perspectives. -10.- Bertha Muringani, PhD, National University of Lesotho - Gender Equality Narratives by Zimbabwean Women: Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship. -11.- Matholeni, PhD, Stellenbosch University - Unongqawuse Ngase Mlanjeni: Re-Imagining a young prophetess and a human being: Social Community Pastoral Caregiving Perspective.-12.- Lefatshe Moagi, PhD candidate, UNISA - Feminist perspective on equal participation of women in politics and elections: A case of SADC.-13.-Itumeleng Mokhele, PhD candidate, Kelello Rakolobe, PhD, Makhulu Makumane, PhD, National University of Lesotho- The evolution of women’s positionality in postcolonial Lesotho’s households, education and politics: from being a “Child”to being a decision maker.-14.-Tebello Tlali, PhD, National University of Lesotho, Sepiriti Sepiriti, PhD, National University of Lesotho - Shifting gender dynamics in the postcolonial times: Experiences of female Secondary School Principals in Lesotho.-15.- Itumeleng Mokhele, PhD candidate, Makhotso Sula, student - Women and the world of science: Challenges and prospects in Post-Colonial Lesotho Secondary Education.-16.-Sethunya Mosime, PhD, University of Botswana - Herstory in Botswana: Its post-colonial, intersectional, intergenerational and nervous condition. -17.- Mamello Rakolobe, Lecturer, National University of Lesotho - The Participation of Women in Local Governance in Lesotho: A Postcolonial Historic Overview.