Pumla gobodo madikizela biography

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    • Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

    South African academic (born 1955)

    Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

    Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela in 2011

    BornPumla Phillipa Gobodo
    (1955-02-15) 15 February 1955 (age 69)

    Langa, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

    AwardsAlan Paton AwardOfficial website
    Main interestsTraumatic Memories, Post-conflict reconciliation, empathy, forgiveness, psychoanalysis and Intersubjectivity
    Notable ideasEmpathic Repair; Making Public Spaces Intimate

    Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (born 15 February 1955) is the Research Chair in Studies in Historical Trauma and Transformation at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. She graduated from Fort Hare University with a bachelor's degree and an Honours degree in psychology. She obtained her master's degree in Clinical Psychology at Rhodes University. She received her PhD in psychology from the University of Cape Town. Her doctoral thesis, entitled "Legacies of violence: An in-depth analysis of two c