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Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study

Iso Lomso Fellow

Mbuso Nkosi

Nationality: 🇿🇦 South Africa
Affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
Field of study: Social Sciences
Residencies at STIAS: 2026 1^st Semester

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This House Is Not for Sale
Current research explores land, home, and community in South Africa through a sociological lens.

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“This house is not for sale”: Otherwise than a house − the Black family home in Soweto

Focusing on struggles over family homes in Soweto, I ask a foundational sociological question: What is a Black family home?

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