Mandisa Mbali

Postdoctoral Associate

Mandisa Mbali, who has been a South African Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, has just completed her dissertation at Oxford in Modern History. It is entitled “'The New Struggle': A History of AIDS Activism in South Africa, 1982-2003.” She has published articles on post–apartheid AIDS policy–making, gender and sexuality in the history of AIDS activism and governmental adoption of AIDS dissidence in South Africa. In addition to an ongoing research focus on the history of AIDS activism in Southern Africa, Mbali is also investigating the political history of health activism, public health policy and ethics, migration and health and the politics of gender and sexuality in the region. At Yale she is continuing her research and writing, working with Naomi Rogers in the Section of the History of Medicine.

Education

• B.A. University of Natal, 2000
• B.A. Hons, University of Natal, 2001
• M.A. Historical Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2004
• DPhil (PhD) Modern History, University of Oxford, 2009

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

1. Mbali, M., AIDS discourses and the South African state: Government denialism and post-apartheid AIDS policy-making. Transformation. 2004, 54:104-22.
2. Alexander, A. and M. Mbali, M. Have the Slaves Left the Master’s House? A report on the Africa Social Forum. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 2005, 39, 5: 407-16.

Books

1. Mbali, M. HIV/AIDS Policy Making in Post-apartheid South Africa. In The State of the Nation: South Africa 2003-2004, eds.J. Daniel, J, A. Habib, A and R. Southall, R. HSRC, Cape Town, 2003, p.312-29.
2. Mbali, M. TAC in the history of rights-based, patient-driven AIDS activism in South Africa. In Democratising Development: The politics of socio-economic rights in South Africa, eds. K. Stokke, and P. Jones. Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden, 2005., p.213-44.
3. Mbali, M. TAC in the history of patient-driven AIDS activism: “The case for historicizing South Africa’s new social movements”. In Challenging Hegemony: Social Movements and the Quest for a New Humanism in Post-apartheid South Africa, ed. N. Gibson. Africa World Press, Trenton, New Jersey, 2006, p.129-55.
4. Mbali, M. Gender, Sexuality and Global Linkages in the History of South African AIDS Activism, 1982-1994 In The Politics of AIDS: Globalization, the State and Civil Society, eds. M. L. Foller, M. L. and H. Thorn. Palgrave, London, 2008, p.177-198.