Research Fellow at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
Dr Carla Lever is a cultural anthropologist interested in spectacle, place and embodied practice in a South African context.
Her interdisciplinary PhD examined the performative nature of national identities under former president Jacob Zuma, focussing particularly on embodied socio-political phenomena such as sport, public art interventions and political protest.
She is currently lecturing on South African protest history while undertaking research on statue-based protest in the US and South Africa at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, UCT.
Politics and fashion: the rise of the red beret
Dec 16, 2019 13:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Bobi Wine has come a long way in two years. The self-styled Ghetto President of Uganda used to be a music star, playing politically charged reggae beats to packed houses. In 2017, the politics took over. Donning a red...