Dr Fubah Fubah Alubafi
Dr Fubah Alubafi is a senior research specialist in the Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES) Division. He holds an MA in Heritage Studies and a Doctor of Philosophy in History of Art from the University of Reading (2009). He specialises in art and museums in Africa, cultural heritage, tourism, ageing, gender and sexuality and indigenous knowledge systems.
Experience and special projects: He was formerly a research fellow at the Marx Planck Institute in Florence (2014). He was principal investigator for the HSRC project: ?The Symbols South Africans Want: Documenting and analysing the place of symbols in a transformative state? from 2015 to 2018, for which he co-edited the book: Exchanging Symbols: Monuments and Memorials in Post-Apartheid South Africa (African Sun Media, SUN Press, 2020). He is a Steering Committee Member for the Resistance and Liberation Movement Museum Project at the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture (DSAC), South Africa, and an Advisory Board Member for Palace Museums in the Cameroon Grassfields (a position he has held since 2010). Before joining the HSRC, Dr Fubah spent 5 years as a research fellow at the University of the Witwatersrand, Centre of African Studies (Cambridge), Forum Transregionale Studien and the Ethnological Museum, Berlin, during which time he worked mainly on the Cameroon Grassfields Collection in German Museums, namely, the Ethnological Museum Berlin and the Grassi Museum in Leipzig.
During the past decade he has mostly conducted his research in the area of art and museums, cultural heritage, tourism and ageing. In particular, his research has focused on historical and contemporary African art, and the transformation of the cultural landscape within the context of decolonisation.
Publications: Dr Fubah has published over 20 scientific articles in both local and international peer-reviewed academic journals, 3 research reports, 5 book chapters, and 2 policy briefs. He co-edited a book entitled Exchanging Symbols: Monuments and Memorials in Post-Apartheid South Africa which was published by African Sun Media, SUN Press in 2020. He has also presented more than 30 papers and posters at both local and international conferences and has curated three major exhibitions on historical African art. He is a research fellow at the Centre for Gender and African Studies at the University of the Free State.
Social Integration of Immigrants in Sub-Saharan African Communities: Challenges and Prospects. (Book project Fubah - Surplus funding )
book project Fubah - Surplus funding....
Social Intergration of immigrants in South African local Muncipalities
To analyse institutional coordination for social integration of immigrants using the District Development Model (DDM) and taking into account the soci....
The Role of Traditional Food Systems in Rapid Urbanization
This project addresses the challenge of food insecurity in cities as experienced by migrant communities and explores the role of traditional foods in ....
Strengthening disaster risk resilience through enhance coordination mechanisms at local level flood hazard prone areas: Case study of Kwazulu-Natal
The aim of this study is to facilitate strengthening disaster risk resilience by improving coordination mechanisms through developing impact-based ear....
Conduct and Transcribe Qualitative interviews on the interviews on the institutional environment and personal values of Soweto Entrepreneurs
The overall aim of the study is to investigate how the personal values of Soweto entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial interventions from their institutio....
The Evaluation of the National Education Trust (NECT)
The purpose of the evaluation is to conduct an evaluation of the NECT on behalf of FREF (through Tshikululu Social Investments), a core funder of the ....
The Review of the current draft South African National Youth Policy (NYP) 2020-2030
a) To consolidate and integrate youth development into the mainstream of government policies, programmes and the national budget. b) To strengthen th....
MMakiwane Evaluation Study on Older Persons
Produce an Evaluation Study on Older Persons Services within the Gauteng City Region.....
MISTRA - M.Alubafi
The drafting of a research chapter for the research project - the arts and national development....
DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development - Dr MF Alubafi
An agreement got research funding between the CoE - Human Development and Mathias Fubah Alubafi for the project entitled, DST - Science Forum attendan....
The Symbols We Want: Documenting and Assessing the Impact of Symbols in a Transformative State
Context One of the most challenging problems in South Africa nowadays is how to convince the population and students in particular that historical sta....