Alinah Kelo Segobye is a social development activist and archaeologist, with specialisms in social development and HIV/AIDS and the future of studying the past in Africa and African archaeology.[1] She is Dean of Human Sciences at the Namibia University of Science and Technology and an elected fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.

Education

Segobye completed her undergraduate and MA studies at the University of Botswana, and graduated from the University of Cambridge with a PhD in Archaeology in 1994.[2]

Career

Segobye worked as Deputy Executive Director at the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa. She then worked at the University of Botswana before entering her current role as Dean of Human Sciences at the Namibia University of Science and Technology.[3] She was President of the PanAfrican Archaeological Association from 2005 to 2010.[4]

Recognition

Segobye is an elected fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (2018)[5] and an honorary professor at the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute (TMALI), University of South Africa.[6] She serves on the board of the African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP).[7]

She was invited to address the second UNESCO Future Forum Africa in 2013.[1] She was a visiting scholar at the Bradford Rotary Peace Centre (2016).[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "UNESCO Future Forum Africa #2: Decolonizing African Futures: Exploring and Realigning Alternative Systems" (PDF). UNESCO. 6 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Townsend, Leonie. "Prof Alinah Kelo Segobye". Welcome to Foresight For Development. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Alinah Segobye | Faculty of Human Sciences". fhs.nust.na. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Congresses and Presidents – PanAfrican Archaeological Association". www.panafprehistory.org. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Segobye Alinah Kelo | The AAS". www.aasciences.africa. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Alinah Kelo Segobye". The Conversation. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Welcome to ACHAP". www.achap.org. Retrieved 27 February 2020.


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