Andiswa Mvanyashe Biography

I, Andiswa Mvanyashe, a lecturer at NMU and an isiXhosa language Practioner, was born in Qumbu village at Tsilitwa. I attended my primary school at Mbambisa JSS in Qumbu. In 1998 I went to do my secondary education in Zimele Junior Secondary School in Khwezi location in Mthatha. In 2001, I started my high school in Little Flower high at Qumbu. In 2004, I proceeded with my education and went to the former University of Port Elizabeth wherein 2008; I graduated with a BA degree in Media, culture and Communications at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. I hold a Masters Degree in IsiXhosa which I obtained in 2011, BA Honors in Isixhosa (2009 from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University) . During my university studies, I served as a Surgent’n Arms and Public relations Officer in Toastmasters Society. I also designed a website for Toastmasters Society, ABASA and Provocative ladies. In 2009, I worked as an IsiXhosa Junior Lecturer at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. In 2010, I started working as a Communications Intern at Renault South Africa in Johannesburg. In 2011 I worked in Pretoria for a Non-profit organization called Traslate.org as an IsiXhosa language Practitioner. I was also nominated as a Gnome intern (international company) under localisation for IsiXhosa language 2011. In 2013 I came back to Port Elizabeth to work as an isiXhosa lecturer at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, where I had the privilege of assisting in the creation of the Intinga Journal. Now I’m currently freelancing as an IsiXhosa Language Practitioner and finishing my Phd in isiXhosa Language.