Professor Finex Ndhlovu

Biography

Finex Ndhlovu is South African by heritage, Zimbabwean by birth and Australian by choice. He is Professor of Language in Society and Southern Knowledges in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Dr Ndhlovu’s research adopts an interdisciplinary approach that yokes together decolonising, Indigenising and Southern perspectives in the search for possible solutions we can co-create in partnership with social and professional communities. He works in collaboration with diverse interdisciplinary teams across geographies and knowledge systems. Dr Ndhlovu’s latest major publications include Pan-African Integration from Below: Language, Publics, Culture (Mandela University Publishing, 2025); Language and Decolonisation: An Interdisciplinary Approach (2024, Routledge) and Decolonising Multilingualism in Africa: Recentering Silenced Voices from the Global South (2021). With a record of 32 higher degree research student completions, Dr Ndhlovu is an experienced HDR supervisor with a passion for nurturing the next generation of educators and research leaders. He is always fascinated by the miracle: how smart thinking in collaborative evidence-based teaching, research and professional practice solve previously intractable problems.