Chishimba, affectionately known as “Chichi”, is a Zambian Rhodes scholar currently working as a Strategic Projects Associate at Rhodes House. Chishimba also serves as the student engagement officer at the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx). She is responsible for identifying ways AfOx can support African graduate students at the University of Oxford. Chishimba holds an MSc in Social Science of the Internet from the Oxford Internet Institute. Before coming to Oxford, she pursued a master’s in Journalism and Media Studies from Rhodes University in South Africa and a Bachelor’s in Mass Communication from the University of Zambia.

 

Chishimba is passionate about communication, and her research interest is in African feminism(s), Gender, digital media studies, and the Internet.