Sindi-Leigh McBride

Sindi-Leigh McBride is a researcher and writer from Johannesburg, and PhD Candidate in African Studies at the University of Basel where her doctoral research investigates the politics and poetics of climate change in South Africa and Nigeria. She holds MA degrees in International Relations (University of the Witwatersrand, 2011) and Political Communication (University of Cape Town, 2015) and is employed at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) where she investigates structural barriers to youth livelihoods in Africa. Her arts criticism and short stories have appeared in Africa’s a Country, Artthrob, The Johannesburg Book Review, The Mail & Guardian and other outlets. Current research interests include: climate change in Africa, youth and work, African contemporary art and African literature.