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Faculty of Languages & Literatures
Afrikanistik I
Pumelela Nyiki is coming from South Africa, in the province of Eastern Cape. Her mother tongue is isiXhosa, but she also speak other South African languages such as English, isiZulu and a little bit of Sesotho.
Academic Degrees:
2020 | Master’s of Arts in African Languages (IsiXhosa), University of Fort Hare |
2018 | Bachelor of Arts Honour’s in African Languages in IsiXhosa (CUM LAUDE) , University of Fort Hare |
2017 | Bachelor of Arts majored in IsiXhosa and History, University of Fort Hare |
Professional Background:
2020 | She was a Time on Task Lecturer at the University of Fort Hare in Alice campus, South Africa |
2020 | She co-presented a Research Paper with Professor R.C. Botha at ALASA (African Languages Association of Southern Africa, at Regent Hotel in East London, South Africa |
2021-2023 | She was an IsiXhosa Lecturer at Waler Sisulu University, in Queenstown campus, South Africa |
2022 | She presented a Research Paper at IRID (Institutional Research and Innovation Day) in Mthatha Campus, at Walter Sisulu University, South Africa |

Faculty of Languages & Literatures
Afrikanistik I
Research interests:
Applied Linguistics in isiXhosa

Faculty of Languages & Literatures
Afrikanistik I
Pumelela Nyiki
University of Bayreuth
Afrikanistik I
95440, Bayreuth
Room: 1.08 (GW I)
Email: Pumelela.Nyiki@uni-bayreuth.de