Identifying as a Jill-of-all-trades, Azra Rajah (she / her) is a dynamic and ambitious young academic with experience developed across private and public South African higher education institutions.. She is currently an Associate Lecturer in Department of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, and Junior Researcher in the Chair for Youth Unemployment, Employability and Empowerment. She is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Applied Language Studies at Nelson Mandela University with the foci exploring how black women in South African and American hip hop culture subvert the androcentric discourses of black women in hip hop culture. She holds A BA in English Literature and Applied Language Studies from Nelson Mandela University (2020) and BA Honours in Applied Language Studies (cum laude) from Nelson Mandela University (2021). Her experience spans particular involvement in: tutoring, lecturing, project coordination, research assistance, publishing, and advising the Nelson Mandela University chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society. Her research interests include Critical Discourse Analysis, Media Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Hip Hop Culture, Language and Ideology
Journal articles:
Rajah, A. (2022). I’m a “Savage”: Exploring Megan Thee Stallion’s Use of the Politics of Articulation to Subvert the Androcentric Discourses of Women in Hip Hop Culture Educational Research for Social Change, 11 (1), 57-71.
http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2221-4070/2021/v11i1a5
Book chapter:
Rajah, A. (2022). Not a bitch but a B.I.T.C.H. In L. Cassim, & M.C. du Plessis, Is my queer body not strong enough? Pan-African writings and artwork (pp. 382 - 395). Johannesburg: Layla Cassim ERS Consultants CC & RedChord (Pty) Ltd.
Books edited:
Powell, J., McGrath, S., Cooper, A,, Brown, T., and Rajah, A. (forthcoming). Skills, the Informal Sector, and Post-school Youth in the Global South: Theoretical and Methodological Lenses on Learning for Livelihood. Routledge. United Kingdom.
Powell, J., Cooper, A., Alla-Mensah, J., and Rajah, A. (forthcoming). Skills, the Informal Sector, and Post-school Youth: Theoretical and Methodological Lenses on Learning for Livelihoods. HSRC Press. South Africa.
Conference:
Language, Knowledge, and Power (2021) Nelson Mandela University, Faculty of Humanities: School of Language, Media, and Communication | Panel: Decolonizing & Revitalizing the Curriculum. Gqeberha.