About Mamphela Ramphele
Dr Mamphela Ramphele has had a celebrated career as an activist, medical doctor, academic, businesswoman and global thought leader.
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In 1968 she enrolled for a medical degree at the University of Natal, where she became involved in the South African Students Association (SASO) and was a founder, with Steve Biko, of the Black Consciousness Movement. In 1976 she was detained under the Terrorism Act, and from 1977 to 1983 she was banned to Tzaneen in the Northern Transvaal.
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She has a PhD in Social Anthropology, a B Com degree, a Diploma in Tropical Hygiene and a Diploma in Public Health. In 1996 she was appointed Vice-Chancellor of UCT. In 2000 she became a managing director of the World Bank, based in Washington, DC, a post she held until end of 2004.
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Dr Ramphele has served as chairperson of many boards and is a founding trustee of the Nelson Mandela Foundation since inception in 1999. She was a founder of the Open Society Foundation for South Africa and the Citizens Movement and is Co-Founder of ReimagineSA. In October 2018 Dr Ramphele was appointed co-president to The Club of Rome, her term ending in 2023. She is Chair of the Desmond Tutu IP Trust.
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Dr Ramphele was one of the founders of the Black Consciousness Movement that identified psycho-social liberation as a prerequisite of true emancipation of a people. That emancipation starts with self-liberation that unleashes the full human potential. Leap Schools is a living model of this revolutionary idea.
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She is the author of several books and publications on socio-economic issues in South Africa, including A Passion for Freedom, Laying Ghosts to Rest and Conversations with my sons and Daughters, her latest book Dreams, Betrayal and Hope is her analysis of ‘the state of the nation’ in South Africa.
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Ramphele has received numerous national and international awards acknowledging her scholarship and leading role in spearheading projects for marginalised people in South Africa and elsewhere.
Publications
PenguineRandomHouse
ISBN978-1-77609-092-1
Tafelberg
ISBN: 9780624040965
David Philip Publisher
ISBN 978-0864862105
I.B. Tauris
ISBN 978-1-78453-042-6
David Philip Publishers,
ISBN 978-0864863164
David Philip Publishers,
Cape Town,
Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780143530411
David Philip Publishers
9780821410639
Tafelberg
ISBN 978-0624045793
David Philip Publishers,
ISBN 978-0864863164
Restoring the Land: Environment and Change in Post Apartheid South Africa:
Editor, Panos, London UK ISBN978-1870670272
The Affirmative Action Book: Towards an Equity Environment:
Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA),
Public Information Centre (PIC), Cape Town, South Africa