| Vida de Voss | |
|---|---|
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| Nationality | Namibian |
| Occupation(s) | Feminist activist and Teacher |
| Known for | Sister Namibia |
Vida V. de Voss is a Namibian feminist activist, the director of the Namibian feminist organisation Sister Namibia, and a former lecturer in English literature at the Namibia University of Science and Technology. She now teaches English at Private School Swakopmund.
Education
De Voss earned a master's degree in philosophy from Stellenbosch University in 2006, and her master's thesis was entitled, Emmanuel Levinas on ethics as the first truth. In 2010, she earned a master's degree in English literature from Iowa State University, and her thesis was entitled The Identity Challenge in Toni Morrison's "Paradise" .
Career
De Voss was a lecturer in English literature at the Namibia University of Science and Technology from 2013 until 2021.
She presently works at Private School Swakopmund where she teaches English to Grade 9 & 10 Students.
De Voss is the director of Sister Namibia, a feminist organisation and publisher of an eponymous magazine (first published in 1989), based in Windhoek. De Voss has also been a guest speaker at the University of Namibia in Windhoek. In March 2016, she spoke to an audience of hundreds of women at a conference at Windhoek's Safari Court Hotel to commemorate International Women's Day.
References
- "Author". scholar.sun.ac.za. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- Vida, De Voss (6 November 2017). "The Identity Challenge in Toni Morrison's "Paradise"". iastate.edu. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- "Vida de Voss - Bayt.com". people.bayt.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- "Contact us". sisternamibia.com. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- "Vision". sisternamibia.com. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- "UNAM German Studies career day inspires students and employers". University of Namibia. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- "Namibia commemorates the International Women's Day: Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung". www2.hss.de. Retrieved 6 November 2017.