Biography
Boaventura Monjane holds a PhD on Postcolonialisms and Global Citizenship (Sociology)from the University of Coimbra. He is a research fellow at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape)and is also a fellow of the International Research Group on Authoritarianism and Counter-Strategies of the RLS. He is also an associate researcher at the Centre for African Studies (CEA, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane).
Monjane’s areas of interest and research include agrarian movements, rural politics, food sovereignty, and climate justice. He has been involved in agrarian social movements, both locally and internationally, working with the National Union of Peasants of Mozambique (UNAC) and the International Secretariat of La Via Campesina. Monjane is co-editor of Grassroots Voices Sections of the Journal of Peasant Studies.