Are you an MA or PhD student working with Indigenous research methodologies and feeling isolated, misunderstood, or spiritually overwhelmed?
You are not alone.
Many Indigenous, African-centred, and decolonial researchers move through academia with a sense of isolation and epistemic trauma. This is because Western academic culture tends to invalidate Indigenous knowledge systems.
If you feel a need for peer support that integrates academic and spiritual grounding,join the Indigenous Research Peer Supervision Programme, a 9-month programme designed to offer methodological grounding, emotional support, and communal wisdom for scholars. Rooted in healing circle practice, relationality and Indigenous knowledge systems, the programme responds to the gap in Western universities where Indigenous methodologies are often undervalued, or unsupported.
The main purpose of the programme is to co-create a communal knowledge village where students using Indigenous research methodology participate in:
Any postgraduate researcher (MA or PhD) whose topic or approach uses Indigenous, African-centred, or decolonial methodology.
Dr. Mmatshilo Motsei, is a healer, midwife, author, and Executive Director of Afrika Ikalafe Pluriversity, which is an institution that specialises in personal and societal transformation and is founded on African spiritual principles.
Closing date 31 January 2026 | Announcement of results 20 February 2026 | Commencement of the programme Tuesday 10 March 2026
