Sheila MeintjesSheila Meintjes taught Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand for 30 years. Her initial research interest in the historical transformations of independent precolonial polities to subordinate colonies during the nineteenth century trnsitioned to a focus on gender and women in both her research and teaching. She is an honorary research associate professor in the Department of Political Studies at Wits, and a visiting professor at the Institute for Women and Gender Studies, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany. Read More Read Less