Dr Joel Modiri-Senior Lecturer, Department of Jurisprudence, University of Pretoria.

Dr Joel Modiri is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Jurisprudence at the University of Pretoria.

His PhD thesis was entitled “The Jurisprudence of Steve Biko: A Study in Race, Law and Power in the ‘Afterlife’ of Colonial-apartheid”.

The central concern of his teaching and research relates to the development of a critical anti-racist post-conquest jurisprudence through which to contemplate possibilities for liberation, decolonisation and historical justice in South Africa and beyond. 

We had a fascinating, and inspiring discussion that touched on critical race theory and the work of the American academic derrick bell and the concept of interest convergence, the legacy of the ANC in the failure of the post-apartheid project in South Africa and the relevance of Steve Biko today.

Joel is controversial in some circles for his outspoken critique of the South African constitution which ha says failed to take into consideration race, and as a consequence the black south African experience, in its drafting.

Read academic papers by Joel Modiri here.