Religion and COVID-19 Vaccination in Zimbabwe (PDF)

Tenson Muyambo earned a PhD from the University of KwaZulu Natal

(UKZN), South Africa. He is a research fellow at the University of South

Africa's (UNISA) Research Institute for Theology and Religion (RITR),

College of Human Sciences. He lectures at the Great Zimbabwe University,

and researches and publishes extensively on indigenous knowledge systems,

religion (Ndau indigenous religion), gender, education, pandemics and

African Spirituality. He has co- edited the books, Religion and the COVID- 19

Pandemic in Southern Africa (2022) and Re- imagining Indigenous Knowledge

and Practices in 21st Century Africa: Debunking Myths and Misconceptions

for Conviviality and Sustainability (2022).

Fortune Sibanda (PhD) is a professor of Religious Studies in the Department of

Philosophy and Religious Studies, Great Zimbabwe University, Masvingo

and Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Eswatini,

Eswatini. Professor Sibanda is also a research fellow in the Research

Institute for Theology and Religion, UNISA, South Africa. He is a specialist

in the History and Phenomenology of Religion; African Indigenous

Religions and New Religious Movements (particularly Rastafari). His

research interests include Indigenous Knowledge Systems, religion and

health, religion and the environment, human rights issues, law and religion,

religion and the culinary arts tackled from an African perspective. Sibanda

has published edited books, book chapters and his work has also appeared

in refereed journals. He is a member of a number of academic associations,

including the American Academy of Religion (AAR), African Consortium

for Law and Religion Studies (ACLARS), African Theological Institutions

in Southern and Central Africa (ATISCA), Association for the Study