Phumzile Nombuso Twala

Phumzile Nombuso Twala is a Senior Researcher at Andani.Africa, cultural and creative industries practitioner. As Senior Researcher at Andani.Africa, Phumzile leads and contributes to a range of research studies across the arts. She is also Research Associate at Open Restitution Africa, contributing to its work on African cultural heritage restitution. Phumzile holds a BCom in Industrial and Organisational Psychology (UNISA) and two BA (Honours) degrees from Wits University, in Media Studies and Journalism, and History of Art – a multidisciplinary foundation that underpins her research approach across the cultural and creative industries. She was named on the Wits Humanities 2021 Dean’s List and received the Standard Bank Group Foundation of African Art Postgraduate Prize (2021). Most recently, she contributed to the National Film and Video Foundation’s Economic Impact Assessment of the South African film industry.