Scholarly Output
Selected Publications
Books, chapters, policy briefs, and articles spanning Ubuntu Womanism, African feminist theory, and applied human rights.
Book Chapter
Ubuntu: An Educational Tool to Dismantle Patriarchy — Voices from the Women Community Elders
Kalaba, R. · Springer Nature
Examines African Indigenous rights frameworks as tools for dismantling structural patriarchy and advancing women's rights through community-centred epistemologies.
Book Under Contract
Ubuntu and the Power of African Women’s Leadership: She Leads Because We Are Forthcoming
Kalaba, R. · Palgrave Macmillan
Advances an African Indigenous feminist rights framework connecting Ubuntu philosophy to women's rights, gender justice, and self-determination.
Book Chapters (Forthcoming)
Bana Mayo Inkama ya Mpanga Forthcoming
Kalaba, R. · Edited volume
When Academia Collaborates with the Community Forthcoming
Kalaba, R. · Edited volume
Examines community-engaged research ethics and rights-based approaches to Indigenous knowledge production.
Ubuntu Nse: An Indigenous Methodology Rooted in Ubuntu Philosophy, Lived Experience, and the Stories of African Women Forthcoming
Kalaba, R. · Edited volume
Theorises Ubuntu Nse as an Indigenous methodology grounded in community, lived experience, and African women's storytelling.
Articles and Reports
Review of Turbulence
Kalaba, R. · Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 203
How Can Student Success Be Reimagined Through an Equity and Anti-Oppression Lens?
Lopez, A., & Kalaba, R. · EdCan Network
Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People
Kalaba, R., & Juneau, H. · A&C Black
Addresses the right to education for marginalised children in international development contexts.
Policy Briefs
When Girls Lead: Indigenous Leadership in Rural Zambia Forthcoming
Kalaba, R. · Brookings Institution Policy Brief
Policy recommendations advancing girls' rights and Indigenous leadership recognition in national education and gender frameworks and policies.
Public Scholarship
From Idea to Impact: How ZAMWILL is Cultivating Zambia's Next Generation of Innovators
Kalaba, R. · The Varsity, University of Toronto Student Newspaper, June 5
ZAMWILL Girls Hackathon
Featured story · University of Toronto News, February 18, 2025
Brookings Online Scholarship
When Girls Lead: Strengthening Leadership Pathways for Rural and Peri-Urban Girls in Zambia
Kalaba, R. · Echidna Global Scholars Series, Brookings Institution, September 16
Ubuntu Womanism: Strengthening Leadership Pathways for Girls in Zambia
Kalaba, R. · Echidna Global Scholars Series, Brookings Institution, September 19
Manuscripts in Progress
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Ubuntu Womanism: Reclaiming Indigenous Leadership Among Zambian Women
Book manuscript in development based on PhD dissertation · OISE, University of Toronto. Theorises Indigenous women's leadership as a human rights praxis grounded in Ubuntu philosophy and African feminist thought.