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Dr. Kelebogile Zvobgo (she/her)
@kellyzvobgo.bsky.social
Political scientist • Author of Governing Truth bit.ly/governing-truth • Committed to human rights, transitional justice, and international law

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She was also gracious enough to sign books for a long queue of students, faculty, and community members and meet with several of our students and faculty colleagues over the two days she was in town. Thank you again!
November 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
What’s the story behind my book’s cover art?

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Hey y’all, it’s my birthday! 🎉

If care about #transitionaljustice, #humanrights and #globalgovernance, or you just want to celebrate my 33 revolutions around the sun, you can pre-order my first book, GOVERNING TRUTH, out with @oxfordunipress.bsky.social in Feb.

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November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Check out my amazing friend and artist Barry O’Keefe’s other projects here!

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Barry O'Keefe
Barry O'Keefe is a printmaker from Richmond, Virginia.
www.barryokeefe.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Each caryatid represents cultures from Guatemala, South Africa, and Timor-Leste, where women have customarily carried burdens (baskets, water jugs, etc.) on their heads.

Case studies of these countries in the second half of the book complement crossnational statistical analyses in the first half.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
As women figure heavily in what I term “the global transitional justice network,” the feminine figures carry added significance. Given, too, my argument that transitional justice is, through civil society, a transnational institution…
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Caryatids (above) and pediments (below) invoke classical architecture associated with government (particularly justice institutions) and the book's core concept: burden sharing by domestic and intl civil society groups. They hold up justice.

Image: Larousse via commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fr...
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It’s inspired by the Caryatid Porch at the Erechtheion, the Temple of Athena Polias (Athena the Protector) at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.

Photo: ©️ Sharon Mollerus via Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/clair...
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Absolutely! Incoming!
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM