Degrees Held
- D., UKZN, 2021
- Masters, TUT, 2013
- BTech, TUT, 2009
- National Diploma, DUT, 2007
Research Interests
- Decoloniality
- Agential transformation
- Drama in Education pedagogy
- Social Media
- Shakespeare
Teaching Interests
- Theatre History
- DIE/TIE
- Text Analysis
Selected Publications
Chapters in Books
Conference Papers
Chapters in Books
- Zinhle P. Nkosi, Nokukhanya Y. Ngcobo, Ayub Sheik and Nellie N. Ngcongo-James. Confronting the COVID-19 Challenge at a University in South Africa pp. 16 – 36
- Ngcongo-James, Pratt – Brave New World Decolonising Shakespeare in the Drama Education Curriculum
- Ebewo, P. & Ngcongo, N. 2017. Representation of the black Township in contemporary South African Drama: A study of Grootboom’s Relativity: Township Stories. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Conference Papers
- Ngcongo, N. N. 2017. Developing a methodology for creative interpretation of traditional dramatic texts in post-apartheid theatre: a case study of Shakespearean interpretation at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Paper presented at the Annual National Doctoral Conference 2017: Building and Dynamising the Humanities and Social Sciences. Birchwood Conference Centre, Johannesburg, 1-2 November 2017.
- Ngcongo, N. N. and Pratt, D. D. 2016. ‘400 years later, the Bard still rocks’: modelling interpretation of Shakespearean drama on Moodle. Paper presented at the 10th Annual UKZN Teaching and Learning Higher Education Conference. Elangeni Hotel, Durban, South Africa, 20-22 September 2016.
Teaching Expertise
- Theatre History
- DIE/TIE
- Text Analysis