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Akudziwe Mawere

Election Year: 2023

Election Constituency: Zimbabwe

Scholar Status: Scholar in Residence

Rhodes Identifier: Zimbabwe & Balliol 2023

Akudziwe Mawere

Biography

Junior medical doctor, graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand. In her free time, she plays guitar, ukulele, and piano. In addition to working part-time as an academic tutor, she also previously served on the board of the Wits Students Surgical Society and Wits Friends of MSF Society. Her career ambition is to become a professor of neurosurgery, and she plans to pursue research in paediatric neurosurgery at Oxford University. Ultimately aims to become a well-respected medical academic like Harvey Cushing (father of neurosurgery).