Sindi-Leigh McBride is a researcher and writer from Johannesburg. She is currently a PhD candidate at the Centre for African Studies, University of Basel. Previously, she completed MA degrees in International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand and Political Communication at the University of Cape Town. She has worked in the private, nonprofit and public sectors, and her essays, art writing and short stories have appeared in Africa's A Country, Kalahari Review, New Frame, and other places.