Lungisile Ntsebeza

Lungisile Ntsebeza
Lungisile Ntsebeza in 2020
Born	1954 (age 69–70) Cala, Cape Province Union of South Africa
Occupation	Professor emeritus at the University of Cape Town
Relatives	Dumisa Ntsebeza (brother)
Academic background
Education	University of South Africa (BA) University of Natal (MA) Rhodes University (PhD)
Thesis	Structures and struggles of rural local government in South Africa: The case of traditional authorities in the Eastern Cape (2002)
Doctoral advisor	Fred Hendricks
Academic work
Discipline	Sociology
Sub-discipline	Agrarian studies African studies
Main interests	Land reform in South Africa Traditional leadership

Lungisile Ntsebeza (born 1954) is a South African sociologist. He is professor emeritus of sociology and African studies at the University of Cape Town, where he has worked since 2004. He was the university's A. C. Jordan Professor of African Studies from 2012 until his retirement in 2022. He also held the South African Research Chair in Land Reform and Democracy in South Africa. Since 2023 he has been the Chair of Council at the University of Fort Hare.