Love and Desire: Concepts, Narratives and Practives of Sex Amongst Youths in Maputo City

is a social anthropologist, an Assistant Professor at University Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) and a researcher at Kaleidoscopio Research Institute on Culture and Public Policy. Her teaching, research, and policy analysis focuses on the social analysis of body, gender, sexuality, and health themes. Her research questions normative gendered notions, looking at the intersectionality of gendered relations and understanding socio-cultural readings of the body and sexuality, specifically in the African context. Her latest journal publication is titled “Performing respect: Contemporary strategies and lived experiences in intimate relationships in Maputo” (2021 Journal of African Cultural Studies). She is a member of the editorial collective of the journal Anthropology Southern Africa. Her university work also comprised a planning dimension as she served as the Adviser for the UEM Vice-Chancellor.