Biography

He is a Mozambican anthropologist, human rights defender and journalist. He also holds a Ph.D. and a Master's degree in Social Anthropology from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil (2020 - 2025 and 2014 - 2016). Since 2023, he has been studying for his second Ph.D. in Human Rights in Contemporary Societies at the University of Coimbra (Portugal). He also has a bachelor's degree in Theology (2008-2012) from Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil. He holds a accreditation in human rights and political journalism from PUC-SP (Pontifical Catholic University - São Paulo), through the International Exchange in Human Rights, of the Global South Program of Conectas Human Rights, funded by the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa - OSISA (2006 -2007). As a result of his studies in social anthropology and human rights, he researches the relationship between privilege, structural violence and human rights in Mozambique. He is also the former editor-in-chief of the magazine "Democracy and Human Rights" of the Mozambican Human Rights League (2003-2005), former reporter for the newspaper "O PAÍS" (2002-2003) and former correspondent for the newspaper Pravda "Notícias e materiais analíticos - PortPravda" (2008-2011). Personal site: http://www.dhnet.org.br/dados/livros/dh/josue_bila/ Personal blogs: https://bantulandia.blogspot.com.br and https://societyhumanrightsmozambique.blogspot.com/