Dear Professor June Bam
On behalf of the African Left Handers Foundation, we extend our warmest congratulations on your prestigious
appointment as Lincoln’s first AfOx Visiting Fellow.
This remarkable achievement is a testament to your outstanding scholarly leadership, unwavering commitment to educational transformation, and continued contribution to advancing education rights and social justice across South Africa and the African continent. Your appointment not only reflects personal excellence, but also brings great pride to the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation (CERT), the Faculty of Education at the
University of Johannesburg, and the broader academic community.
As a distinguished champion of inclusive education and the rights of left-handers in often overlooked spaces, we
take immense pride in this prestigious appointment and celebrate the global recognition of your transformative
scholarly contribution to advancing educational justice, equity, and human dignity.
The AfOx Visiting Fellowship Programme represents an important global platform for fostering collaborative research, intellectual exchange, and transformative scholarship between African researchers and the University of Oxford. We are confident that your participation in this distinguished fellowship will yield impactful scholarly engagements and strengthen international networks dedicated to educational equity, human dignity, and transformative justice.
As an organisation committed to advocacy, inclusion, educational justice, and the recognition of hidden diversities, we deeply value and appreciate your continued work in advancing inclusive and transformative educational spaces. Your leadership continues to inspire many across academic, advocacy, and community sectors.
Please accept our heartfelt congratulations and best wishes for a meaningful, enriching, and successful fellowship journey during your residency and engagements at Oxford and Lincoln College.
Best wishes,
Mandla Simelane
Deputy Chairperson: Strategic Initiatives, Stakeholder Relations and Communications — African Left
Handers Foundation
Created By
Left-hander’s Education Forum &
Training International Network
2023
Endorsed at
International Conference on Left-Handedness
Africa, August 2023