Bagele Chilisa is a Botswanan post-colonial scholar who has written and spoken extensively about indigenous research and evaluation methodologies.
[3]: xxi Her parents, and her grandmother, Ponya Kenosi, passed oral literature to her as a child,[3]: xxiii stimulating her lifelong interest in indigenous knowledge systems.
From the University of Pittsburgh, Chilisa earned her Master of Arts degree in Research Methodology, and her PhD in Policy, Planning, and Evaluation.
[2] Chilisa is a scholar of indigenous research methods,[2] having published books and journal articles on the topic[1] and spoken at national and international conferences.
[3]: xxii In 2018, Chilisa was appointed to serve on the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Evaluation Advisory Panel (EAP).