I am Professor of Psychology at the University of Stellenbosch and head the Stellenbosch Centre of Critical and Creative Thought. African psychology as a way of looking at the world and masculinity as an object and field are the two pivots of my scholarship, teaching and public engagement. and ly interests pivot around two research and ly I teach decolonial/critical social psychology, Frantz Fanon, personality psychology, and African psychology. He is the former director of the South African Medical Research Council-University of South Africa’s Masculinity and Health Research Unit and former research professor at the University of South Africa. Among several roles he has played and positions held, Ratele was a member of the second Ministerial Committee on Transformation in South African Universities, former chairperson of Sonke Gender Justice, and former president of the Psychological Society of South Africa. Currently, he is on the management committee member of the Department of Science and Innovation-National Research Foundation (DSI-NRF) Centre of Excellence in Human Development and national advisory board member for the Department of Higher Education and Training Future Professors Programme. Ratele is a regular guest on national radio stations. He has a regular fatherhood feature on Wednesday night on SAFM’s The Meeting Point with Koketso Sachane. He has published extensively in South African and international journals on men and masculinity, African psychology, and decolonizing/decolonial psychology. His recent books include Why Men Hurt Women & Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity (2022) and The World Looks Like This From Here: Thoughts on African Psychology (2019).