Hlengiwe Portia Dlamini is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Eswatini, Eswatini. She received her PhD from the University of Pretoria in South Africa Her BA and MA degrees were obtained from the University of Swaziland. She is Eswatini topmost constitutional scholar with her pioneer landmark book on: A Constitutional History of the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland), 1960–1982 (Palgrave 2019). She has published in several offshore peer review journals including Africa Development. Her research concentration covers Constitutional History, the engendered politics, and the enfranchisement/disenfranchisement of women in Eswatini; the governance of public spaces; community policing; and Islamic minorities in Eswatini.