Leonie Joubert bụ onye odee sayensị South Afrika na onye ode akwụkwọ ọkachamara na ihu igwe na ndakpọ gburugburu ebe obibi, amụma ike na ihe kpatara obodo ji ahapụ anyị agụụ, dị arọ, na ọrịa (agụụ-oké ibu ịda ogbenye-paradox). N'oge na-adịbeghị anya, ọrụ ya na-abanye na mpaghara ahụike uche ọha. O jirila akụkụ kachasị mma nke afọ iri abuo na-enyocha isiokwu ndị a site na akwụkwọ, akwụkwọ akụkọ, nkwado nkwurịta okwu na ndị ọkà mmụta na ndị otu obodo, ide ihe na-abụghị akụkọ ifo, na pọdkastị. Leonie Joubert nwere Master's na akwụkwọ akụkọ sayensị sitere na Mahadum Stellenbosch yana nzere bachelọ na akwụkwọ akụkọ na ọmụmụ mgbasa ozi sitere na Mahadum Rhodes. Ọ bụ onye dere akwụkwọ karịrị akwụkwọ iri, gụnyere: Scorched, South Africa mgbanwe ihu igwe (Wits University Press, 2006); Ebe na-esi esi mmiri, ndị mmadụ nọ na mgbanwe ihu igwe (Wits University Press, 2008); Wakporo, mbuso agha ndu South Africa (Wits University Press, 2009) na Oge Agụụ, na-enye obodo South Afrika nri (Picador Africa, 2012).