Gaza and my political conscience
American universities are trying to silence anyone who speaks up against Israel’s occupation and bombardment of Gaza.
American universities are trying to silence anyone who speaks up against Israel’s occupation and bombardment of Gaza.
Academic journals pride themselves on “blind peer-review.” However, what if all that’s blind is the reckoning with inherent systemic discrimination?
Student militancy has revived in Burkinabè public universities over the past decade. Now, a student movement could slowly transform society.
We are in a new phase, one that is characterised by a rejection of compromise as a tactic for managing democratic intercourse.
South Africa’s economic realities (inequality, poverty, unemployment, demographic underrepresentation, racism) must be at the heart of the curriculum.
We should not be tempted to idealize the university ‘as it was’ – especially in a country like South Africa.
Demands for racial justice and concerns about economic inequality are coming together in a powerful call for change that cannot be ignored or easily dismissed.
How we harness knowledge to the ethical injunctions we uphold against marginality, pain or suffering, on a global scale.
Legacies of colonialism and apartheid are etched into social dynamics of the town in the way its inhabitants occupy public space. The same goes for the university.