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Slaves cut cane in the Caribbean. The recently published book, The Black Atlantic’s Triple Burden: Slavery, Colonialism and Reparations explores slavery around the world.
BLACK LIVES MATTER GLOBAL NETWORK

Global Africa’s quest for reparations for crimes against humanity

This excerpt is from the recently published book, The Black Atlantic’s Triple Burden: Slavery, Colonialism and Reparations (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2024)

  • Adekeye Adebajo
8 min read
The statue of Cecil Rhodes waits to be removed from University of Cape Town on April 9, 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa. The statue of British colonialist Cecil John Rhodes was removed from the University of Cape Town as a result of a month long protest by students citing the statue “great symbolic power” which glorified someone “who exploited black labour and stole land from indigenous people”. (Charlie Shoemaker/Getty Images)
CAPE TOWN

Pressure to remove colonial relics grows

This week, the Black People’s National Crisis Committee (BPNCC) said it would intensify protest if activists are not listened to.

  • Lester Kiewit
3 min read
Protestors hold placards during a demonstration called by the Rhodes Must Fall campaign calling for the removal of the statue of British imperialist Cecil John Rhodes outside Oriel College, at the University of Oxford on June 9, 2020. (Photo by Adrian Dennis/AFP)
CECIL JOHN RHODES

Oxford’s position on Rhodes Must Fall is bad politics — and even worse history

It is misleading to use Nelson Mandela’s name to defend the Cecil John Rhodes statue

  • Nic Cheeseman
7 min read
Academic agenda: University of Cape Town students express their views about fees
BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS

The system in South Africa has its knee on the neck of the youth

The youth of today can learn from the youth of 1976, who rose up and rejected the Bantu education system

  • Bonginkosi Khanyile
4 min read
The #BlackLivesMatter movement, as told by and through social media. (Reuters)
ANDRIES TATANE

Black Lives Matter? Which black lives?

In South Africa, police brutality and violence affect black, working- class lives in particular. We must dismantle this systemic oppression

  • Adam Haupt
8 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
CORONAVIRUS

Online learning in lockdown is far from ideal

Varsities are determined to complete the first semester even if it hinders some students

  • Lukhona Mnguni
6 min read
Zinhle Majozi lights candles next to a portrait of Mlungisi Madonsela during a memorial service. He was shot outside the Durban University of Technology during clashes between students and security guards. Photo: Jabulani Langa/Gallo Images/Daily Sun
FEES MUST FALL

Poor form betrays the revolution

A fresh look at the Fees Must Fall student movement sadly fails to fulfil its promise

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read
By using a more transformative approach, research in communities can contribute to socioeconomic upliftment (John McCann/M&G)
FEES MUST FALL

Lessons from transformation of universities in South Africa

Many universities have embraced transformation as an imperative that seeks to eradicate colonial, apartheid and imperial legacies

  • Mandla Makhanyaxxx
5 min read
From campaigns such as #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall to opting not to vote, young people are constantly criticised for how they choose to protest important issues. (Daylin Paul)
ELECTIONS

You can’t manipulate us into voting

Choosing not to vote is a democratic choice, which can send a powerful message to those who harp on about those who died to make it possible

  • Mpho Ndaba
6 min read
‘Most teachers are African and have intergenerational knowledge forms … invaluable for history education training.’ (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
RHODES MUST FALL

Context informs schools history report

African history is essential to recovering our past and linking it to the continent and the world

  • Staff Reporter
8 min read
Ngugi wa Thiong’o (John McCann)
CECIL JOHN RHODES

Transformation began 50 years ago

The first bid to place Africa at the heart of literary studies took place in Kenya

  • Idowu Omoyele
8 min read
‘Psychology is a key discipline
DECOLONISATION

Decolonised spaces must be given room

The future of students and the institutions that teach them can be advanced if they are transformed

  • Asanda Benya
8 min read
The Rhodes Must Fall campaign ended on Thursday
FEESMUSTFALL

Black students ‘undervalued’ at UCT

A report compiled by the UCT curriculum change working group shows that coloniality remains a problem at the university

  • Bongekile Macupe
3 min read
The decolonisation discourse has been accompanied by fierce debates about what this concept means. (David Harrison/M&G)
RHODES MUST FALL

​Transforming UCT: Reflections on the road ahead

Black Academic Caucus responds to the backlash of the white liberal establishment despite the revolutionary changes that took place at UCT.

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
Amandla! Ngawethu: During the #FeesMustFall protests Wits students continued the protest tradition of call and response struggle songs
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM

Struggle songs let us be heard

Understanding how these are used to mobilise people will advance our democratic project

  • Mbe Mbhele
7 min read
The Rhodes Must Fall campaign ended on Thursday
CHUMANI MAXWELE

Slice of Life: The harsh light shines on purpose

The #RhodesMustFall movement may have began because of a statue but it did so much more

  • Carl Collison
2 min read
ANC deputy president David Mabuza is set to visit the Free State this week as regions start rebuilding
FEESMUSTFALL

Without success, access will fail

We need to address student failure as a factor in their anger towards universities

  • Ian Scott 1
7 min read
(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
CURRICULUM

Curriculums must include local content

Decolonised education is one that incorporates local information that is relevant to all learners

  • Gert Van Der Westhuizen
  • Khomotso Ntuli
7 min read
Colonialism is today more entrenched objectively and subjectively than it was in the past
FRANTZ FANON

Psychology in the metacolony

In the discipline’s top-down approach the ‘patient’ is the the problem rather than the system

  • Staff Reporter
8 min read
As expected
DECOLONISATION

Post-colonial universities are trapped by their past

Mamdani looks at the history and ideologies that have shaped African universities and points to Afrikaans as an example of successful decolonisation

  • Idowu Omoyele
9 min read