Campuses elsewhere in Africa have seen the damage done by student activism influenced by political parties, a matter that has raised concern at South Africa’s higher education institutions
Graduation at the ‘Harvard of Africa’ nearly didn’t take place — because the university ran out of gowns
For academic Stella Nyanzi, obscenity — radical rudeness — is an act of rebellion against the repressive Museveni regime
The charge is "misusing a computer." Dr. Stella Nyanzi remains incarcerated to this day in Luzira Women’s Prison
She has campaigned for the rights of girls, women and LGBTQIA+ people in Uganda and leads Pads4GirlsUG a campaign to provide free sanitary pads
The first bid to place Africa at the heart of literary studies took place in Kenya
An award-winning device created by a Ugandan engineer and his colleagues could replace expensive blood tests
The academic who took on the university’s ‘bantu’ curriculum has returned, marking a ‘path towards decolonisation’
As MPs scuffle over the president’s ageing reign, protesters take the battle to the streets
Mamdani looks at the history and ideologies that have shaped African universities and points to Afrikaans as an example of successful decolonisation
At Ibadan Polytechnic in Nigeria, Jonathan Adejunmobi has a hard job teaching journalism. For a start, there’s not even water to flush the toilets. Then, the school he heads has only a pair of ancient computers, and the electricity supply is more off than on. In such conditions, how do his students go on to become journalists for Nigeria’s vibrant media?