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Lessons from South Africa’s past for a future of collective empowerment
Education’s role in fostering critical consciousness and political engagement has been side-lined in favour of a narrow focus on individual success and economic competitiveness
How ‘shantytown’ priest Gustavo Gutiérrez changed the world
He developed liberation theology, rooted in the lived experience of the oppressed, and committed to transforming unjust social and political structures
Effective methods of teaching students in the age of AI
Students need to learn creative and critical thinking, so they can work with AI, while they are at university and in the world of work
How Cabral, Fanon and Freire shaped the struggle against apartheid South Africa — and still inspire
Amílcar Cabral was assassinated 50 years ago today. His thought, which sometimes arrived in South Africa via a circuitous route, speaks to our current crisis with undiminished…
A spirit guide to ethical black feminist thinking and praxis
bell hooks’s refusal to ‘get in formation’ foregrounded healing as the foundation to a communal liberatory agenda
Education is a political and ethical matter
Knowing the learners and teachers and what they need is essential to reform in the school system
Critical thinking enhances performance
The ability to think analytically and beyond surface-level information is a skill that brings solutions to the world’s issues
Race is an obstinate variable
The education system needs a revolution so that black people’s academic achievements will improve
Un-schooling is better for children
Education in South Africa is a mess but alternative education is, well, an alternative
Curriculums must include local content
Decolonised education is one that incorporates local information that is relevant to all learners