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Professor Mahmood Mamdani

SA adopting colonial categories of people drives racial divide
Article
/ 3 August 2018

SA adopting colonial categories of people drives racial divide

A past of ‘define and rule’ led to current tensions between coloured, black and Indian people

By Suren Pillay
20 years after the ‘Mamdani affair’, the old adversary rejoins UCT
Article
/ 5 June 2018

20 years after the ‘Mamdani affair’, the old adversary rejoins UCT

The academic who took on the university’s ‘bantu’ curriculum has returned, marking a ‘path towards decolonisation’

By Sarah Smit
Burning varsities: Responding to fire
Article
/ 25 May 2018

Burning varsities: Responding to fire

As by Fire’s hard look at the recent violence on campuses presents dire warnings and hope

By Mokubung Nkomo
28 years since the the unbanning of the ANC: what have we learned
Article
/ 6 February 2018

28 years since the the unbanning of the ANC: what have we learned

As we remember the days in which apartheid was finally toppled, we must ask how we will, in 28 years’ time, remember South Africa as it is now

By Staff Reporter
Post-colonial universities are trapped by their past
Article
/ 31 August 2017

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

By Idowu Omoyele

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