Rhodes Must Fall

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

The fight for equality is valid but the burning down of our universities is not the revolution or decolonisation any of us should want

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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