What makes a scholar an activist, & can an activist be a "proper" scholar?
Defining Decolonisation for our work in higher education
After the upheaval of the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the global movement for Black lives as well as the ensuing backlash, 2022 did feel like a bland sort of year in some senses. On the...
The literal and literary fruit of my frustrations with decolonisation discourse. Building flourishing futures from the ruins of history.
Why the future of African studies cannot be more important than the future of African people
What does it mean to be an 'ally'?
Academic trade unions as pressure groups
The limits of temporary emotional escapes
What seeds shall we sow in 2022? What will we harvest?
So what does it mean to lose your freedom of speech? Let me tell you a story of what it means to me. I know that having your freedom of speech curtailed is not having people - no matter...