In 2015, students at the University of Cape Town used the slogan
#RhodesMustFall to demand that a monument of Cecil John Rhodes, the
empire builder of British South Africa, be removed from the university
campus. Soon students at Oxford University called for the removal of a
statue of Rhodes from Oriel College. The radical idea of
decolonization at the forefront of these student protests continues to
be a key element in South African educational institutions as well as
those in Europe and North America. This book explores the uptake of
decolonization in the institutional curriculum, given the political
demands for decolonization on South African campuses, and the
generally positive reception of the idea by university leaders. Based
on interviews with more than two hundred academic teachers at ten
universities, this is an innovative account of how institutions have
engaged with, subverted, and transformed the decolonization movement
since #RhodesMustFall.
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Radical Ideas and the Shaping of Institutions in South Africa and Beyond
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781009085175
Publisert
2025
Utgiver
Cambridge University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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