A similar 2018 referendum failed, but was much closer than anticipated. Some believe independence might pass this time around, particularly with the issue not high on France’s list of priorities.
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There is a growing movement in Sabah and Sarawak for increased sovereignty or outright secession. Many feel the promises of federation haven’t been delivered.
The “voluntourism” business promoted by WE Charity conflicts with efforts to decolonize global health and international development.
Decolonising is an attempt to reverse the legacy of inequality and racism left by colonialism.
An African literature lecturer shares how embodied teaching can help students feel that their lives and stories matter.
Reforming the business school is the next step in the radical revolution needed in higher education.
The court has focused on African cases to the exclusion of developed countries, as well as developing regions such as Latin America.
As the Black Lives Matter movement has , statues of figures linked to slavery have been removed. Such actions are just symbolic, however. What is at stake is the systemic transformation of the present.
Idir’s songs gave Kabyles a sense that their culture counted: that their customs and traditions could form a part of a modern Algerian nation.
In independent Kenya, road renaming happened to erase the names of the colonisers and to celebrate the new heroes: Kenya’s political leaders and freedom fighters.
Decolonisation is restorative justice through cultural, psychological and economic freedom.
With humility that belied his global stature, his laugh came easily, and his generous storytelling taught lessons that his students grew into for many years after he shared them.
How African knowledge systems can be incorporated into higher education.
Compared to other politicians who tend to be indirect and evasive, Nkrumah was direct, explicit and assertive.
The British Honours system and its link to empire is outdated and inappropriate, it must change.
New technology means museums can return items to their countries of origin while still representing those cultures in fair, interesting ways.
The book depicts how Onkgopotse Tiro’s time at Turfloop amounted to a revolutionising political script for generations to come.
Robert Mugabe’s years of playing one group off against the other to favour himself finally wore too thin in 2017.
South Africa’s universities are detached from society because of a waning public and civic sector that once fueled the anti-apartheid struggle. Here’s what can be done.
It’s time race equality was practised in the academy, not just preached.
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