African universities | Intervention

Scholars, Activists Take Another Look at ‘Fanon and the African Condition’ After a Hundred Years

Posted By: adminon: November 25, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: African universities, ASUU, CDD, CITAD, CODESRIA, Fanon, Inter-generational conversation, UNIJOS, ‘African condition’No CommentsViews:

Some of Africa’s most established scholars are converging on Jos, the Plateau State capital, for the centenary of Frantz Fanon. The grand theme of the centenary is ‘Fanon and th... Read more

Universities’ Alliance Can Stimulate Reparations Discourse

Posted By: adminon: September 11, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: African Union, African universities, African-Caribbean Dialogue on Justice through Reparations, Dark past, global injustices like slavery and imperialism, International Law, International reparations, Peter Kwasi Kodjie, University of ZimbabweNo CommentsViews:

Might the reparation movement be moving to African campuses and become more rugged as is hinted in this piece from World Universities News? By Clemence Manyukwe African universities are dr... Read more

‘Shift the Discourse from Decolonisation to Dehegemonisation’

Posted By: adminon: May 27, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: African universities, Decolonisation, Dehegemonisation, Dependency, Geopolitical tension, Innovation, Internationalisation, Knowledge, UncertaintyNo CommentsViews:

By Damtew Teferra For more than half a century African universities have been fully invested in denouncing colonisation and exalting decolonisation. In a piece, ‘From dumb decolonisation to... Read more

Marxism’s Ultimate Counter Offensive in ‘The Sage Handbook of Marxism’

Posted By: adminon: January 26, 2025In: SpectacleTags: Africa, African universities, Antonio Gramsci, CIA, Critical theory, Deconstruction, Ernesto Laclau, Hegemony, Jacques Derrida, Marxism, Michel Foucault, Peronism, Poststructuralism, theoryNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja The months of December 2024 and January 2025 can be ceded to the tribe of Marxists in Nigeria as their months. Prof Bene Madunagu was buried January 18th, 2025. She is a Marx... Read more

Ngugi wa Thiong’o Spearheads Dismantling Language Empires

Posted By: adminon: August 22, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Achebe, Africa, African universities, Colonialists, Igbo, Irish nationalism, Joyce, Kenya, Toyin Falola, Yoruba, Zulu, ‘Nobel of the heart’No CommentsViews:

Age and nasty experiences in the recent past are not slowing down Ngugi Wa Thiongo, the Kenyan writer. He is still taking the fight to Africa’s conquerors, this time revisiting his insistenc... Read more