Chasing freedom : histories, analyses and voices of student activism in South Africa / edited Zukiswa Mqolomba, Suntosh R. Pillay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mqolomba, Zukiswa, editor.

Pillay, Suntosh R., editor .

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College students--Political activity--South Africa.

College students.

Youth movements--South Africa.

Youth movements.

Intergenerational relations--South Africa.

Intergenerational relations.

Student movements--South Africa--History.

Student movements.

College students--Political activity.

South Africa.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 171 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dakar : CODESRIA, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, [2022]

Summary:

"This book covers diverse histories of student movements in post-apartheid South Africa, taking note of the historical moment of the 1976 student uprisings and the evolution of student activism since that seminal event. Decolonization and reform of the higher education sector are important themes of the book. The volume aims to understand how student movements comprehend and articulate demands for the process of decolonization and Africanization of the curriculum, their transformative effect on the university and the role that a decolonized and African university should play in South African society’s pursuit of freedom. The book explores transformation of universities specifically with regard to race, gender, patriarchy, sexuality, and people living with disabilities in relation to student experiences. The book also deals with aspects related to institutional racism, funding, class, access, violence, and student services. It explores the nature of contemporary student mobilization as a quest for education as freedom in a democratic country, deconstructing the Rhodes Must Fall and Fees Must Fall movements that have reignited interest in the role of student activism in South African society. This book is timeless and timely: celebrating and critiquing student activism in transforming higher education, society and our times."-- Back cover.

Contents:

The role of education in promoting social change: personal reflections from 1969 onwards / Judy Favish

One small tributary in the river of resistance: the student press in South Africa in 1980 / Shaun Johnson

Youth, students and hegemonic politics: Soweto at 40, SASCO at 25 / Wesley Seale

Gender contradictions and intersectionality in the making of the African National Congress Youth League, 1944-1990 / Itumeleng Mafatshe

Reflections of my time of COSAS and SASCO / Tshilidzi Ratshitanga

Higher education racism and South African’s labour market / Zukiswa Mqolomba

Being black student activist at the Merged North West University / Orapeleng Matshediso

Building the free African university: challenging corporatisation and social exclusion in tertiary institutions / Khwezi Mabasa

On the authority of “Black pain”/ Rekgotsofetse Chikane

The UCT trans collective moment: writing de-gendering and de-cisgendering into the legacy of South African student movements / Sandile Ndelu – Fees must fall and the hunger to be human in our land / Ntebaleng Morake – Asinamali? freeing education for a freer society! / Joh Hodgson – Psycholopolitical thoughts on decolonisation and conscientisation / Bandile Bertrand Leopeng – Model C schools, assimilation to white culture, poo protests and “born frees”/ Sihle Nontshokweni

Transformation of higher education in South Africa: structural impediments to change and the case of the University of Pretoria / Osmond Mlonyeni – Toward decoloniality in student struggles: a historical perspective / Zukiswa Mqolomba

On the other side of freedom: lessons from #FeesMustFall / Malaika Mahlatsi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9782382340455

2382340452

OCLC:

1340903889