Students' decolonisation of varsities has only just begun
24 May 2015 - 02:00
Black liberation writer Frantz Fanon said: "Each generation must discover its mission, fulfil it or betray it." As student movements and protests gain momentum in universities across South Africa, so too does the momentum of the counter-narrative, the narrative that insists students have "lost the plot" and are simply taking part in a life of panem et circenses (bread and circuses).
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