Much of academic philosophy, even on the African continent, is openly and unashamedly in love with the idea of the West as destiny.
Will academics keep standing on the sidelines while students dismantle symbols of colonialism like the statue of Cecil John Rhodes?
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African academics are steeped in European knowledge systems and ways of teaching. There is a galaxy of African scholarship they can draw from to change this - if they’re brave enough.
Young academics need a strong, properly structured support system to climb the ranks and one day become professors.
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There are compelling educational reasons to employ more black academics in universities and to give them all the support they’ll need to become professors.
Associate Professor of Higher Education Studies. Head of Department of the Centre for Higher Education, Research, Teaching and Learning, Rhodes University