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ACSUS generates new knowledge of the US in Africa and produces applied knowledge for different sectors.
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The African Centre for the Study of the US and @IPATC2 launching the book, From Ivory Towers to Ebony Towers: Transforming Humanities Curricula in South Africa, Africa & African-American Studies at Wits Club today!
Prof Shireen Motala, SARChI Chair: Teaching & Learning University of Johannesburg speaks on the importance of institutional collaborations, how to pursue equity in SA Higher Education @IPATC2 The African Centre for the Study of the US Wits University
Higher education as a public and/or private good? Prof Motala speaks about the challenges we face in conceptualising what we mean in this regard @IPATC2 The African Centre for the Study of the US #FromIvoryTowersToEbonyTowers
Dr Asad Al Malik, Research Associate The African Centre for the Study of the US says it's important to dismantle whiteness as normative in the context of higher education, must centre blackness, an African-centred mindset @IPATC2 #FromIvoryTowersToEbonyTowers
Dr Asad Al Malik closes his presentation The African Centre for the Study of the US @IPATC2 book launch #FromIvoryTowersToEbonyTowers by quoting Calvin Coolidge - “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.,,
Mr Musawenkosi Malabela, Researcher at Chris Hani Institute outlines the disturbing trend of high inflation in the cost of Higher Education in SA and how it undermines the transformation agenda @IPATC2 The African Centre for the Study of the US book launch #FromIvoryTowersToEbonyTowers
Mr Musawenkosi Malabela explains that his research finds that voices of black students need to be elevated and made central in how universities are managed. Can't continue to marginalise them (us). The African Centre for the Study of the US @IPATC2 #FromIvoryTowersToEbonyTowers book launch.
As our universities become corporatised and digitised, what happens to the discussions of epistemic justice, inequality and decolonisation? - Prof Shireen Motala @IPATC2 The African Centre for the Study of the US #FromIvoryTowersToEbonyTowers
University is a microcosm of society, if you don't have money, you'll be kicked out and join the unemployed, if you go to a 'black' university, you will struggle to be socially mobile - Mr Musawenkosi Malabela @IPATC2 The African Centre for the Study of the US #FromIvoryTowersToEbonyTowers
Dr Odilile Ayodele, senior researcher @IPATC2 concludes the book launch #FromIvoryTowersToEbonyTowers by declaring it a success! The African Centre for the Study of the US
