RhodesMustFall

How a Decolonial Student Movement in the Global South Inspired Epistemic Disobedience at the University of Oxford

Bibliographic Data

ID2098447
AuthorsA Kayum Ahmed (0000-0001-6065-9817, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume63
Issue2
Pages281-303
Publication date2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrican Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/asr.2019.49
OpenAlexW2974030123
LanguageEN
Citations received30
References cited14

When the #RhodesMustFall (#RMF) movement erupted at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in March 2015, it not only sparked the proliferation of student movements across South Africa, but also led to the formation of #RMF at the University of Oxford and similar movements at universities in the United States. By drawing on ninety-eight interviews with various actors involved in both movements, Ahmed's empirical research contributes to the limited academic literature on the connections between the #RMF movements in Cape Town and in Oxford. The example of the #RMF movement in Cape Town inspired the #RMF Oxford movement to challenge the epistemic architecture of the University of Oxford

Aesthetics · Art · Cape · Movement (music · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · African cultural and philosophical studies · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Political theory and Gramsci

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