Day 1: Faculty Session 1 │ Africanisation-Decolonisation Indaba 2024

The #FeesMustFall movement reintroduced decolonisation into South African higher education, sparking transformative discussions. Mandela University's 2017 name change and Vision 2030 Strategy, envisioning a 'dynamic African university,' prompt questions: What does decolonisation look like at Mandela? How does it align with Mandela's social figure? These queries extend to the Africanisation imperative. The Africanisation-Decolonisation Indaba invites collective exploration of these issues, urging us to imagine a decolonised and Africanised Mandela Institutional Identity. The two-day indaba celebrated the various forms and expressions of Africanisation and decolonisation work currently underway at Mandela University.
The Indaba was hosted by the Africanisation-Decolonisation Working Group (ADWG) and the Transdisciplinary Institute for Mandela Studies (TIMS) in collaboration with the University Faculties as part of the University’s Africanisation-Decolonisation Programme (AfDeP).
The full Indaba programme can be accessed here: tinyurl.com/Af...