Tomorrow many of us @UMich will join #scholarstrike. It is a refusal to conduct business as usual at a time when racial injustice destroys so many lives.
There's a long tradition of student-led activism in Kenya & Uganda. Here students at @uonbi protest the Kenyatta gov't's 1/3
There's a long tradition of student-led activism in Kenya & Uganda. Here students at @uonbi protest the Kenyatta gov't's 1/3
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refusal to allow Oginga Odinga to speak on campus.
Below: 4,000 students @uonbi vote to strike, Aug. 1974. Their protest is over crowded classrooms, inadequate food, and over-priced books.
refusal to allow Oginga Odinga to speak on campus.
Below: 4,000 students @uonbi vote to strike, Aug. 1974. Their protest is over crowded classrooms, inadequate food, and over-priced books.
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Last example: Students protest against the murder of politician J.M. Kariuki, March 1975. Kariuki--the most popular politician in Kenya--was thought to have been killed with Pres. Kenyatta's knowledge.
Last example: Students protest against the murder of politician J.M. Kariuki, March 1975. Kariuki--the most popular politician in Kenya--was thought to have been killed with Pres. Kenyatta's knowledge.
In all these instances students looked beyond their horizons, made connections, plotted courses of action, & organised movements.
That is what is unique about @uonbi, @UMich & other universities: they are both testing-grounds and forcing-houses, places where new things start.
That is what is unique about @uonbi, @UMich & other universities: they are both testing-grounds and forcing-houses, places where new things start.
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