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The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Emeritus Professor Crain Soudien presented his research paper
A Rereading of Kies’ ‘The Contribution of the Non-European Peoples to World Civilization’ during the second instalment of the Mafeje-Jordan Seminar Series, held on Wednesday 12 May 2021.
Emeritus Professor Soudien is a former deputy vice-chancellor at UCT, where he continues to contribute to the School of Education and Centre for African Studies (CAS). He recently also concluded his term as CEO of the Human Sciences Research Council. Soudien’s extensive publication record in the areas of social difference, culture, education policy, comparative education, educational change, public history and popular culture – most recently,
Allow me to begin with an important citation from a respected intellectual, Professor Issa Shivji.
“Today I want to address those intellectuals who still consider themselves producers of knowledge rather than assembly line supervisors of packaging industries. In a capitalist society divided into classes you have broadly two types of intellectuals: There are those who produce rationalisations, justifications, and mystifications to maintain and reproduce the status quo of inequality and inequity in favour of capital. These are the producers and purveyors of what we call hegemonic ideologies. Then there are those who question and challenge dominant knowledge and try to demystify and debunk hegemonic forms of knowledge and ideologies.
The Social and Political Thought of Archie Mafeje – Bongani Nyoka
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The Social and Political Thought of Archie Mafeje – Bongani Nyoka
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Archie Mafeje, who was born in the Eastern Cape but lived most of his scholarly life in exile, was one of Africa’s most prominent intellectuals. This groundbreaking book is the first to consider the entire body of Mafeje’s oeuvre and offers much needed engagement with his ideas.
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