A moment of hope was born some seven years ago as students across South Africa joined together in their call for a free decolonised higher education. While this call was previously made by students outside of the historically white universities, in 2015 it reached a heightened peak and was impossible to ignore. Almost a decade later, the students of the Fees Must Fall generation have ventured far and wide across various sectors of society and the world over. Their legacy lives on today. And it’s one that we must learn from and refine.
Desmond Tutu's advocacy ranged widely, beginning with appeals for sanctions against apartheid and continuing with campaigns against homophobia, for gender equality, against child marriage, against the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.
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