Ethiopia’s war: The last gasp of minority ethnic chauvinism and pseudo-democracy

Posted on November 20, 2020

For too long, Ethiopian political history has been dominated by the elites of two minority groups, the Amhara and the Tigray. These elites considered people of the Oromo origin and others as subjects incapable of governing Ethiopia – but now an ethnic Oromo, Abiy Ahmed, is the prime...

NewsClips (13/11/2020)

Posted on November 16, 2020

The Faculty is very proud to congratulate:

School of the Arts Co-Hosts Successful Multi-disciplinary Colloquium

Posted on November 09, 2020

The virtual colloquium, Angels, Ancestors, Alchemy and the Arts in Africa: Multi-disciplinary socio-cultural representations/traditions of African spirituality ('seen' and 'unseen'), was held between 29 - 31 October 2020. The colloquium was jointly hosted by the Department of Humanities Education...

Celebrating Families: World Adoption Day

Posted on November 09, 2020

On 9 November, World Adoption Day, we celebrate families who have been brought together through the adoption of a child; we support families who are in the process of adoption, and we raise awareness of adoption as a family option. Whether abandoned, orphaned or willingly chosen to have a child...

NewsClips (06/11/2020)

Posted on November 07, 2020

We have had a very busy week in the Faculty!

NewsClips (30/10/2020)

Posted on October 31, 2020

I would also like to recognise our colleagues who have been busy across a variety of media and academic platforms. Here are this week’s highlights:

NewsClips (23/10/2020)

Posted on October 26, 2020

Our colleagues have been very busy over the past few weeks!

#FeesMustFall @ 5: Reflections on Five Years of Struggle

Posted on October 22, 2020

Over the past five years the conversation of, and on, fallism has largely centred on fees, yet the original movement went well beyond financial issues.