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There were some whistles (now and again), chuckles (sometimes), loud laughs (occasionally), some disgust, whispers and mostly captivated looks!

Is this to be the spring of my discontent? In my blog I have reflected on my experiences in academia and by now you may have sensed my discontent and ambivalence.

I enjoy walking to upper campus - I always feel a sense of expectation as I join students scurrying up those stairs…

I guess that I do at times forget that the beauty

This week I had an opportunity to speak to a second year class about development films/documentaries produced for Africans in colonial Rhodesia and South Africa in the 1930s, 40s and 50s.

Last week Alice Walker delivered the 11th annual Steve Biko memorial lecture, hosted by the University of Cape Town and the Steve Biko Foundation.

Today I heard a sad yet painfully familiar story about what it means to be a black woman academic - it evoked the painful question which has haunted me for the past 10 years - what will it take for

I have had several hairstyles over the years, some of which I simply can’t remember how they looked like…that is how many they are!

On 2nd September 2010 Selina pasted a photo of  Cecil Rhodes statue in her gwsafrica blogg.

On 2nd September 2010 Selina pasted a photo of  Cecil Rhodes statue in her gwsafrica blogg. She asked ‘What makes this statue so ‘eeeish’ besides the obvious fact that it is a reminder in concrete terms (literally speaking) of the colonial times? Is the statue metaphor?’

I was on upper campus this afternoon and I met two 2nd year students who were fuming…they were coming from a discussion or a debate on university admissions policies.