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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewStudent protests have been a common feature of South African university life from the Second World War to the present. Focusing on Fort Hare University in the eastern Cape, Rico Chapman provides an insightful analysis not only of student protests during the 1970s and 1980s against the apartheid system and Bantu Education but also against university policies in post-apartheid South Africa. For anyone interested in understanding the historical backdrop of recent protests at South African universities such as Rhodes Must Fall and Fees Must Fall, this volume is a must read. -- Robert Edgar, Howard University
Rico Chapman makes a remarkable contribution to our understanding of the origins of the internal struggle for South African Liberation and the role that the African students from the Native College at Fort Hare played in that important process. -- Charles D. Johnson, North Carolina Central University
Student Resistance to Apartheid at the University of Fort Hare is a must read for those interested in learning about all those dynamic youngsters who took down apartheid from the base of a historic Black university. Insightful, well-researched, clearly written, and deeply scholarly and accessible, this book is a tremendous and much-needed addition to the growing and ever popular global body of literature on antiracist student resistance. -- Ibram X. Kendi, University of Florida
Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. The University of Fort Hare as the Birthplace of Activism in South Africa Chapter 2. Black Consciousness and ‘Sham’ Autonomy at Fort Hare Chapter 3. Fort Hare Students and the Ciskei Bantustan Chapter 4. Towards Independence: “A People’s University” Chapter 5. Conclusion: Post-Apartheid Higher Education at Fort Hare
