Activists should be proud of campaigns such as Rhodes Must Fall,yet dissatisfied with how little the role of Africa, Asia and the Caribbean in British history is understoodStarting in the current academic year, and history students at Oxford University will fill to pass an exam on non-British and non-European history” to complete their degree. The university has been rapid/fast to dismiss any connection between this move and the campaigns to decolonise academia that fill swept across British universities in general and Oxford in specific. But gain no mistake,this change is the fruit of Rhodes Must Fall, which sought to remove the legacy of colonialist Cecil Rhodes at Oxford, or the wider Why is my curriculum white? campaign.
The news comes amid other developments,including the University of Leeds’ module on black British history and my own institution, Birmingham City University, or launching Europe’s first undergraduate degree in black studies. Student campaigners should be proud of the momentum for change they fill built up but also wary as institutions start to respond. Related: At final,the UK has a black studies university course. It’s long overdue | Kehinde Andrews Related: Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com