Decolonial Summer School

The Decolonial Summer School was organised by the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Centring African Languages to Decolonise Curricula (CALDC) and was held in the Neville Alexander Building from 6 to 10 January.

Themed: “Decoloniality: Mothofatso, land and health as impilo in the contexts of globalist agendas”, the symposium joined academics, students and civil society under one roof for five days of in-depth discussion and debate on the topic, with a special emphasis on various key sectors in South Africa, such as education.

Several topics were covered during the five-day programme, including decoloniality in the health sector and the #RhodesMustFall movement. And the symposium garnered an impressive line-up of speakers like Professor Alan Boesak, an anti-apartheid activist and theologian; and Professor Ramon Grosfoguel, Puerto Rican sociologist and an emeritus professor in decoloniality, international migration and Islamophobia at the University of California, Berkley.