Colonialism & Racial Injustice in Kenya & South Africa: Experiences and Responses
This virtual program seeks to engage students with historical and present-day issues of racial injustice and oppression in Kenya and South Africa. Students enrolled in the course will:
a) Get a first-hand account of South African anti-Apartheid activism with former Robin Island prisoner Lionel Davis. [Mr. Davis served several years alongside former President and anti-Apartheid hero Nelson Mandela].
b) Learn from Mau Mau veterans on the struggle for independence in Kenya. [The Mau Mau movement was a nationalist armed peasant revolt that was formed in the early 1950s to rise against colonial rule in Kenya].
c) Engage with and learn from artists who have used art as activism against racial and ethnic injustice in the two countries
d) Learn about the role of colonial media vs modern-day media (both traditional and new/digital media) in the fight against racial and ethnic injustice
• Course Name: Colonialism & Racial Injustice in Kenya & South Africa: Experiences and Responses
• Course Type: Online
• Enrollment: JOMC 491/891 (3 Credits)
• Term: Summer 2021 Pre-session
• Instructor: Dane Kiambi, Ph.D.
• Contact: dane.kiambi@unl.edu