JOMC 491/891.101 "Colonialism & Racial Injustice in Kenya & South Africa: Experiences and Responses" is taught by CoJMC faculty member Dane Kiambi.
The course is offered online during the Summer 2021 pre-session from May 17 - June 4.
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.
Students must register in MyWorld and MyRed.
https://educationabroad.unl.edu/global-experiences