A landmark collection of essays offers fresh perspectives on decolonizing the curriculumClaudia Frittelli, February 4, 2021
From Ivory Towers to Ebony Towers: Transforming Humanities Curricula in South Africa, Africa and African-American Studies | Oluwaseun Tella and Shireen Motala, eds. | Fanele | 426 pp. | 2020 | ISBN 978-1-4314-2955-4 | More about this book
Carnegie Corporation of New York organized its first staff trip to East and South Africa in 1927, visiting 124 educational institutions in all. Corporation president Frederick Keppel and his team were “continually drawing attention to the pitifully unsuitable textual and illustrative content of the primers and educational posters used little English boys in straw hats, sailing little boats at the seaside.” Keppel was moved to make a $5,000 grant to support the publication of more suitable teaching materials.
Doctors Said Boy Would Not Walk, Talk, or Leave the NICU, Now He’s a Thriving 7-Year-Old
A mother of two was told upon the birth of her son with a special condition that he may not walk, talk, or leave the NICU. However, the broken-hearted woman vowed to love her baby unconditionally, and now seven years later, the little boy has not only defied the doctor’s prognosis but he’s thriving.
“I had Thato when I was doing my second year at the University of Johannesburg,” 28-year-old Nomsa Mavimbela, of Evaton, South Africa, told The Epoch Times via email. “I was so scared of how my mom would take the news, given that she is a single parent who was unemployed.”
New Delhi, February 3
Over 400 academicians from across the country and several universities abroad have urged the central government to immediately abandon the three new farm reform laws which they said pose a major threat to farming communities all over India .
In a joint statement issued on Wednesday, the academicians have expressed concerns about the ongoing farmers protests and their suffering at the borders of Delhi.
Last month, over 850 academicians from various educational institutions across the country had signed an open letter backing the legislations.
The 400-odd academicians in their statement said, The three new laws that have been enacted by the government are aimed at bringing in fundamental changes in the way farming will be done in the country and they pose a major threat to farming communities all over India.
Over 400 academicians from across the country and several universities abroad have urged the central government to immediately abandon the three new farm reform laws which they said pose a major threat to farming communities all over India . In a joint statement issued on Wednesday, the academicians have expressed concerns about the ongoing farmers protests and their suffering at the borders of Delhi. Last month, over 850 academicians from various educational institutions across the country had signed an open letter backing the legislations. The 400-odd academicians in their statement said, The three new laws that have been enacted by the government are aimed at bringing in fundamental changes in the way farming will be done in the country and they pose a major threat to farming communities all over India.
Feb 2, 2021
JOHANNESBURG (AP) South Africa gave a hero’s welcome Monday to the delivery of its first COVID-19 vaccines 1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa greeted the crates of vaccine that arrived at Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport. The shipment will be followed up later this month by another 500,000 doses.
The vaccine will be effective in preventing severe disease and death from the variant that has become dominant in South Africa, a vaccine expert says.
The AstraZeneca vaccines will be used to inoculate South Africa’s front-line health workers, which will kickstart the country’s vaccination campaign. The first jabs are expected to be administered in mid-February, after the vaccines are tested and approved by South Africa’s drug regulatory authorities.