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作者

来源

URBAN EDUCATION,Vol.53,Issue2SI,P.265-285

语言

英文

关键字

African American students; urban education; race; activism; student activism; Africa; African students; POLITICS; PARTICIPATION

作者单位

[Strong, Krystal] Univ Penn, Educ, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA. Strong, K (reprint author), Univ Penn, Grad Sch Educ, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA. E-Mail: kstrong@upenn.edu

摘要

Despite experiencing a proliferation of youth-led mobilizations in recent years, Africa remains peripheral to the analysis of the U.S.-centered Movement for Black Lives (M4BL). This article explores points of convergence and tension between African uprisings and the M4BL, with a focus on two movements at the intersection of education and activism: Nigerian Occupy protests and the Fees Must Fall movement in South Africa. Ultimately, I make the case for more engagement on the part of U.S. scholars and activists with struggles in Africa and other global contexts, in the interest of research and solidarity practices that value Black lives everywhere.