A throwback to a great book launch in Kimberley (South Africa) last year, 2022. We launched the book "Universities, Society and Development. African Perspectives of University Community Engagement in Secondary Cities" published by Sun Press. Present from left to right are Prof. Jesmael Mataga (Dean of Humanities, Sol Plaatje University/SPU), the Vice-chancellor of SPU, Prof. Andrew Crouch, Dr Ntimi Mtawa (University of Dar es Salaam) and Dr Samuel Fongwa, then with the HSRC and now at the Council for the Development of Social Science Research (CODESRIA) in Senegal. And in the middle, speaking, yours truly.
The book was the outcome of an NRF-funded project that investigated community engagement at the new university in Kimberley, while also including other examples of successful and impactful community engagement of universities in secondary cities in Africa. The book is available open access from my academial.edu account.
