In 2025-26 we commemorate the ten-year anniversary of the South African student movement of 2015-16, known by campaigns, campus movements and formations like #FeesMustFall, #EndOutsourcing, #RhodesMustFall, #OpenStellenbosch, #PatriarchyMustFall, #RUReferenceList.
Starting from the end of 2015, a project started to create a number of archives on the movement, and in 2022 Dr Anye Nyamnjoh and I initiated a project specifically to provide a platform for a critical reflection on the history, significance, and legacy of the South African student movement. This started in 2023 with a national colloquium on the movement (see blog entry here). After this, a proposal and call for papers was developed for a book with an editorial team that included a broad spectrum of scholar-activists from different backgrounds.
Now this process is gradually coming to a close. The Mandela University Press received the full manuscript of the book a month ago - and the book is now under review. Of course, the editors and the many authors and co-author teams are excitedly waiting for the outcome of the review and the process of publishing this important book to continue.
If all goes well, the first book launches will be held before the end of the year and continue throughout 2026 - across South Africa and possibly also in major African, Global South and Global North centres of activism, higher education, and engaged scholarship. We are excited!
