Taking the Colonial Bull by the Horns: The Everyday Aspirations and Resistance of Disabled and Black Students in Nigerian and South African Universities

Moffat  Machiwenyika; Abass B. Isiaka

Taking the Colonial Bull by the Horns: The Everyday Aspirations and Resistance of Disabled and Black Students in Nigerian and South African Universities

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Abstract

In this chapter, we examine students' aspirations for a decolonised higher education through the quotidian demands of racial and disabled identities within higher education (HE) institutions in South Africa and Nigeria. We frame aspiration as a phenomenon that embodies the dreams and goals of students, and in their absence, focus on achievement and progress diminishes

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Decolonial Education and Youth Aspirations
Editors	Nyashadzashe Mandivenga, Sara Camacho Felix
Place of Publication	Durham
Publisher	University of Durham
Chapter	7
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 29 May 2025

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Machiwenyika, M., & Isiaka, A. B. (2025). Taking the Colonial Bull by the Horns: The Everyday Aspirations and Resistance of Disabled and Black Students in Nigerian and South African Universities. In N. Mandivenga, & S. C. Felix (Eds.), Decolonial Education and Youth Aspirations University of Durham. Advance online publication. https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/29/05/2025/taking-colonial-bull-horns-everyday-aspirations-and-resistance-disabled-and-black

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Machiwenyika, M & Isiaka, AB 2025, Taking the Colonial Bull by the Horns: The Everyday Aspirations and Resistance of Disabled and Black Students in Nigerian and South African Universities. in N Mandivenga & SC Felix (eds), Decolonial Education and Youth Aspirations. University of Durham, Durham. <https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/29/05/2025/taking-colonial-bull-horns-everyday-aspirations-and-resistance-disabled-and-black>

Taking the Colonial Bull by the Horns: The Everyday Aspirations and Resistance of Disabled and Black Students in Nigerian and South African Universities. / Machiwenyika, Moffat ; Isiaka, Abass B.
Decolonial Education and Youth Aspirations. ed. / Nyashadzashe Mandivenga; Sara Camacho Felix. Durham: University of Durham, 2025.

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