“Knowing With”: New Rhodes Board Navigates Collaboration, Intimacy, and Solidarity

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Three of the new Rhodes University board members are currently based elsewhere in Africa and the global south: Folárànmí is at Obáfémi Awólówò University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Kakande is at Makerere University in Uganda, and Koide is at the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB) in Cachoeira city in Bahia, Brazil. 3 The transnational approach of this board grows partly out of necessity, as our university structures differ to those in the United States, where the other three editorial boards are based. However, it also offers us

A Quiet Revolution in Arts Education: The Rise of blaxTARLINES Kumasi

“…Locally grown research that is cutting edge, such as the work by blaxTARLINES, seeks ways to shift beyond individualistic models of research in the arts and humanities more broadly. The work of blaxTARLINES that is brought together in this special issue contributes meaningfully to questions raised recently in various African Arts articles that emphasize the value, and indeed the necessity of experimental and collaborative models that open up spaces beyond solo authorship, capitalist-driven competition, and the commodification of knowledge and creativity (Baasch et al 2020;Folárànmí 2019;Simbao et al 2018;Simbao et al 2017).…”