Liberation Education: Community Building Funds
By N Oji Mzilikazi
(Originally published in Montreal Community Contact Volume 21, Number 22)
October 27, 2011
From the frequency of directional mis-steps, blurred vision and jaundiced view of self that inflict damage and limit community growth; I cannot help but ask myself if our guiding lights are afflicted with conjunctival hyperaemia…
The Purpose of Education for Black People
By N Oji Mzilikazi
(Originally published in Montreal Community Contact Volume 21, Number 21)
October 13, 2011
The western educational system was designed to serve the majority population; ensure white hegemony, their enjoyment of privilege and hierarchy reproduction. They built their nationalism and world views of themselves though historically biased and reworked narratives. Contributions of non-white ethnic minorities were relegated to footnote status and overlooked by mainstream histories…