Some argued that scholars should become workers and volunteers in the spaces of struggles and universities and research units could become places for reflection and catharsis for social movement activists. It was a collaborative effort by the Centre for Social Change (CSC), University of Johannesburg, the Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi and the African Leadership Centre (ALC) based in Nairobi.
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