Top African scholars speak out political interference at varsities
A section of the audience that attended yesterday’s sessions of the Third Conference on Intellectual and Academic Freedoms in Africa at the University of Dar es Salaam. PHOTO | COURTESY
Dar es Salaam. Leading African intellectuals yesterday raised the red flag over increasing political interference in higher learning institutions, warning that such meddling is stifling academic freedom and undermining the role of universities in driving development.
Gathered under the theme Beyond State Control? University Governance and Academic Freedom, scholars, activists, and education stakeholders from across the continent convened at the University of Dar es Salaam for the Third Conference on Intellectual and Academic Freedoms in Africa.
