South African universities are training their gaze on the United States. Why it matters [The Conversation, March 2022]

Title:

South African universities are training their gaze on the United States. Why it matters

 

Authors:

Tawana Kupe 

Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University, University of Pretoria  

&

Christopher Isike 

Professor of African Politics and International Relations, University of Pretoria

 

Published:

The Conversation, 17 March 2022

https://theconversation.com/south-african-universities-are-training-their-gaze-on-the-united-states-why-it-matters-178829

 

From the article:

Three academic institutions in Africa have established units dedicated to the study of the United States. They are University of the Witwatersrand’s African Centre for the Study of the United States, the American Language Centre in Morocco, and most recently, the University of Pretoria’s African Centre for the Study of the United States. University of Pretoria Principal Tawana Kupe and Christopher Isike, the new Centre’s Director, explain why Africans need a better understanding of America.