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This chapter examines the potential for building institutional solidarity with refugees and migrants within academic spaces in the historical, economic, and social landscape of higher education in South Africa. We explore this in the context of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in Cape Town, where we and our colleagues are building a program for the study of migration and mobilities: the Migration and Mobilities Interdisciplinary Collective in Africa (MMICA). UWC is an important space to explore solidarity with refugees: It is a historically disadvantaged university hosting a large number of black students from low-income backgrounds, as well as forced migrant students from various countries on the continent. UWC also played a role in the struggle against apartheid, as well as in the recent #FeesMustFall student protest movement in 2015, which called for decolonization of the universities and greater access to education for marginalized groups. The university also promotes research that contributes to engagement and knowledge co-production within local communities.

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Institutional Solidarity with Forced Migrants at a South African University

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    2026年

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  • Leah Koskimaki,
  • Azania Simthandile Tyhali

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This chapter examines the potential for building institutional solidarity with refugees and migrants within academic spaces in the historical, economic, and social landscape of higher education in South Africa. We explore this in the context of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in Cape Town, where we and our colleagues are building a program for the study of migration and mobilities: the Migration and Mobilities Interdisciplinary Collective in Africa (MMICA). UWC is an important space to explore solidarity with refugees: It is a historically disadvantaged university hosting a large number of black students from low-income backgrounds, as well as forced migrant students from various countries on the continent. UWC also played a role in the struggle against apartheid, as well as in the recent #FeesMustFall student protest movement in 2015, which called for decolonization of the universities and greater access to education for marginalized groups. The university also promotes research that contributes to engagement and knowledge co-production within local communities.