Student movement, activism and collective identity – A textual analysis of #RhodesMustFall (RMF) student movement in South Africa
(2018) SIMV29 20181Department of Political Science
Graduate School
Master of Science in Development Studies
- Abstract
- In 2015, Chumani Maxwele radical and controversial act of throwing human waste at the post-colonial statue of Cecil John Rhodes at University of Cape Town (UCT) came to give birth to a social media inspired student movement of #RhodesMustFall (RMF). The hashtag #RMF came to fuel protest towards the removal of the Rhodes statue at UCT due to its symbolic representation of white supremacy. The protests at UCT gave rise to a wave of student movements across universities in South Africa and contributed to the rise of the nation wide student movement of #FeesMustFall (FMF). In this research, I demonstrate how collective identity was important in the mobilization of RMF and how identity driven politics communicated on social media enabled the... (More)
- In 2015, Chumani Maxwele radical and controversial act of throwing human waste at the post-colonial statue of Cecil John Rhodes at University of Cape Town (UCT) came to give birth to a social media inspired student movement of #RhodesMustFall (RMF). The hashtag #RMF came to fuel protest towards the removal of the Rhodes statue at UCT due to its symbolic representation of white supremacy. The protests at UCT gave rise to a wave of student movements across universities in South Africa and contributed to the rise of the nation wide student movement of #FeesMustFall (FMF). In this research, I demonstrate how collective identity was important in the mobilization of RMF and how identity driven politics communicated on social media enabled the development of a collective consciousness’s, which was sustained by the use of the social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. (Less)
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- author
- Fifa, Gjyljeta LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SIMV29 20181
- year
- 2018
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Student movements, Collective Identity, #RhodesMustFall (RMR), Social Media, Development, South Africa
- language
- English
- id
- 8956110
- date added to LUP
- 2018-09-07 12:45:38
- date last changed
- 2018-09-07 12:45:38
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