Abstract
When exploring two different Global Southern contexts, the matter is not so clear cut when discussing issues of institutional racism and oppression in higher education. Take for example the petition signed by 1,000 people at the University of Ghana to remove Gandhi’s statue, seeing that greater awareness of his racist views about Africans is coming to light. How do we reconcile this justice and injustice in the same individual? One could argue that the Ghanaians have every right to remove a symbol that they find is a direct affront to their moral sensibility on what constitutes harm to their pride in identity and heritage. And in that regard, their right to self-determination should outweigh an international demand that Gandhi’s legacy be respected. If one still admires Gandhi’s revolutionary movement that freed India from British rule, then fine. But if others condemn his racist views, particularly those directly affected by them, such as African people, then their desire to thwart past effects of oppression on the present should by duly respected.