'African intellectuals suck up to governments'

The appeal was made at the beginning of a two-day seminar of the Trust-Africa Higher Education Project that offers a platform for the strengthening and transformation of higher education in Africa. It began at the University of Botswana (UB) in Gaborone yesterday.

Commenting in a discussion of a presentation titled Trends, Themes, Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education Transformation in Africa in Gaborone yesterday, newspaper columnist and UB post-graduate student Keineetse Keineetse said he was concerned that most African universities are co-opted by governments.