Expectations for democracy in South Africa have been shaped by a longer history of citizenship linked to white supremacy. The concept of relational citizenship is an important way of thinking about political belonging which requires reflection on the different kind of political imagination people in places like South Africa have who have experienced sustained oppression and how we might learn from it in the United States.

Presented by Brady G'sell, Ph.D., and Thuto Thipe, Ph.D., and hosted by Sunday Goshit.

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