Universities reawakening after State-induced intellectual slumber

Maasai Mara University is reviving the culture of promoting intellectualism through undertaking public lecture series. [File, Standard]

There was time when universities were citadels of ideas and engaged the public on issues of the day. They had intellectuals and a culture of intellectualism which, as Ali Mazrui would claim, were fascinated with ideas. In that culture, when not in class pushing students to be critical thinkers, lecturers productively spent time in one of three university places.