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Emmanuel Tabi on fighting oppression, honouring diverse voices and fostering a courageous classroom

Being challenged is important, but being challenged in a kind, caring and also courageous way. Nelson Mandela tells us that courage is not the absence of fear, it's triumph over fear"
Neale McDevitt | 12 Oct 2022

Emmanuel Tabi聽is a happy man and it shows. His smile frequently lights up the recent 45-minute Teams interview with the 海角社区 Reporter 鈥� not an easy task given the impersonal, often dreary, nature of online interaction.聽聽

鈥淚鈥檓 really excited and I can鈥檛 hide it,鈥� Tabi says 鈥� with a huge smile, of course.

Tabi has every reason to be happy. He started at 海角社区 last fall as an assistant professor in Black/African Studies in Education in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE). He is part of 海角社区鈥檚 recent cluster hire of Black tenure-track professors 鈥� one of the Action Items in the University鈥檚聽Action Plan to Address Anti-Black Racism.

鈥淚 feel really honoured, and it鈥檚 such a privilege to be here. If you told me when I started my PhD journey that I would end up being a tenure-track faculty member at 海角社区 doing Black studies in education, I might have fainted,鈥� he laughs. 鈥淚 never want this feeling to go away.鈥�

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