Kenyan pan-Africanist scholar, Professor Patrick Lumumba was invited by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to deliver a public lecture on Monday eveving, as part of the party's 10-year anniversary celebrations.
CAPE TOWN - Some concerned staff and students at the University of Cape Town have described Kenyan pan-Africanist scholar, Professor Patrick Lumumba, as a hateful individual.
Lumumba was invited by the Economic Freedom Fighters to deliver a public lecture on Monday evening, as part of the party's 10-year anniversary celebrations. Some concerned UCT LGBTIQA+ staff and Allies at the University of Cape Town are gathered in Fronoff the Sarah Baartman Hall at UCT to protest the invitation of Prof Patrick Lumumba. The professor has recently come under fire for supporting Uganda’s anti-gay law pic.twitter.com/1agOpupe46
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