Studying While Black:

An intimate portrait of the university experiences of a diverse sample of South African students, Studying While Black highlights the centrality of both race and geography in the quest for education and, ultimately, emancipation.

The book is the outcome of a five-year longitudinal qualitative study of eighty students from eight  universities. The authors, a team of researchers from the Human Sciences Research Council, draw on their findings to provide fresh insights on the ongoing struggles in South Africa to transform the country's higher education system.