ASParticipants brought enormously disparate and dislocated struggles into one conversation, demonstrating the prominenParticipants brought enormously disparate and dislocated struggles into one conversation, demonstrating the prominence, scale, and impact of current agrarian struggles. The discussions were made all the more crucial in the context of international media's dominant focus on urban issues and urban struggles, which further supports an impression that contemporary social struggle is an urban phenomenon.ce, scale, and impact of current agrarian struggles. The discussions were made all the more crucial in the context of international media's dominant focus on urban issues and urban struggles.
The African Institute for Agrarian Studies' (AIAS) eighth annual Agrarian Summer School was held in Harare, Zimbabwe approximately two months after the passing of the school's founder and intellectual pillar, Professor Sam Moyo (23 September 1954 - 22 November 2015). Professor Moyo's work has inspired two generations of agrarian scholars and activists. It was through his unrelenting collaborations, intellectual dynamism, and political conviction that AIAS was first founded and later became self-sustaining.
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