Resharing this essay in which I reflect on what it means to be labelled an "activist" as an academic, why racialised scholars are often described this way when others are not, and whether the distinction between scholarship and activism can ever be a good-faith one grounded in our scholarly purposes. https://folukeafrica.com/activist-or-academic-or-both-the-quandary-of-scholactivism-for-the-minoritised-in-the-ivory-tower/