In my review of the articles published in this issue of "SAJHE" I use the notion of "after" in two senses: "in imitation of" and "following in time" (moving beyond) (Schad 2003, x). In the first instance I wish to assess the extent to which contributors have drawn on Paulo Freire's concept of a "pedagogy of hope"--how their work imitates that of Freire. In the second instance I wish to examine the extent to which authors engage critically with Freire's work and perhaps help us in moving beyond Freire's ideas.