Africa week events
| When: | Monday, 09 May 2016 - Saturday, 14 May 2016 |
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| Start time: | 8:15 |
Various Schools and Departments at Wits will celebrate Africa Week in a series of events including panel discussions, poetry sessions, a film festival etc.
TimeTracks – Poetry and spoken word imagining Africa –The School of Literature, Language and Media (SLLM) in partnership with the Faculty of Humanities will host award-winning poets Keorapetse Kgositsile, Lebogang Mashile, Quaz Roodt, Koleka Putuma, David wa Maahlamela and Modiegi Njeyiyana, to perform at this lively event. On the day, staff and students can also sign up at the door for the open mic session.
Date: 11 May 2016
Time: 16:00 – 19:00
Venue: Wits Theatre, Braamfontein Campus East
Enquiries: Antonette.Gouws@wits.ac.za or call (011)717-4160
The Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Professor Ruksana Osman, and Professor Zeblon Vilakazi, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, will host two lectures. Professor Olabiyi Yai from Benin will speak on the role of oral poetry in the transformation of higher education. Benin is the Chair of the executive committee of UNESCO. This will be followed by a lecture by visiting scholar, Dr Patrick Effiboley, who will speak on decolonisation of museums as knowledge repositories in Africa.
Date: 11 May 2016
Time: 11:00
Venue: Senate Room, 2nd Floor, Senate House, Braamfontein Campus East
Enquiries: Felix.Maringe@wits.ac.za
Various Schools will participate in Africa Week. The School of Arts will host a number of events including a culture policy panel, a film festival and a dance convergence. The School of Education will present a panel discussion focusing on the impact of transformation on international students.
Date: 9 – 13 May 2016
Wits Language School (WLS) will be hosting a series of live language classes in a variety of local and international languages spoken in Africa as well as a class demonstrating the use of teaching with technology. Join in a celebration of language diversity and stand a chance to win a language course to the value of R5 000. More information.
Date: 9 – 14 May 2016
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