Call for Papers: 2019

The 8th (eighth) annual Africa Century International African Writers Conference (ACIAWC) invites papers and panel proposals, interpreting the theme: 

“Africa Writing in Tongues: Towards Social, Political, Heritage and Culture Justice”

Celebrating UNESCO’s International Year of Indigenous Languages (IY2019)

 

Date

7th November 2019

 

Venue

University of South Africa (UNISA), Muckleneuk Campus. Preller Street, Muckleneuk, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

 

Abstract Submission Opens: February 25 2019

Deadline for Abstract Submissions: June 10 2019

Deadline for submission of full papers for accepted abstracts: September 23 2019

  

Main Speaker

Prof Mandla Makhanya

  Principal and Vice Chancellor – University of South Africa

 

Lecture:

8th International African Writers Day Lecture  

 

Theme: 

“Africa Writing in Tongues: Towards Social, Political, Heritage and Cultural Justice”  

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Speakers Profiles

Speakers

Muyanga Innocent Ziba 

Previous Post           : Chief Information Officer

Present Posts           : Lecturer in Communication and Journalism, University of

Livingstonia, Malawi

: Editor In Chief, The African Light Magazine

QUALIFICATIONS

Master of Arts in Communication–, Dublin City University, Ireland (Validated by the South African Qualifications Authority as fit for employment and education)

Bachelor of Journalism-University of Malawi

PhD student University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa- ongoing

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Sandile Tshabalala is a MPhil Commercial Law candidate at the University of Cape Town, a Junior Company Secretary at TMF Group based in Amsterdam, Netherlands , Legal Research in Governance and Strategy for Mazars South Africa.

His expertise is in corporate governance, board governance and company secretarial.

 

Title:

Decolonizing the Boardroom: Articulating African Thought

Leadership in South Africa

 

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