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”
Muyanga Innocent Ziba
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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
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
Full Profile | Abstract
Founded by the wRite associates, in partnership with the National Department of Arts and Culture in 2005, the main aim of the South African Literary Awards is to pay tribute to South African writers who have distinguished themselves as ground-breaking producers and creators of literature, while it celebrates literary excellence in the depiction and sharing of South Africa’s histories, value systems and philosophies and art as inscribed and preserved in all the languages of South Africa, particularly the official languages.
Formed in 2000, the wRite associates is a one-stop events & project management company with a particular focus on the arts, culture and heritage realm. South Africa’s and Africa’s literary heritage remains one of the major focus areas for the company.
