PROGRAMME
Date : 7th November 2019
Time: 9H00 – 16H30
Venue: Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History, Bosman and Visagie Streets, Pretoria Central, Pretoria, 0002, Gauteng Province, RSA
Theme
“Africa Writing in Tongues: Towards Social, Political, Heritage and Culture Justice”
Celebrating UNESCO’s International Year of Indigenous Languages (IY2019)
Programme Directors
Prof Marlies Taljard
Member: Africa Century International African Writers Conference Intellectual Content Development Panel
Mr Goodenough Mashego
Journalist and Poet
7th NOVEMBER 2019
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
| 8H00 – 9H00 |
Arrival, registration and tea |
| 9H00 – 9H15 |
SESSION 1: ROOM 1 Guests Settling/ Programme starts |
| 9H15 – 9H25 |
Welcome Remarks, Programme Overview and Introduction of the representative of Arts and Culture Mr Morakabe Seakhoa Managing Director- wRite associates Convenor – Africa Century International African Writers Conference & SA Literary Awards |
| 9H25 – 10H00 |
Opening Address Representative of the Department of Arts and Culture |
| 10H00 – 10H30 |
7th International African Writers Day Lecture 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” |
| 10H30 -11H05 |
Word of appreciation (To DAC and Main Speaker) Prof Nhlanhla Maake Chairperson: Africa Century International African Writers Conference Intellectual Content Development Panel |
| 11H05 – 11H30 |
TEA BREAK |
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SESSION 2: ROOM 1 Programme Director Prof Marlies Taljard Member: Africa Century International African Writers Conference Intellectual Content Development Panel |
SESSION 3: ROOM 2 Programme Director Mr Goodenough Mashego Journalist and Poet |
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| 11H30 – 13H00 |
Session Moderator Mxolisi Nyezwa MA degree in creative writing, Poet and Editor of Kotaz Writing Magazine Speaker: Ms Nonkosi Tyolwana Director: Transformation, Social Cohesion & Diversity: Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT): Topic: “Mainstreaming Safe and Inclusive Spaces Through Indigenous Languages: A Missing Dimension for Sustainable Development Goals” Speaker: Mr Muyanga Innocent Ziba Lecturer in Communication and Journalism, University of Livingstonia, Malawi Editor in Chief, The African Light Magazine Topic: “Linking Culture and Development”
Speaker: Mr Sandile Tshabalala BA (Law) PGDip (Governance) MPhil (Commercial Law) in progress Topic: Decolonizing the Boardroom: Articulating African Thought Leadership in South Africa |
Session Moderator: Mr Winston Mohapi Deputy Chairperson – The South African Literary Awards Advisory Board Speaker: Prof Vuyisile Msila professor at University of South Africa’s (Unisa’s) Leadership and Transformation. Topic: Black Writers Courting the Empire: Writing in English in a Decade of Decolonisation Speaker: Mr Menzi Zamokwakhe Thango Academic, Poet, Editor and Publisher Topic: “Poetry as an Emerging Culture of Social Justice Activism in South Africa” Speaker Ms Thulisile Bhuda Culture Activist, Indigenous Researcher and an Ethnomathematician. Topic: “Using indigenous languages for medium of instruction in South African schools: indigenising teaching and learning” |
| 13H00– 14H00 |
LUNCH
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SESSION 4: ROOM 1 Programme Director Prof Marlies Taljard Member: Africa Century International African Writers Conference Intellectual Content Development Panel |
SESSION 5: ROOM 2 Programme Director Mr Goodenough Mashego Journalist and Poet |
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| 14H00 – 15H00 |
Poetry Workshop: Presenter: Prof Wally Mongane Serote The National Poet Laureate Theme: “Poetry As a Voice of the Voiceless” |
Workshop: Presenter: Mr Itumeleng Molefe Science Educator and Freelance Writer Focusing on Science and the Arts. Theme: Using video essays for archive formation in African literature |
| 15H00 – 15H30 |
Speaker: Mr Gugulethu Neo Bodibe Author and Researcher Topic: |
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| 15H30– 16H30 |
Presentations and adoption of resolutions Closure |
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