The Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WiSER) invites you to an international symposium entitled “Reinventing Pan-Africanism in the Age of Xenophobia”.
The event is being hosted with the generous support of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and the French Institute of South Africa and will take place on Wednesday, 3 June and Thursday, 4 June 2015. The symposium will start at 9 AM on both days.
Various scholars and intellectuals will reflect on the myriad complex and changing relationships between South Africa and the rest of the continent. These authors include: Adam Habib (South Africa’s Suspended Revolution), Moeletsi Mbeki (Advocates for Change), Xolela Mangcu (The Arrogance of Power), Nomboniso Gasa (Women in South African History), Achille Mbembe (On the Postcolony), Eusebius McKaiser (Could I Vote DA?), Mandla Langa (The Texture of Shadows), Niq Mhlongo (Affluenza), Suren Pillay (Peace vs Justice?), Keith Breckenridge (Biometric State) and Sarah Nuttall (Beautiful/Ugly). Visit the WiSER website to download the complete programme.
Don’t miss it!
Event Details
- Date: Wednesday, 3 June to Thursday, 4 June 2015
- Time: 9 AM to 7:30 PM; 9 AM to 5 PM
- Venue: WiSER Seminar Room
6th Floor
Richard Ward Building
East Campus
Wits University | Map - Speakers: Adam Habib, Moeletsi Mbeki, Xolela Mangcu, Nomboniso Gasa,
Achille Mbembe, Eusebius McKaiser, Mandla Langa, Niq Mhlongo, Shose Kessi,
Adekeye Adebajo, Suren Pillay, Michael Neocosmos, Gilbert Khadiagala, Lucy Corkin,
Tawana Kupe, Anthony Bizos, Andre Zaaiman, Aurélie Kalenga, Khadija Patel, Ingrid Palmary, Raimi Gbadamosi, Claudia Gastrow, Joshua Walker, Keith Breckenridge, Sarah Nuttall, Pamila Gupta and Catherine Burns. - RSVP: Keith Breckenridge, keith.breckenridge@wits.ac.za, 011 717 4272
Book Details
- Advocates for Change: How to Overcome Africa’s Challenges by Moeletsi Mbeki
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EAN: 9781770101203
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- South Africa’s Suspended Revolution by Adam Habib
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EAN: 9781868146086
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- The Arrogance of Power by Xolela Mangcu
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EAN: 9780624070771
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- Women in South African History: Basus’iimbokodo, Bawel’imilambo, They Remove Boulders and Cross Rivers edited by Nomboniso Gasa
EAN: 9780796921741
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- On the Postcolony by Achille Mbembe
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EAN: 9781868146918
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- Could I Vote DA?: A Voter’s Dilemma by Eusebius McKaiser
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EAN: 9781920434557
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- The Texture of Shadows by Mandla Langa
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EAN: 9781770103863
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- Affluenza by Niq Mhlongo
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EAN: 9780795706967
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- Peace vs Justice?: The Dilemma of Transitional Justice in Africa edited by Chandra Lekha Sriram, Suren Pillay
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EAN: 9781869141738
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- Biometric State: The Global Politics of Identification and Surveillance in South Africa, 1850 to the Present by Keith Breckenridge
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EAN: 9781107077843
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- Beautiful/Ugly: African and Diaspora Aesthetics by Sarah Nuttall
EAN: 9780822339182
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