Antjie Krog, Extraordinary Professor, poet, and author of Country of my Skull, will be one of two keynote speakers later this week at the International Hybrid Conference titled, The Unsung Heroines and Youth of South Africa: Violent Histories and Experiences of South African Women and Children during Wars, Conflicts and Pandemics. The Centre for Gender and Africa Studies at the University of the Free State (UFS), in collaboration with the War Museum, is hosting this conference from 24 to 26 November 2022 at the museum in Bloemfontein.

The topic of Prof Krog’s keynote address is Survival, Complicity, and Race: (Im)possibilities of Narrating and Interpreting Rape in Havenga Affidavits.

Prof Heidi Hudson, Dean of the Faculty of the Humanities at the UFS and specialist in feminist security studies, will deliver her keynote address, Disciplinary and other stories: From women’s peace movements to the Women, Peace and Security ecosystem, on Friday. This day also marks the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.