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11 May 2021
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Story Rulanzen Martin
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Prof Walter D Mignolo from Duke University will be the speaker at this year’s Africa Day Memorial Lecture.
The Africa Day Memorial Lecture is an important event for the University of the Free State (UFS) and the
Centre for Gender and Africa Studies. This year’s lecture will be presented virtually by
Prof Walter D Mignolo and will focus on
The beauty
of the sovereign people: Jean Casimir and the decolonial history of Haiti. The discussant will be Prof Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni.
Africa Day is celebrated annually on 25 May under a different theme. The theme for Africa Month 2021 as declared by the
African Union is:
The AU Year of the Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want.
Follow discussions about Africa Month on social media:
#UFSAfricaMonth | #AfricaMonth| #OneAfrica
About the speaker:
Prof Mignolo is a professor of Romance Studies and professor of Literature. He is the Director of the Centre for Global Studies and the Humanities at Duke University in the United States of America. He was an honorary research associate in the Centre for Indian Studies in South Africa at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Read more about Prof Mignolo here
Kovsie open day - 4 & 5 May
2006-05-03
03 May 2006
This year the Kovsie open day will be offered on the Main Campus of the University on 4 and 5 May 2006.
Visitors will be able to visit the exhibitions from 09h00 - 16h00 on Thursday 4 May or from 09h00 - 14h00 on Friday 5 May. All the faculties and support services will have manned information points in the Callie Human.
The exhibitions of residences and student societies will be located directly beside the Callie Human.
On both days OFM will offer exciting open-air broadcasts in front of the Callie Human from 12h00 - 14h00.
You are very welcome to contact Mrs Linda Greyling at 051 401 3384 from 08h00 to 13h00 in the mornings should you have any enquiries.