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11 May 2021
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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
Annual congress: Biological sciences division
2006-10-12
The annual congress of the Biological Sciences Division of the South African Academy for Science and Arts was held at the University of the Free State (UFS). The congress was hosted by the Directorate Research Development. This event creates and opportunity for established scientists and especially young biologists to report on their research activities with presentations and posters. The theme was open for any work of biological nature. Prof Neil Heideman (Vice-dean: Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences) was the guest speaker.
A cash prize was awarded to mr CF Botha for the best poster. From the left: Dr MM Theron (Department of Medical Microbiology, UFS), Mr. Botha (Department of Plant Sciences, UFS), Prof. Henk Bouwman (School for Environmental Sciences and development, University of North West), Prof. Frans Swanepoel (Director Research Development, UFS) en Prof. Willie van Aardt (School for Environmental Sciences and development, University of North West).