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BOOK FAIRTHE PUMP ROOM (A Play)By Allan Kolski HorwitzHosted By The Wits Writing CentreSouth West Engineering Room 12011 May 2011 | 18.30 to 19.30*STRANGER AT HOMEBy Ashlee NeerDiscussion hosted by Wits University PressThe Graduate Semianr Room, South West Engineering11 May 2011 | 17.30-18.30Duration: 60 minsFreeAshlee Neer will be joined by Chris Thurman to discuss The Praise Poet in Apartheid South AfricaThe praise poet (imbongi) is a familiar cultural icon in contemporary South Africa. Under apartheid, many praise poets either ceased to perform or abandoned the imbongi’s duty to diagnose and criticize political and social ills. Ashlee Neser examines Manisi as an inventive negotiator of rural and urban spaces, modernity and tradition, performance and publication, the local and the foreignRSVP: tshepo.neito_wits.ac.za or 011 717 8705*EATING FROM ONE POTBy Sarah Mosoetsa’ Discussion hosted by Tshepo Neito (Wits University Press)Room 120, South West Engineering12 May 2011 | 17.30Duration: 60 minsFreeProf Tawana Kupe will chair a discussion between Sarah Mosoetsa (author), Prof Edward Webster and Prof Jo Beall on the theme The Dynamics of Survival in Poor South African HouseholdRSVP: tshepo.neito_wits.ac.za or 011 717 8705As poverty and unemployment deepen in contemporary South Africa, the burning question becomes, how do the poor survive? This book provides a compelling answer. Many of the households are extremely poor, relying on a total monthly income of less than R800. People live on little more than maize meal, tea and sugar. However, the book also demonstrates that they are not passive victims of poverty. Women, in particular, show impressive qualities of energy and resourcefulness.*PEOPLE POWERCo-ordinated by Pam NicholsWits Writing Centre, Wartenweiler Library Ground floor 12 May 2011 | 16.30Duration: 120 minutes FreeNew writings from the mentor protégé group on the subject of People Power. The results of workshops, discussions and mutual inspirations interweaved with speciallycomposed music and song. Featuring writers Allan Kolski Horwitz, Amanda Kenqu, Vuyo Seripe, Mbongisi Dyantyi, Kgaogelo Lekota. Musical response from the Wits band, Singata. ORCHESTRAS AND NEW MUSICDebate chaired by Jeanne Zaidel-RudolphHumanities Graduate Centre Seminar Room12 M ay | 18:00 –-19:30FreeI WILL FORGET WHEN I AM DEADCo-ordinated by Wits Writing CentreSouth West Engineering Building Room 12013 May | 17:30 –-18:30FreeMAIL & GUARDIAN PANEL DISCUSSION- LITERARY CRITICISM IN SOUTH AFRICAChaired by Shaun De WaalGarduate Centre Seminar Room 14 May | 13:00 –- 14:00*ROOTS AND BRANCHES (POETRY CD)Organised by Pamela NicholsGraduate Seminar Room , South West Engineering13 May 2011 | 19.00 - 20.00Duration: 60 minutes FreeFeaturing poetry by leading South African poets in combination with soundscapes by James de Villiers.Yoliswa Mogale, Allan Kolski Horwitz, Mphutlane wa Bofelo, Myesha Jenkins, Siphiwe Ka Ngwenya, Chantal-Fleur Sandjon, Khanyi Magubane, Ike Mboneni Muila, Lesley Perkes, Lionel Murcott, Phillippa de Villiers and Mark Espin.*ROUND TABLE: LITERATURE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE –How do we make it work in Africa?Hosted by Dr Véronique TadjoSouth West Engineering Building Room 12014 May 2011 | 13.30 to 15.00Duration: 90 minsFreeVéronique Tadjo is a writer, academic, artist and author of books for young people. She has traveled extensively in Africa and Europe and is currently based in South Africa. In 2007 she became the Head of French Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. In 2005, she was awarded Le Grand Prix d’Afrique Noire for her novel, Reine Pokou, translated as Queen Pokou (Ayebia Clarke, 2009). Her latest novel is LOIN DE MON PÈRE (Actes Sud, Paris, 2010). An English translation is forthcoming, FAR FROM MY FATHER.*DIEPSLOOT- LAUNCHBy Anton HarberHumanities Graduate Seminar Room14 May 2011 | 10.30-11.00*SLLS AUTHORS BOOK LAUNCH Chaired by Michael TitlestadHumanities Graduate Seminar Room14 May 2011 | 11:00 –-12:30Prof Anton Harber, Dr Véronique Tadjo, Dr Chris Thurman, Prof Anette Horn, Prof Pumla Gqola, Andie MillerFree*POETRY READINGSPeter Horn, Richard FoxHumanities Graduate Seminar Room 14 May | 14:30 –-15:30Free*PERSONAL HISTORIES - PANEL DISCUSSIONUfrieda Ho, David BeresfordChaired by Rehana Rossouw, Business DayHumanities Graduate Seminar Room 14 May | 16:00 –-17:00FreeBOOKSELLERSBoekehuisXarra BooksBookdealers
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