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November 21,
2003
10:a.m. - 4: 30 p.m.
African American Resource Center, Room
300A,
Founders Library
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
Sponsored
by the Department of African Studies at Howard University
South
African Film and Literature, 10 a.m. – Noon
Presentations:
Mbye Cham, Howard University
Nokwenza Plaatjies
Reflections
on Contemporary South African Literature, 1 – 4:30 p.m.
Presentations:
Sindiwe Magona
Sindiwe Magona was born in the Transkei, South
Africa and grew up in Cape Town’s black townships. Her works include
two autobiographies, To My
Children’s Children and Forced
to Grow, the short story collection, Living,
Loving, and Lying Awake at Night, and the novel, Mother
to Mother.
Zakes Mda
Zakes Mda, Professor of Creative Writing at Ohio
University, was born in the Transkei and grew up in Johannesburg and
Lesotho. His novels include
The Madonna of Excelsior, The
Heart of Redness, Ways of
Dying, and She Plays with the
Darkness. He has also
published numerous plays.
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