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Members of the public are invited to join the Opening session of the Nobel Symposium in Literature. The 204th Nobel Symposium on Retrieving Pasts, Imagining Futures: Creative Forms in African Writing will be the fifth symposium in the Nobel in Africa series at STIAS.
Nobel in Africa - NOBEL SYMPOSIA Series is a STIAS initiative in partnership with Stellenbosch University, under the auspices of the Nobel Foundation and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, with funding from the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the Marcus & Amalia Wallenberg Foundation.
Programme:
MC: Africa Melane
09:00 – OPENING REMARKS:
• STIAS Director, Edward K. Kirumira
• Nobel Foundation, Astrid Söderbergh Widding
• Stellenbosch University Rector & Vice-Chancellor, Deresh Ramjugernath
• Symposium Co-convenor, University of Gothenburg, Maria Olaussen
09:45 – PUBLIC PANEL: Retrieving pasts | CHAIR: Sarah Nuttall
• Aminatta Forna, Georgetown University
• Jamal Mahjoub, Writer
• Petina Gappah, Writer
• Njabulo Ndebele, Nelson Mandela Foundation
11:00 – Refreshments and end of public session
Members of the media are requested to liaise with:
Noloyiso Mtembu at noloyisom@sun.ac.za or 082 389 3370.