Njabulo Ndebele

On 22 and 23 July a number of deeply rooted issues affecting society will come under the spotlight at a symposium on Towards a New Humanism held at the STIAS Wallenberg Research Centre.

Over the next five years, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation will fund seven long term STIAS research projects on selected themes.

Athol Fugard, Njabulo Ndebele and Hendrik Geyer (STIAS Director) at the STIAS book launch It was a special occasion for STIAS when the revised edition of The Cry of Winnie Mandela was recently launched here, an event where the author Njabulo S.

The Effects of Racegroup at STIAS: Back: Nina Jablonski, Aryan Kaganof and Zimitri Erasmus Front: Göran Therborn, Gerhard Maré, Barney Pityana, Crain Soudien, Njabulo Ndebele, Mikael Hjerm and Chabani Manganyi (Absent: Norman Duncan) Photo: Anton Jordaan Our new future must suffocate racism – racism must not continue to suffocate people, said Prof.

STIAS Fellow Njabulo Ndebele during his seminar on 7th April 2016 Why has Mdantsane, created in the 1960s as a labour reservoir of the city of East London, produced so many world and national boxing champions?

The privileging of light skin colour – both between and within groups – is now recognised as one of the most lamentable cultural universals that exist, said Prof.

Background At its annual two day meeting in March 2016 the STIAS Academic Advisory Board had an in-depth discussion about the landscape of South African higher education in a global context, following lead-in presentations by Professors Bert van der Zwaan (Utrecht University) and Shireen Hassim (University of the Witwatersrand).

The project faces a daunting challenge.

Twenty-six years since the dawn of democracy and race is still a talking point in South African society.

Historical empathy and different knowledges are important in South Africa where colonialism and apartheid shape current lived realities.