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Symposium brings beloved South African human rights activist Albie Sachs to Glasgow
Featuring Albie Sachs – famous South African anti-apartheid activist, art lover, and former judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa – as keynote speaker, the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) in Glasgow will play host to a one-day symposium on 3 Dec 2014, entitled Twenty Years of Democracy: Art and Activism in South Africa.
This free symposium is co-hosted by the Africa in Motion Film Festival, the University of Glasgow, and South Africa at 20: The Freedom Tour, and will include talks and discussions by a number of high profile South African scholars and cultural practitioners. This year South Africa celebrates 20 years since its first democratic elections in 1994. The arts – including music, film, theatre, literature and visual arts – have played a pivotal role in the anti-apartheid struggle and the important role of creative expression in South Africa’s young democracy continues today.
Other speakers on the day include Annie Menter, previous director of the WOMAD Foundation who has worked with world musicians across Africa, India, Australia and UAE; Mandla Mbothwe, acclaimed and award-winning South African theatre maker and Creative Director of ARTSCAPE Theatre Centre; and Jacqueline Maingard, Reader in Film at the University of Bristol and scholar or South African cinema.
The City of Glasgow is the perfect location for this symposium, given the strong historical connection that exists between Glasgow and the anti-apartheid struggle. Nelson Mandela also had a strong connection with Glasgow, and visited the city in 1993 to thank its citizens for their support in the fight against apartheid, with Glasgow being the first city in the world to offer him the Freedom of the City in 1981.
Date: Wed 3 Dec
Time: 9.30am to 5.30pm
Venue: Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD
Price: Free (excluding lunch), full (including lunch): £15 (£10 conc) plus 60p booking fee – booking essential
Box office: 0141 352 4900
Book online: www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/542ead4e7932e9a376000088
Full programme: www.africa-in-motion.org.uk/south-african-symposium
Africa in Motion Film Festival: www.africa-in-motion.org.uk
University of Glasgow: www.gla.ac.uk
South Africa at 20: The Freedom Tour: safilmtour.uk
Enquiries: Dr Lizelle Bisschoff – lizelle@africa-in-motion.org.uk
This free symposium is co-hosted by the Africa in Motion Film Festival, the University of Glasgow, and South Africa at 20: The Freedom Tour, and will include talks and discussions by a number of high profile South African scholars and cultural practitioners. This year South Africa celebrates 20 years since its first democratic elections in 1994. The arts – including music, film, theatre, literature and visual arts – have played a pivotal role in the anti-apartheid struggle and the important role of creative expression in South Africa’s young democracy continues today.
Other speakers on the day include Annie Menter, previous director of the WOMAD Foundation who has worked with world musicians across Africa, India, Australia and UAE; Mandla Mbothwe, acclaimed and award-winning South African theatre maker and Creative Director of ARTSCAPE Theatre Centre; and Jacqueline Maingard, Reader in Film at the University of Bristol and scholar or South African cinema.
The City of Glasgow is the perfect location for this symposium, given the strong historical connection that exists between Glasgow and the anti-apartheid struggle. Nelson Mandela also had a strong connection with Glasgow, and visited the city in 1993 to thank its citizens for their support in the fight against apartheid, with Glasgow being the first city in the world to offer him the Freedom of the City in 1981.
Date: Wed 3 Dec
Time: 9.30am to 5.30pm
Venue: Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD
Price: Free (excluding lunch), full (including lunch): £15 (£10 conc) plus 60p booking fee – booking essential
Box office: 0141 352 4900
Book online: www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/542ead4e7932e9a376000088
Full programme: www.africa-in-motion.org.uk/south-african-symposium
Africa in Motion Film Festival: www.africa-in-motion.org.uk
University of Glasgow: www.gla.ac.uk
South Africa at 20: The Freedom Tour: safilmtour.uk
Enquiries: Dr Lizelle Bisschoff – lizelle@africa-in-motion.org.uk
