The Pan-African Pantheon
The University of Johannesburg’s Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation hosted a three-day conference on “The Pan-African Pantheon” at the Arts Centre at UJ’s Auckland Park Kingsway (APK) campus in Johannesburg on Friday 16 to Sunday 18 June 2017. This conference commemorated the Soweto youth uprising of 16 June 1976 against apartheid education, during which at least 176 protesting students were brutally killed. This conference also represented a concrete initiative to contribute substantively to the University of Johannesburg’s efforts to decolonise the academic curriculum, and to ensure that the epistemology of the University’s syllabi reflects its African context.
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Venue
Arts Centre, Auckland Park Kingsway (APK) Campus
Date
18 June 2017
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Pan African Pantheon 2017 | Part 1
Pan African Pantheon 2017 | Part 2
Ms Zoliswa Ntsoko (South Africa) is the Institute’s Administrative Assistant who assists with general administration and research. She is a seasoned professional with a background in Disaster Management. She holds an Advanced Diploma in Management from Milpark Business School, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Management from Regenesys Business School. She also holds certificates in Project Management, and in Disaster Management. Previously, she has worked as a Disaster Management Specialist at the City of Johannesburg – Disaster Management Centre.
Ms Cecilia Lwiindi Nedziwe-Moyo is the Research Coordinator at the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation. She previously served as a Regional Coordinator at the Centre for Peace Initiatives in Africa (CPIA) in Zimbabwe between 2007 and 2013. She completed her master’s degree in International Studies, Peace, and Conflict Resolution at the University of Queensland in Australia as a Rotary Peace Scholar. She has just completed her doctoral studies at Rhodes University. Her areas of interest include: gender, foreign policy, regional organisations and conflict resolution.
Ms Thembeka Somtseu is a seasoned professional with a background in the textile and construction sectors. She holds a National Diploma in Business Administration from the Durban University of Technology, and studied Development Communication and Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand. She worked as a corporate communications specialist for more than ten years, serving in both local and multinational companies.