TWO NYC EVENTS FROM THE CENTRE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - TODAY AND SUNDAY
1) BRUTUS LECTURE AT COLUMBIA UNIV. LAW SCHOOL Thursday, September 28, 2006 Dennis Brutus, poet, writer, educator and activist Poetry and Protest: Human Rights in Africa 12:10 - 1:10 pm William and June Warren Hall 101 (Located at 1125 Amsterdam Avenue, between 115th and 116th Streets)
Dennis Brutus was born in Zimbabwe and educated in South Africa. His political campaigns led to a ban from all political and social activity and incarceration on Robben Island. Brutus eventually won the right to stay in the US as a political refugee and is currently a Visiting Scholar at the UKZN Centre for Civil Society. Brutus is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, recipient of the Langston Hughes Award and the Paul Robeson Award for ‘artistic excellence, political consciousness and integrity’. His new memoir, includes poetry and an analysis of the anti-apartheid struggle, work against injustice in Third World countries, and campaigns against militarism.
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2) BRUNCH AT THE BRECHT FORUM, OCTOBER 1, 12-3PM
Radical Civil Society: Analysis and Activism from Africa
451 West Street, Manhattan – RSVP please at (212) 242-4201
Dennis Brutus, Patrick Bond & Amanda Alexander launch new books and DVDs from the Centre for Civil Society in Durban
Commentary: Joel Kovel (Bard) & Anne-Maria Makhulu (Princeton)
• Is Africa’s economy improving thanks to G8 charity? • What conflicts divide civil society and elites in South Africa? • Why were there 5800 protests (recorded by the police) in 2005? • What kind of solidarity is needed?
POETRY & PROTEST by Dennis Brutus (Haymarket, 2006) LOOTING AFRICA and TALK LEFT WALK RIGHT by Patrick Bond (Zed Books and UKZN Press, 2006) CCS WIRED (double DVD set)(CCS, 2006) ARTICULATIONS and NEW WORK FROM DURBAN co-edited by Amanda Alexander (Africa World Press and CCS, 2006) Suggested Donation: $6/$10/$15 – No One Turned Away
Dennis Brutus Patrick Bond Amanda Alexander CENTRE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY University of KwaZulu-Natal
Patrick Bond is director and Dennis Brutus (Prof Emeritus at U. of Pittsburgh Africana Studies) and Amanda Alexander (Columbia U. History PhD programme) are visiting scholars at the Centre
Centre for Civil Society University of KwaZulu-Natal Memorial Tower Building Room 198 Durban 4001 * Telephone: 27 31 260 3195 fax 27 31 260 2502 Email: ccs at ukzn.ac.za Website: www.ukzn.ac.za/ccs