The Department of Arts & Culture invites media to the Public Lecture and colloquium featuring the internationally renowned author, Ben Okri (OBE).
The Institute for African Renaissance Studies at the University of South Africa (Unisa) in collaboration with the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) will host this event as part of various activities for the celebration of Africa Month under the theme “We are Africa”, ‘Opening the doors of learning and culture from Cape to Cairo”.
Africa Month was launched on 1 April 2015. The aim of the 2015 Africa month celebrations is to reposition the role of the arts, culture and heritage sector in redefining African identity and mainstream its contribution to the economy of the continent.
The programme will consists of two parts – a public lecture, followed by a panel discussion involving prominent African writers and artists on the theme of imagining the African Story/Telling the African Renaissance Story.
Date: 9 April 2015
Time: 18h00
Venue: The Little Theatre (287 corner Nana Sita & Lilian Ngoyi Strs, Pretoria
RSVP:
Obed Makgoale
Cell: 060 974 0789
Tel: 012 441 3713
E-mail: ObedM@dac.gov.za
Enquiries:
Mack Lewele
Cell: 082 450 5076
E-mail: MackL@dac.gov.za
