2015 Mail and Guardian Literary Festival Highlights
The Mail and Guardian Literary Festival is one of the most important parts of our programme. Hosting a series of hot debates, and sparking readers and writers to think differently, the events on offer are sure to enhance your reading experiences. Some highlights include:
Goodbye to all that: Decolonising culture and institutions
Saturday, August 1, Anglo Auditorium, 9.30am – 11am
After Thando Mgqolozana’s challenge to the literary community, decolonization of texts has been hot on the South African agenda, and we’d like to take the conversation further. Join Thaddeus Metz, Xolela Mangcu, Achille Mbembe and Leigh-Ann Naidoo, in a discussion chaired by Salim Vally, to unpack the issues around decolonization, and to help imagine what a decolonized literary landscape would look like.
South Africa at a fork in the road
Saturday, August 1, Anglo Auditorium, 1.30pm – 3pm
There’s no doubt that South Africa is going through transitions, in many social, political and economic spheres. Whenever answers and solutions arise, so too do more questions. We’ve got some sharp minds on the issue. Join the conversation in a discussion with John Saul, Steven Friedman, Louis Picard and Rehana Rossouw. The discussion will be chaired by veteran analyst and Wits Vice-Chancellor Adam Habib.
Future Perfect: Transforming Joburg from apartheid city to a city for all
Saturday, August 1, Gordimer Room, 3.30pm – 5pm
Chaired by Rashid Seedat, head of the Gauteng planning division in provincial government, the panel sees Wits academics David Everatt and Zeblon Vilakazi in conversation with Zayd Ebrahim of the City of Johannesburg and Nechama Brodie, whose books on Johannesburg have made her one of its best but unblinkered advocates (via M&G Online).
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- Meaning in Life by Thaddeus Metz
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- The Arrogance of Power by Xolela Mangcu
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EAN: 9780624070771
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- On the Postcolony by Achille Mbembe
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- Education, Economy and Society edited by Salim Vally, Enver Motala
EAN: 9781868887583
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- A Flawed Freedom: Rethinking Southern African Liberation by John Saul
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EAN: 9781775820789
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- Race, Class and Power: Harold Wolpe and the Radical Critique of Apartheid by Steven Friedman
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EAN: 9781869142865
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- The Limits of Democratic Governance in South Africa by Louis Picard, Thomas Mogale
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EAN: 9781775820710
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- What Will People Say by Rehana Rossouw
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EAN: 9781431420247
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- South Africa’s Suspended Revolution by Adam Habib
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EAN: 9781868146086
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- The Origins of Non-racialism: White opposition to apartheid in the 1950s by David Everatt
EAN: 9781868145003
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- The Joburg Book: A Guide to the City’s History, People and Places edited by Nechama Brodie
EAN: 9781770103856
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