South Africa: Democracy and Arts Activism

South Africa: Democracy and Arts Activism

Thursday, February 29, 2024
6:00 p.m.
Riggs Library, Healy Hall, Third Floor

Featuring a conversation with

Tladi Ditshego | (Moderator) Research Fellow, Georgetown University Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs
Refiloe Lepere | (Panelist) Visiting Artist with the Woodshed Collective and a black feminist playwright, theatre director, drama therapist, journalist, and facilitator specializing in participatory art, postcolonial and feminist theories in performance studies, and artistic activism
Mxolisi Masilela | (Panelist) Visiting Artist with the Woodshed Collective, South African Writer, Director, Actor & Producer, and founder and Artistic Director of the prestigious Tx Theatre in Tembisa South Africa

Featuring a performance by
Refiloe Lepere
Mxolisi Masilela

followed by a reception

This event, co-sponsored by African Studies, will feature a discussion with Tladi Ditshego and two South African artists about the arts as democratic place-making and how the arts contribute to ongoing efforts for economic equity in contemporary South Africa with a performance by Refiloe Lepere and Mxolisi Masilela.

Space is limited. RSVP here.