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"All these changes make people insecure. What does the rise of China mean for all of us? what will education look like in the future and will it be inclusive or exlusive?, says @txm1971 #AMERICANAH #VCReadingGroup #race #migrants #COVID19SA
As @txm1971 navigates the book, Ifemelu gets a job interview but needs to have her hair relaxed so that it will look professional according to 'American standards'. The relaxer burns her scalp & is encouraged to try wearing her hair natural. #AMERICANAH #VCReadingGroup
"Names can be certificates, licenses & passes to experience different spaces," says NoViolet Bulawayo, (Elizabeth Zandile Tshele) as she is joining the #VCReadingGroup and responding to questions regarding her Novel. #WeNeedNewNames @UJLibrary #womensmonth2020
NoViolet Bulawayo (pen name of Elizabeth Zandile Tshele), is currently a Writing Fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS), #UJ #WeNeedNewNames #VCReadingGroup
@txm1971 says "we need to make our countries a dream and not a nightmare" #WeNeedNewNames #VCReadingGroup #womensmonth2020
@txm1971 says "democracy is the best policy system that was invented but requires hardwork." #WeNeedNewNames #womensmonth2020 #VCReadingGroup @UJLibrary
@txm1971 opens the podium by stating that this book highlights the difficulty of navigating democratic order in Zimbabwe #WeNeedNewNames #VCReadingGroup #womensmonth2020
We Need New Names was shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize. This makes NoViolet Bulawayo the first black African woman and the first Zimbabwean to be shortlisted for that prize. @txm1971 @UJLibrary #womensmonth2020 #VCReadingGroup
"The Western culture that we have adapted to was shaking hands. Now with #socialdistancing we going back to doing what we did in the past," says @txm1971 #VCReadingGroup @UJLibrary
"We never going to go past #COVID19inSA , what we must do is to sit down and say how do we construct our culture so that It can survive and thrive?" #ThingsFallApart #VCReadingGroup @txm1971 @UJLibrary
To conclude: The novel is often claimed to rank with "Things Fall Apart" as one of the high points of post-colonial African Literature. @txm1971 #VCReadingGroup @UJLibrary
"Alone I am nothing. We as a people have power but will never see it work unless we come together to make it work," says @txm1971 #VCReadingGroup @UJLibrary
"Black Lives Matter Movement is changing the world. This is an indication of a community frustrated by changes all around us and dont know how to handle them," says @txm1971 #VCReadingGroup @UJLibrary
The phrase 'The Beautiful One' is ancient, at least five thousand years old. To professional Egyptologists, it is a praise name for a central figure in Ancient Egyptian culture, the dismembered and remembered Osiris. @txm1971 #VCReadingGroup
"To conceptualise the Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born on June 16, I find this book quiet opportune. we cannot do that without assessing the Youth- as the Youth will take us forward," says @txm1971 #VCReadingGroup
As @txm1971 takes questions from the floor and responds by stating that "We really have to understand the past because it cannot be separated from us."
#Beloved reminds us the importance of understanding the past @UJLibrary #VCReadingGroup
#UJ's Prof @tmarwala unpacking the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ by World Economic Forum founder, Klaus Schwab. Read more: https://t.co/FSR9lu7z30 #VCReadingGroup #literacy @UJLibrary @go2uj
Happening now 05:30pm: #UJ @tmarwala exploring the below book and putting it into discussion. Do join us! @UJLibrary #VCReadingGroup #4IR #WeEncourageReading
#UJLibrary listening to Prof Tshilidzi Marwala talking about his 3rd book choice Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
"4IR requires creativity, and creativity requires us to think like children." ~ UJ's Vice-Chancellor, Prof Marwala, on insatiable curiosity and the importance of always asking questions. Curiosity breeds creativity, never lose that childlike wonder! 💡 #VCReadingGroup #UJLibrary
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