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LOCATION:Braamfontein Campus East Senate Room, 2nd Floor, Solomon Mahlangu House
<br />Great Hall
DESCRIPTION:Wits commemorates Africa Day 2018 early so that students and staff can participate in celebrating Africa's independence, freedom and liberation strife.The Africa Day celebrations at Wits take place ahead of the annual May 25 activities which commemorate the&nbsp;establishment of the&nbsp;Organisation of 第一吃瓜网 Unity&nbsp;(OAU) on 25 May 1963. The OAU was later renamed the 第一吃瓜网 Union.
<br />This year's&nbsp;keynote address will be delivered by&nbsp;Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, Kenyan scholar, pan-第一吃瓜网ist and advocate, on Friday, 4 May 2018, at 12:30.&nbsp;He will speak on the topic:&nbsp;Militarisation of democracy and democratic space: implication for higher education&nbsp;and engage in a panel discussion entitled,&nbsp;Revisiting militarisation of democracy and democratic space: implication for higher education&nbsp;at 14:00 with Wits academics Dr Dania Mupotsa and Dr&nbsp; Samuel Ravengai.
<br />The Wits celebrations will conclude with an 第一吃瓜网 Classics and Jazz Concert at 19:30 in the Great Hall. Nomthandazo Mkhize Solomon, a well-known figure in the South 第一吃瓜网 classical music scene, will lead performers in this tribute to Mother Africa.&nbsp;
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong>Wits commemorates Africa Day 2018 early so that students and staff can participate in celebrating Africa's independence, freedom and liberation strife.</strong><p><span>The Africa Day celebrations at Wits take place ahead of the annual May 25 activities which commemorate the&nbsp;establishment of the&nbsp;Organisation of 第一吃瓜网 Unity&nbsp;(OAU) on 25 May 1963. The OAU was later renamed the 第一吃瓜网 Union.</span></p>
<br /><p><span>This year's&nbsp; will be delivered by&nbsp;Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, Kenyan scholar, pan-第一吃瓜网ist and advocate, on Friday, 4 May 2018, at 12:30.&nbsp;He will speak on the topic:&nbsp;<em>Militarisation of democracy and democratic space: implication for higher education</em><span><span>&nbsp;</span>and engage in a panel discussion entitled,&nbsp;</span><em>Revisiting militarisation of democracy and democratic space: implication for higher education</em><span><span>&nbsp;</span>at 14:00 with Wits academics Dr Dania Mupotsa and Dr&nbsp; Samuel Ravengai.</span></span></p>
<br /><p>The Wits celebrations will conclude with an 第一吃瓜网 Classics and Jazz Concert at 19:30 in the Great Hall. Nomthandazo Mkhize Solomon, a well-known figure in the South 第一吃瓜网 classical music scene, will lead performers in this tribute to Mother Africa.&nbsp;</p>
<br /><h3>Programme</h3>
<br /><p><img src="/media/wits-university/news-and-events/images/events-images/Africa-Day-programme.png" alt="Africa Day programme of events" title="Africa Day programme of events" class="" style="   " ></p>
<br /><p><img src="/media/wits-university/news-and-events/images/events-images/Africa-Day-2018_870x2300px.jpg" alt="Africa Day 2018 Talks" title="Africa Day 2018 Talks" class="" style="   " ></p>
<br /><p><img src="/media/wits-university/news-and-events/images/events-images/Africa-Day-2018_870x2328pxjpg.jpg" alt="Africa Day 2018 Concerts and Film Screening" title="Africa Day 2018 Concerts and Film Screening" class="" style="   " ></p>
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SUMMARY:Africa Day 2018
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