Eleventh annual Julius Nyerere memorial lecture in 2014
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2015
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University of the Western Cape
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The event included a live performance by Jana Natya Manch (The People’s Theatre Group), also known as Janam (Birth). Janam has created original plays for the past 40 years; they have performed more than 8000 times in over 150 towns and cities of India, using public spaces and educating and engaging their audiences in discussions around issues of common concern. Janam is on its first tour of South Africa.
They performed 'Enough is Enough'. A play based on the personal narratives of industrial workers
in and around Delhi, gathered by the actors. The play is a juxtaposition of hilarious, over-the-top
farce with deadly serious, quietly assertive docu-drama on the work conditions of workers. Through
testimonies of real workers, the play explores issues that confront them, such as low wages, long
hours of work, inadequate safety measures and the contract labour system.
The topic was Popular Education: Inspiring education and activism. The event was coordinated by
Professors Shirley Walters and Astrid Von Kotze of the Traditions of Popular Education Research
Project within the Division for Lifelong Learning (DLL). This project was supported by the Institute for
Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) and UWC to uncover the history of popular education in South
Africa in order to bring these traditions to the attention of those thinking about community learning
centres / colleges which are mentioned in the White Paper on Post - School Education and Training.
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Live performance, Working conditions, Labour, Delhi, India, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS), Popular education, Apartheid, Theatre, Division for Lifelong Learning, University of the Western Cape, Julius Nyerere, Memorial lecture