Lectures tagged "South Africa"

Transforming Cape Town: Education Activists and Social Change
Catherine Besteman
February 19, 2009
01:25:24
Catherine Besteman, chair of Anthropology at Colby College, speaks about her new book, Transforming Cape Town, which explores the emotional and personal aspects of the legacy of apartheid and the transition to black majority rule in South Africa.
Education Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Helen Ladd
February 10, 2005
01:37:52
Helen Ladd and Edward Fiske speak about their recent book, Elusive Equity: Education Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa, which tells the story of South Africa's efforts to fashion a racially equitable state education system out of the ashes of apartheid.
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Jazz and Modern Africa: Marabi Modernists
Robin Kelley
November 20, 2003
01:27:32
Columbia University Professor Robin Kelley explores the political and cultural tensions surrounding jazz in South Africa during the 1950s.
After Apartheid: Symbols of Progress and Challenges
Albie Sachs
January 28, 2003
01:22:29
A panel discusses the creation of a new Constitutional Court in post-apartheid South Africa. In 1994, the world looked on as South Africa turned its attention to the historic task of writing and implementing a new constitution that continues to be regarded as the most progressive in the world.