PROGRAMME FOR AFRICA MONTH 2019 - WE ARE AFRICAN CULTURAL
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PROGRAMME FOR AFRICA MONTH 2019 - WE ARE AFRICAN CULTURAL
ACTIVITIES LED BY DAC
DATE DESCRIPTION VENUE/S
01 May 19 Launch of Africa Month - Celebrate Africa Carnival and Festival EThekwini
This is the annual commemoration of the foundation of the Organization of African Union (OAU)
now known as the African Union on May 25, 1963. This day is celebrated in most African countries
in the continent (it is a holiday in some countries). For the second time, the
#CELEBRATEAFRICAFESTIVAL offers a platform for the entire continent to celebrate in one place
– joined by a global audience! It is time for Africa! From a caterpillar into a fully-fledged butterfly!Africa Month Activation is aimed at unveiling the month long programme. Gauteng, Women’s
Living Heritage
04 May 2019 The activation will be presented in a form of African village created to provide the look and feel of an Monument
African experience. The event will include African food, décor, lighting and artists from the 5 regions
of Africa. Elements included in the concept are colorful clothes, face painting, traditional beer, food
and exhibitions by each African country. Models exhibiting African fashion will form part of the event.
Dialogue and Convention Vanue: Unisa Art
17 May 2019 Gallery, Kgorong
Building, Ground Floor
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Annual Thabo Mbeki Preller Street, New
Muckleneuk
Pretoria
24 May 2019 We are Africa Film Festival (WAFF) Limpopo: Turfloop
University (R40 Hall)
This is an annual film festival taking place during Africa Month in different Provinces to promote Date:24 May 2019
African Cinema to strengthen political, economic and social integration amongst African countries. Time: 10H30-15H00
We use film festival to foster social cohesion and African ethics and values.
Mpumalanga
Kwamhlanga
community
Date: 30 – 31 May
Bloemfontein
Venue: PACOFS
Date: 05-06 June 201921-May-19 25 Years of Democracy and Freedom Youth Forum Ekurhuleni- TBC
To reach out to the young people of this continent and ensuring continuity and as part of 25 Year
Celebration of Democracy and Freedom.
22 May Africa Month Youth Ambassadors.
SADC region
Social media dialogues and community engagements.
23 May - !Kauru Visual Arts Exhibition Joburg Arts Gallery
(TBC)
!KAURU Contemporary Visual Art Exhibition is a project that has been in existence over the past 6
years and their focus has been on dialogue around social and economic cohesion, transformation
and access within the creative sectors in South Africa but also across the continent to strengthen
engagement and build sustained relationships with creatives in countries around the African
continent.
This year, the exhibition is conceptualized as a travelling exhibition initiated in Kampala Uganda in
2016. It will travel to Nairobi, Kenya and then to SA. The exhibition will showcase a series of activities
including workshops and roundtable conversations. It is collaboration between SA and East African
artists.
Public Programs of !kauru:
Public OpeningJohannesburg Art Gallery
Cnr Klein and King George Streets, Joubert Park, Johannesburg, 2044
23 May 2019
18h00 -20h00
Curator Walkabout
Johannesburg Art Gallery
Cnr Klein and King George Streets, Joubert Park, Johannesburg, 2044
Friday, 24 May 2019
11h00 – 13h00
Africa Day Workshop
Johannesburg Art Gallery
Cnr Klein and King George Streets, Joubert Park, Johannesburg, 2044
Saturday, 25 May 2019
11h00 – 13h00
Finissage Walkabout
Johannesburg Art Gallery
Cnr Klein and King George Streets, Joubert Park, Johannesburg, 2044
Sunday, 14 July 2019
13h00 - 17h00
24 May 2019 Annual Celebration of Africa Indigenous Food Cuisine North West
India foods together with parties in Southern African Countries, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Cameroon, Ghana Moses Kobane Local
and Gabon would like to celebrate African united on Indigenous foods. The event will see Participation Municipality
of bagolo(elderly)and young school learners, people with disability and the whole community. We
Letlhakeng Stadiumenvisage foods cook-offs, music, dance and poetry and storytelling. to celebrate Africa`s heritage in
the form of Cuisine.
24 May Golden Rhino Cultural Exchange Limpopo, Musina
Dialogue, exhibition and performances.
24-26 May 25 Years of Freedom Celebration Expo 2019 Gauteng
2019
“To stimulate Economic Freedom for rural and township artist entrepreneurs especially youth and
women by stimulating demand for their products and services. Exposing their offerings to
National and International potential buyers. Creates a great platform for social cohesion as The
content of the event which includes education, conservation of our culture will unite diverse
communities from different geographic areas of KZN. Since the location of the event is easily
accessible to tourists, the objective is to promote our art and culture through different artistic activities
in anticipation for future visitations to our country.
Since one of the objectives will teach through educational activities that are culturally focused, the
majority of the audience will be youth, school learners, tourists, families, culture enthusiasts etc.
Expose talented disadvantaged youth to publishers, industry promoters and nature conservationist.24-25 May Bassline Fest Iconic Constitution Hill
2019 in Joburg.
This is an exhilarating Music experience set in a truly urban setting at the iconic Constitution Hill in
Joburg. Bassline Fest forms part of the Johannesburg leg of the IGODA Festival Circuit. Festivals
represented by the IGODA circuit include Azgo Festival – Mozambique, MTN Bushfire – Swaziland,
Zakifo Festival – Durban, South Africa, and Sakifo Festival – Reunion Island
Amongst other events the Bassline together with the Democracy Works Foundation will host the Cool
Politics Café Political dialogues on the 24th May 2019 from 14:00 – 18:00 followed by a reception
and live music from 18:00 – 20:00
25 May Malamulele Cultural Heritage Show Limpopo, Vhembe
The annual Collins Chabane Heritage Festival is the champion of cultural, traditional music, dance
and arts in the Vhembe region and Limpopo as a whole.
26-May-19 Kwadabeka Africa Day Celebration Ethekwini
Africa Day Celebration headed by:
Mbuso Khoza (South Africa)
Inna Modja (Mali)
Kommando Opps (Lesotho)
30 May - 1 Soweto Fashion week
June 2019 Soweto Fashion Week provides emerging and established fashion designers the opportunity to The Venue, Soweto
showcase their Winter and Summer collections to raise the profile of upcoming brands.30 May 2019 Celebrating Legends in the African Literary World: Remembering the contributions of the Zone 6 Diepkloof next
class of 1919, 1929 and beyond to Bara
Zimbabwe Xhosa Community Cultural Exchange Eastern
30-31 May Cape/Mthatha:
2019 Community Dialogue Songs, Dance and performance. Willowvale
31 May 2019 Love and Hope Africa Festival Nkowankowa
It is an event aimed at encouraging all Africans to forge ahead with social relations. The festival is
part of the broader Africa day celebrations.
AFRICAN LEGENDARY QUEENS
The project aims to honour the women of Africa for exceptional work they do to unite our continent. Nelson Mandela Bay
This year we are honouring the legends Charlote Maxeke, Cecilia Makiwanan, Letta Mbulu, Dorothy
Masuku and Mama Winnie Madikizela Mandela dor their hand in getting South Africa where it is
today.Zone6 Venue
28, Blackchain
Shopping Centre
Chris Hani Road
Soweto
May SADC Archives Week
2 June 2019 Gcwala Ngamasiko Traditional Song and Dance Soweto (KlipTown)
This unique Africa Day programme is made up of dialogues, collaborative and roadshows
showcasing different African cultures. It is a threshold of a process celebrating, affirming and
preserving the rich heritage of Africa’s forebears. This honour is bestowed on the teachings of our
ancestors by serving as the catalyst that pragmatically sews a thread of togetherness, humanism and
oneness amongst people of different ethnic groups, creeds and religious and traditional persuasions.
The Festival involves SA hosting African cultural groups representing other African countries
(Seychelles, Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Burundi, Algeria, Western Sahara, Zimbabwe, Mozambique,
Senegal, etc.), collaborative dances and raising awareness about other African Cultures through
song and dance
7 June 2019 Mpumalanga Fashion & craft show Mbombela:
Emnotweni Arena
This is an annual fashion and craft program taking place Month in Mbombela, Mpumalanga. It aims to promote
and strengthen African fashion in terms of economic and social intergration amongst African countries. The
fashion and craft platform is used to create dialogues between SADC creatives and foster collaborations.COLLOQUIUM PROGRAMME
DATE DESCRIPTION PROPOSED
VENUE/S
27 MAY Africa Month Colloquium: Poetry, Polics and Telling Africa’s story in the world Luthuli Museum,
2019 Time: 9am-1pm KwaDukuza,
Nature of Event: Workshop and discussion with youth KwaZulu-Natal
Leading Jamaican born and British writer and intellectual, Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ, born 24
August 1952) is a Jamaican dub poet who has long been based in the UK. He is considered to be
one of the fathers of “Rap” poetry and music. In 2002 he became the second living poet, and the only
black poet, to be published in the Penguin Modern Poetry series. His performance poetry involves
the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican patois over dub reggae usually written in collaboration
with renowned British reggae producer/artist Dennis Bovell.
Linton Kwesi Johnson will do a talk and have a poetry workshop and reading with students and a
general audience. Nise Malange (Bat Centre and poet) will be the chair and a vote of thanks will
be provided by Joyce Sukumane with Jerry Pooe providing an opening statement (Director of
Wushwini Centre and playwright).There will also be a musical performance and other poets in
attendance and participating.
28 MAY Africa Month Colloquium: Celebrating legends in the African Literary World Lecture Soweto Theatre,
2019 Johannesburg
Time: 6-10pm
Nature of Event: Africa Month Lecture. Readings and musical items by poets and young musicians.
Lecture to be delivered by Linton Kwesi Johnson: “Celebrating Legends in the African literary
world.”This particular lecture and colloquium places a special focus on the work and life contributions of living literary legends, James Matthews, Don Mattera, and Sindiwe Magona. Don Mattera, born in 1935, who similarly in the early 1970s became involved in the Black Consciousness movement, helped form the Union of Black Journalists and became known for his poetry and esepcially his autobiography, “Memory is a Weapon”. Sindiwe Magona, born in 1943, is one of many internationally prominent South African writers whose work is informed by her experience of impoverishment, femininity, resistance to subjugation and being a domestic worker. She traversed South Africa’s racially-defined socio-cultural-economic spaces while simultaneously being a mother, wife and community leader in a township. These interlaced themes and realities are pronounced throughout her literary career. She is a prolific author who has produced nine books, among them an autobiographical work, a collection of short stories, novellas and an anthology of poetry. She was awarded the Order of Ikhamanga in Bronze for her literary and humanitarian contributions and her outstanding achievements in literature and for using her pen as a weapon in the liberation struggle and beyond. James Matthews: James Matthews, poet, writer and publisher, has produced five books of poetry, a collection of short stories, a novel and an anthology of poetry, which he edited. Most of his work was banned under the previous government and was translated and published overseas. For 13 years he was denied a passport and was placed in detention from September to December 1976. He founded the publishing house called “Blac” through which he has published a number of authors. Once more a range of literary legends and those of younger generations have been invited to pay tribute to him and to celebrate the lives of other authors. Notable among these is Diana Ferrus. Diana Ferrus (born 29 August 1953, in Worcester, Western Cape, is a writer, poet and storyteller. Ferrus is best known for her poem about Sarah Bartmann a South African woman taken to Europe under false pretenses and paraded as a curiosity.[ She wrote the poem in 1998 while studying at Utrecht University. The popularity of this poem is widely believed to be responsible for the return of Bartmann's remains to South Africa.
31 May 2019 Africa Month Colloquium: African Solidarity for Africa’s People Gauteng
Time: 12 noon to 4pm
Nature of Event: Panel Discussion, Debate and Musical Interlude
This session focuses on the imaging of Africa and forging intra-African solidarity for Africa’s people.
Authors from Mozambique, Zimbabwe in addition to South Africa will form part of a discussion panel
to look at African solidarity in the midst of disasters and upheaval and stress the importance of
African unity in bulding the economy, society and culture of the continent as a whole. Media will be
present to be part of this discussion. Readings and music will be part of the presentation.
Prof Jen Snowball from Rhodes University and the South African Cultural Observatory will
present a research paper on “South Africa’s cultural goods trade with Africa: policies and trade
potentials in the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement.”
Speakers from Zimbabwe and Mozambique, Adv Sipho Mantula, and Prof Sipho Seepe will be
part of a panel chaired by a representative of SA media.
This panel is conducted in partnership with SOECA (State Owned Entities Communications
Association) and the Africa Media Network.ENGAGEMENTS BY DAC IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER PARTNERS (Provincial,
Academic, Institutions, Civil Society Organisations)
DATE DESCRIPTION VENUE/S
24 May 2019 Africa Day Socical Cohesion public lecture and cultural programme. The objective of th lecture is a Desmond Tutu Hall,
robust engagemntet on building a better Africa and a better world based on unity and social coheaion. Vaal University of
The aim of the engagement seeks to encourage a broad discussion on societal challenges like Crime, Technology,
Xenophobia, Racism, and Social Cohesion. Vanderbijlpark
Campus - 1911 -
Andries Potgieter BlvdACTIVITIES BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS
DATE DESCRIPTION PROPOSED
VENUE/S
22 – 23 May Department of Science and Technology) Kievits Kroon
2019 Country Club,
Africa Unity for Renaissance Conference. Pretoria
The objective of the conference is to;
Reflect on the continued relevance and contribution of Pan Africanism for Africa’s development.
Identify key current governance peace and security challenges and the ways in which an
innovative Pan-African approach can deal with them;
Enhance our understanding of the challenges of implementation the AfCFTA and the
opportunities for addressing them;
To provide best practice on how STI’s can be used to address specific development challenges;
To assist in defining processes and practices for reinvigorating African Unity and collective self-
reliance to achieve the aims and objectives for Agenda 2063
To build a community of research and practice promoting new ways of thinking, relationships
and collaboration that will generate new discoveries for innovative paths for Africa’s future;
To commemorate the founding of the Organization of African Unity, and celebrate the diversity,
heritage and achievements of Africa.
24 May Department of Science and Technology Freedom Park
Heritage Site and
Africa Day Celebration Museum
25 May Department of Public Service and AdministrationACTIVITIES BY DAC ENTITIES AND INSTITUTION
DATE DESCRIPTION PROPOSED
VENUE/S
23 May 2019 Dialogue on Xenophobia Ditsong Museum of
Museums of South Africa will host a dialogue on Xenophobia in South Africa to create an awareness Cultural History
of the impact of Xenophobia. The objectives of the public lecture are to create an awareness on the
effects of xenophobia, to create an Africa that is unified and free of hatred. Time: 11:00am-
15:00pm
Dress Code:
Business Attire23 may 2019 Night Virgil Kara Heritage village
Performances from African cultural dancers and African spirituality
23 May 2019 Celebrating 25 years of democracy and freedom. Year of indigenous African languages Venue: Robben
Island Museum
24 May 2019 Africa day Celebration Venue: Freedom
park
Performances from Cultural dancers, Artists exhibitions including display of African Dictionaries
27 May 2019 Panel Discussion Luthuli Museum
28 May 2019 Lecture Gauteng,
Joburg/Soweto
Theatre
31 May 2019 Oliver Mtukudzi Memorial Lecture VENUE:
UMSUNDUZI
MUSEUM HALL
May 2019 Time:
10:00 351
Langalibalele Street,
PietermaritzburgACTIVITIES BY PROVINCES
DATE DESCRIPTION PROPOSED
VENUE/S
31 May 2019 African Solidarity for African People TBC
DISCLAIMER: Dates subject to change, please visit www.dac.gov.za/AfricaMonth2019 for up to date calendar of events for the Africa
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