Bicentenary of the slave revolt of 1808

Keynote speaker: ICOM President, Alissandra Cummins

The keynote address will be by ICOM President, Alissandra Cummins

The Rooster Collective. Photographer: Myer Taub

The Rooster Collective: Scene four: The scales of justice. Mark Johnson as a burlesque figure

Commemoration of the Slave Revolt of 1808

COLLOQUIUM PROGRAMME 25 OCTOBER 2008

Venue: Iziko Slave Lodge Museum
Enquiries: Wandile Kasibe, Tel. 021 481 3804 or email wkasibe@iziko.org.za

Transcripts of the talks presented at the colloquium held at the Slave Lodge on 25 October can be downloaded from the lecturer's profile pages.

Chairperson Prof. Ciraj Rassool

09h00 – 09h45

Registration

09h45 – 10h00

Vulindlela Cultural Group

10h00 – 10h05

Welcome by Prof. Henry (Jatti) Bredekamp (CEO, Iziko Museums of Cape Town)

10h05 – 10h15

Opening remarks & introduction of speakers by the Chair

10h15 – 10h40

Keynote address - by Ms Alissandra Cummins, ICOM President:

“Resistance and Rebellion to Enslavement the (South) African
and Caribbean experience – a Museum Perspective”

10h40 – 10h45

Vulindlela Cultural Group

10h45 – 11h05

“The world turned upside down: the 1808 Cape slave revolt” – by Prof Nigel Worden (Historian and researcher based at UCT)

11h05 – 11h25

“Triumph of the African Spirit through Colonial Resistance: the Battle of Isandlwana & Bambatha Rebellion” – by Dr Bhekithemba Mngomezulu (Historian and researcher at CPUT)

11h25 - 12h25

Discussion

12h25 – 13h00

Lunch and performance by The Rooster Collective

13h00 – 13h20

The Slave Lodge as Learning Site - "The pedagogy of transformational heritage practice” by Ms Vivienne Carelse (Deputy Director General, Dept of Education)

13h20 – 13h40

Slavery, Education and Agency at the Cape." by Prof. Crain Soudien (Professor, UCT School of Education)

13h40 – 14h00

The Prestwich Place Project by Bonita Bennett (Director, District Six Museum)

14h00 – 14h30

Discussion

14h30 – 15h00

Performance by The Rooster Collective

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