Eighth Step - Tuesday, October 29 at 5pm (South Africa Time - SAST)

or 10:00pm ICT, 4:00pm CET, 11:00am EDT, 8:00am PDT

How can historical and contemporary South African jazz be conceptualized ? In this eighth step, jazz musician and scholar Vuma Levin will explore this question with emphasis on how this music has on the one hand critiqued racial capitalism and on the other been formed by different incarnations of it.

🔗Register here: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvdeqqpj0uG9dxdvg0pu1Xmw_z8xHFe6tm#/registration
(The event Zoom link will be sent after registration)

Listen to Vuma’s latest album ‘Antique Spoons’ here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4LDBC7za9NUCEJNKkGCdnL

You can find out more about his work via his website here: https://vumalevin.co.za/about/

Looking forward to seeing you then!

Seventh Step - Thursday, September 26 at 5pm (South Africa Time - SAST)

or 5:00pm CET, 11:00am EST, 8:00am PDT, 10:00pm ICT

What does advertising say about South African society and cultural identities? Dr. Judy Davis (Eastern Michigan University, USA) will share examples of historical and contemporary ads for review and commentary, looking at:

• the creator’s purpose and intended audience for the advertising;

• why the ads feature a particular subject, pose, perspective, or framing;

• how the ads represent the cultural values of the period; and

• how the ads shape social identities in South African culture..

🔗Register here: https://emich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpcuipqDkqGNUIFrmfUIDiVTI0ludOPz5D#/registration
(The event Zoom link will be sent after registration)

We invite participants from all over the world to engage in this lively discussion!

Sixth Step - Wednesday, September 4 at 5pm (South Africa Time - SAST)

or 5:00pm CET, 11:00am EST, 8:00am PDT, 10:00pm ICT

How are histories of racial oppression dealt with in contexts of diversity? In this sixth step, Dr. Chana Teeger (London School of Economics, UK) will tackle this question by discussing how young South Africans, born into democracy, confront their country’s racist apartheid past in high school history lessons.

🔗Register here: https://cwru.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aZFMCOiaShmefmcihNgATA
(The event Zoom link will be sent after registration)

Looking forward to seeing you then!

Fifth Step - Wednesday, June 26 at 5pm (South Africa Time - SAST)

or 5:00pm CET, 11:00am EST, 8:00am PDT, 10:00pm ICT

In this fifth step, Muzi Kuzwayo (South Africa’s Promise) will discuss his aspirations for South Africa, drawing from his insights into consumer dynamics.

🔗Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpfuigpz0oGtMRg76f2Zt7GD7qs_UaIHyV#/registration
(The event Zoom link will be sent after registration)

Muzi Kuzwayo’s past books:

• Marketing Through Mud and Dust,

• There is a Tsotsi in the Boardroom,

• Black Man’s Medicine

Looking forward to seeing you then!

Fourth Step - Monday, May 20 at 5pm (South Africa Time - SAST)

or 5:00pm CET, 11:00am EST, 8:00am PDT, 10:00pm ICT

In this interactive film showing and discussion, Filmmaker and International Election Observer, Erik Ponder, will lead a discussion that places his short documentary—Election Day, Freedom Day, Miracle Day—in conversation with the award-winning seven-part documentary Have You Heard from Johannesburg.

🔗Register here: https://cnrs.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYocuGqqjsoH9SGHChxGI_joY7EjSW6BZun#/registration
(The event Zoom link will be sent after registration)

There will also be a one-time Zoom showing of From Selma to Soweto:

Wednesday, 15 May, 2024 @ 5 PM South African Standard Time

🔗 https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/85040782031

Looking forward to seeing you then!

Third Step - Monday, April 29 at 5pm (South Africa Time - SAST)

or 5:00pm CET, 11:00am EST, 8:00am PDT, 10:00pm ICT

This third step is a discussion with Ms. Lynsey Ebony Chutel (The New York Times) about her book (co-written with Tessa Dooms):
"Coloured: How Classification Became Culture"

🔗Register here: https://cnrs.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrc-mtpzMtGdfEaRQkekNJx__fdNuzjGCb#/registration

Two excerpts from the book:

- Awê! Ma se kind: Finding our mother tongues

- Colouring outside the laws... and why Trevor Noah isn’t coloured

Looking forward to seeing you then!

Second Step - Monday, March 25 at 6pm (South Africa Time - SAST)

or 5:00pm CET, 12:00pm EST, 9:00am PST, 11:00pm ICT

This second step is a talk by Dr. Kevin Ncube (Cape Peninsula University of Technology) who will ask: Who is responsible for the development of Africa and its descendants?

🔗Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAuf-2upz4tHdNGqm4q7WJePEKvLVq0R3Y6

Looking forward to seeing you then!