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16 March 2011
14th Time of the Writer Outreach Programme The Luthuli Museum, in partnership with the Centre for Creative Arts, hosted the 14th Time of the Writer Outreach Programme at the museum. Local schools from the Ilembe district were invited to participate. International authors provided a dynamic platform for dialogue and exchange on wide ranging themes and offed a rare opportunity for learners to gain insight into the many facets that inform the art of writing. The writers who participated included Professor Njabulo Ndebele (South Africa), Biyi Bandele (Nigeria) and Ellen Banda – Aaku (Zambia).
8 - 11 March 2011 Luthuli Museum Debate Contest 8 – 11 March 2011
The Luthuli Museum hosted its annual debating contest. Eight high schools from the Ilembe district were invited to participate. The contest ran over four days and consisted of elimination rounds whereby the school winning all their debates became the winner of the contest. Speakers who accumulated the highest number of points in each debate were awarded prizes.
Below are all the details for the contest. First stage – 8, 9 March 2011
Second stage - 10 March 2011 Topic: "If Chief Luthuli came back to South Africa in 2010 he would be proud and pleased with how the country has progressed in terms of general development, poverty alleviation, education, etc.” State the reasons for your answer”.
Final Stage – 11 March 2011 Topic: "Chief Albert Luthuli was deserving of the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize for the category of ‘humanitarianism’, which he received on the 10th December 1961.”
Best speakers Awards Stage 1 - 8 March 2011 Stage 1- 9 March 2011 Stage 2 – 10 March 2011 Finals – 11 March 2011
22 February 2011 Launch of the Luthuli Museum`s Educational Programme April - June 2011 Primary and High School educators and principals from the Ilembe District were invited to the museum for the launch of the museum`s Educational Programmes for the 1st quarter April – June 2011. The primary objective of this workshop was to introduce educators and principals to the museum educational programmes and events that are planned for the museum`s first quarter and to assess such programmes and events with the aim of aligning them with the school curriculum.
13 - 23 December 2010 / 3 - 14 January 2011 Holiday Programme The Luthuli Museum school programme aims, amongst others, to provide the creative space for informal and formal learning to take place. It embraces the thinking that learning can be combined with enjoyment. Essentially, the thinking behind the school holiday programme is to provide valuable alternative to the stereotypical choices of entertainment for children from the immediate surrounding communities. The programmes are also designed to get the children off the streets and into a structured environment for part of their day. Through the provision of resource materials and organization and holding of this programme, the Luthuli Museum aims to encourage greater ownership of the museum. For more information contact 032 559 6822.
01 December 2010
World Aids Day Primary Schools from the Ilembe District were invited to participate in an event at the Luthuli Museum to mark World Aids day. The event was aimed at raising the awareness about the spread of the HIV/Aids virus. A non-profit organisation called ‘Clowns Without Borders’ performed a display which relayed the message of Aids in a fun and educational way.
05 December 201 UNESCO visits the Luthuli Museum A top level delegation of UNESCO or United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisations, recently visited the Luthuli Museum on a fact-finding mission. They were brought to the Luthuli Museum by the KwaDukuza Municipality while the group was participating in a workshop. Part of the visiting team consisted of representatives from the German Technical Co-operation group linked to the Youth Development Football project. The visitors were given a special tour of the Museum by recently appointed director Brian Xaba who was also assisted by Heritage Officer Thulani Thusi and provided with media packs about the organisaton.
26 November 2010 Book Launch: In the Shadow of Chief Luthuli: Reflections of Goolam Suleman Captured by Logan Naidoo, the insights into the Groutville and Stanger communities presented in this book provide a textured narrative of moments and events in Luthuli’s public and private life, revealing his unique character, his faith, humility, patience, compassion and above all, his resilience.
Click here to see more photos of the event 20 November 2010 United States civil rights leader Rev Jesse Jackson visit to the Luthuli Museum On Saturday November 20 the Luthuli Museum hosted the visit of United States civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson. The event was part of an initiative involving three role players, the Luthuli Museum, the Luthuli Foundation and the Department of Arts and Culture, designed to heighten awareness around the 50 year anniversary since Chief Albert Luthuli was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Click here to see more photos of the event 08 November 2010 Luthuli Museum`s Art and Poetry Awards
Digital cameras and laptop computers went to the top prize winners of this year’s Luthuli Museum Art and Poetry competition. Announcing the names of the winners in the primary and high school sections for both categories, Luthuli Museum director Brian Xaba said he hoped these talented individuals would go on to greater heights. The awards ceremony was held on November 8 and is targeted at schools in the Ilembe district. Well-known North Coast artist Jane Digby adjudicated the entries for the art category. Digby runs a painting group in Simbithi, has participated in the Washington DC Freedom Day Exhibition and has also been commissioned to paint the Italian Ambassador, Marcello Gricolli. President of uHuru Poetry in Motion club Thandeka Mthethwa judged the poetry entries. Mthethwa was selected to be a spotlight poet for the 14th Poetry Africa Festival. The names of the winners are as follows: • Art Competition – Primary School - Theme - “Soccer, Peace and Unity”
• Poetry Competition – High School - Theme - “Peace and Freedom” 1. Sfundo W. Sosibo – Stanger High School. Please click below to see the winning poems. For further information contact Luthuli Museum Education Officer Clinton Taylor on (032) 559 6822.
• Art Competition - High School - Theme - “Chief Luthuli and Nobel Peace Prize”
August 2010 - June 2011 Xenophobia Mobile Exhibition
The Luthuli museum in partnership with the eThekwini Municipality Libraries and Heritage Department is displaying the Luthuli Museum`s Xenophobic Exhibition in the Durban City Hall Library. The exhibition was conceptualised in response to the Xenophobic violence which swept through parts of South Africa in May 2008 and which still has relevance today. The exhibition takes extracts from Chief Albert Luthuli speeches of his vision for a non-racial society. “To discuss whether I came from the north and you from the south or east is, in the long run, academic. Quarrelling about the past is irrelevant. That we are all here is the main point. Let us try and evolve a way of life.” – Chief Albert Luthuli 30 July 2010 Deputy President Visit
Here Luthuli Museum curator Paul Tichmann provides the presidential delegation with a brief account of Chief Albert Luthuli's life and legacy. As Africa's first recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Luthuli was a leader ahead of his time.
17 July 2010 Poetry and Drama Workshop
The Luthuli Museum in partnership with Urban Voices hosted a Drama and Poetry Workshop at the Luthuli Museum on Saturday, 17 July 2010. The workshop was facilitated by two acclaimed artists Idris Ackamoor and Rhodessa Jones from a Company called Cultural Odyssey, based in San Francisco, in the USA where they are both co- artistic directors. Ackamoor and Jones did a great job with their motivational talks which invovled their history and their life in the United States as African Americans.
22 May 2010 Life Check Event DJ ‘Black Mos’ gets to grips with the equipment during a Life Check event in Empangeni. Luthuli Museum staff went to check a ‘Live Check’ Hip Hop event in Empangeni earlier this year. The trip was purely exploratory with a long term view that the Luthuli Museum may get involved in hosting a similar event. Life Check is a non-profit organisation that aims to educate the youth about real Hip Hop culture.
Soccer World Cup
School Tour Luthuli Museum community liaison officer Zinhle Nyembe talks to pupils from Mahlabatini High School, near Ulundi about the museum, its values, aims and objectives. The Luthuli Museum has a lively and interactive community liaison programme that aims to educate high school learners about the man, his life, values and philosophies. Schools interested in hosting the programme can contact the Luthuli Museum on (032) 559 6822.
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