Niall will be presenting on digital heritage and the Ulwazi Programme at this week’s PechaKucha event. More details below: Date: Thursday 23rd of February 2012 Time: 7:00 for 7:30pm Venue: Factory Café (Colombo Coffee), 369 Magwaza Maphalala St. (Gale Street) Donation: R15 Speakers Include: Derek Thomas • Niall McNulty • Leon Conradie • Durban School of Comedy (Glenn Bo & Dusty Rich) …
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The ‘IPod’ For Development (and possibly heritage)
My mom actually sent me this link and it is such an excellent idea that I thought I should share it. Created to deliver on-demand programming that classrooms or communities can replay continually, the Lifeplayer is an oversized MP3 player that can be pre-loaded to hold 64GB of educational content, can download Internet audio and …
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Benedict Vilakazi’s Grave
Last Sunday we took a tour of the Marianhill Monastery in Durban. The area has a fascinating history, tied in to the Trappist Monks and their missionary work as well as being responsible for educating a number of liberation leaders. Of interest to us was the grave of Benedict Vilakazi, who is one of the featured …
UKZN Special Collections Open Day
We have an ongoing relationship with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, of which we are both alumni. We encourage anyone in the KZN or Durban area to attend this one day event, which based on the programme (downloadable HERE), should prove very interesting. UKZN Special Collections (Alan Paton Centre and Struggle Archives, Campbell Collections, Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation …