The North Coast Writers Trail – developed with UKZN’s KZN Literary Tourism project and funded by the National Arts Council and the Ilembe Municipality – has been recently launched. The trail features writers such as Benedict Wallet Vilakazi, Dianne Stewart, Chief Albert John Luthuli and Mafika Pascal Gwala, while stops include Ballito, Morewood, Groutville and …
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SCECSAL 2012: Impressions of invited experts
Niall McNulty attended SCECSAL 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya earlier this year as an invited expert, hosted by the Goethe Institut. His – and the other invited participants – thoughts on the conference our published online at the Goethe Institut website: “A stand out session at the conference for me was the presentation by Ellen Tise …
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Niall McNulty in the New Scientist
Niall McNulty was interviewed in the June issue of the New Scientist magazine, for an article ‘An app for folklore’ that examines how digital technologies are used to preserve cultural knowledge for future generations. “As mobile devices become ubiquitous in Africa, the need for this type of regional and language-specific content, and the tangible link …
The Ulwazi Programme: Local Users, Local Language, Local Content
Presented at the IAMCR 2012 Conference, Durban, South Africa. The Ulwazi Programme uses the public library infrastructure, Web 2.0 technologies and the community to collect and disseminate indigenous knowledge and local histories. This user-generated content is compiled in an online digital library in the form of a website and access is provided through current mobile …
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