Distinguished speakers to attend twinning book launch
Umlando Wethu will be available for sale at the launch on a printing cost recovery basis.
Port Shepstone Twinning Association is delighted to announce that two highly esteemed academics and public intellectuals will be keynote speakers at the launch of its book Umlando wethu – Our History, a book about sites and stories through time travel and applied heritage.
Professor Paulus Zulu has published widely and is currently based at the Maurice Webb Race Relations unit at UKZN.
Prof Ashwin Desai is currently the director of the Centre of Social Change at the University of Johannesburg. He has written several books including the seminal Inside Indenture.
The book launch will see another esteemed academic viz Prof Chats Devroop, who is currently research professor at Tshwane University of Technology.
He will provide musical entertainment at the launch. He combines research on artificial intelligence and music and will present entertainment from a multicultural perspective combining jazz and popular music.
Umlando Wethu – Our History is a unique publication representing more than a decade of volunteer work.
It has dedicated chapters on the development of the twinning programme, Time Travel as a teaching method, forced removals, and the establishment of KwaGamalakhe.
A chapter is dedicated to the history of indentured Indians in Port Shepstone.
Original research brings to the fore the names of some 3307 Indian indentured workers and the farms to which they were allocated.
The book also captures the impact of the passing of Isilo Shaka Zulu through the Umzumbe area on his campaigns.
Not many are aware that the Bhambata rebellion had a significant impact on the South Coast. The story of Ntelezi Msani and 37 others, some of whom were imprisoned and died on St Helena Island, is an epic one.
The book also captures some fascinating detail relating to the Port Shepstone harbour and ship movements as well as the Port Shepstone railway station.
The section on mission stations captures the work and impact of missionaries on local communities as does the reflection on development of education on the South Coast.
Umlando Wethu will be available for sale at the launch on a printing cost recovery basis.
The book launch will take place at Port Shepstone Civic Centre on Saturday, September 20. Attendance space is limited.
Enquiries may be directed to Thulas Mkhize on 078 7034863 or Gulshera Khan on 073 1872741. Attendance space is limited.
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