Viva Africa 2021

Program

10:00–11:00
Dr. E.S. Emiel Martens, University of Amsterdam:
Gifts from Babylon (online presentation of a document)

A short narrative film exploring the psychological impact of Africa-EU migration through the lens of a Gambian return-migrant.

12:00–13:00
Michel Lafon, University of Pretoria, and Mongezi Bolofo:
A French to Zulu Manual (online book launch)

“Moreover, we hope that our approach to Zulu learning will be found original in several significant ways. One area is variety.”

14:00–15:00
Mgr. Kateřina Mildnerová, Ph.D., Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci:
Namibian Czechs: History and Identity of the Namibian Children Raised in Czechoslovakia (Anthropology) (offline představení knihy a filmu)

The book focuses on the history and identity of Namibian Czechs, originally a group of prominent child war refugees admitted by the Czechoslovak government in 1985 for education as an expression of international solidarity assistance to SWAPO liberation movement.