Wits University Press and WiSER invite you to a celebration of the life and work of Solomon T Plaatje with the launching of a new book: Sol Plaatje’s Native Life in South Africa: Past and Present, edited by Janet Remmington, Brian Willan, Bhekizizwe Peterson.

Sol Plaatje’s Native Life in South Africa was written by one of the South Africa’s most talented early 20th-century black intellectuals and journalists. Plaatje’s pioneering book arose out of an early African National Congress campaign to protest against the discriminatory 1913 Natives Land Act. 

Join us for a discussion on how and why Native Life came into being at a critical historical juncture, and how it can be read in relation to South Africa’s heightened challenges today. 

SPEAKERS:  Brian Willan, Keith Breckenridge, Khwezi Mkhize and Khumisho Moguerane

CHAIR: Catherine Burns

WHEN: Wednesday, 16th November 2016,  5:30 for 6pm

WHERE: WiSER Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Richard Ward Building, East Campus, Wits University.

RSVP: info.witspress@wits.ac.za (by Tuesday 15th November)