Centre for African Literary Studies

A seasoned writer, Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane has authored a number of books and edited numerous publications. He has served on the SABC Board and the Heraldry Council and also served for eight years as the founder chair of the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism, as the founding patron of the Freedom of Expression Institute, and the founding director of the Book Development Council of South Africa. He was also chairperson of the African Arts Fund (under the auspices of the United Nations Centre against Apartheid.

Professor Mzamane became the first post-apartheid Vice Chancellor at the University of Fort Hare. He taught at universities in Southern Africa, West Africa, UK, US, and Australia. He is the author of Mzala (1980), Children of Soweto (1982), Children of the Diaspora (1996), and a children’s book, Race between the Turtles and the Cheetahs (2004). He is editor of Selected Poems: Mongane Wally Serote (1982), Selected Poems: Sipho Sydney Sepamla (1983), Hungry Flames and Other Black South African Stories (1986), and Words Gone Two Soon: Tribute to Phaswane Mpe and K. Sello Duiker (2006). He is co-editor of Global Voices: Contemporary Literature from the Non-Western World (1995). His scholarly publications include Images of the Voiceless: Essays on Popular Culture and the Media (1988 – with J. Haynes and A. Bamikunle) and Multicultural Education in Colleges and Universities: A Trans-disciplinary Approach (1998 – with H. Ball and S. Berkowitz). He was commissioned by the Southern African Democracy Education Trust to edit Road to Democracy in South Africa, Volume 2, 1970-1980 (2006).

Public Addresses
“Redefining the New Parameters of Our Nationhood: A Cultural Approach”, Secunda Jazz and Cultural Festival (SEJACUFE), 2 March 2007

“Towards an Integrated Multi-Media Policy Framework for Promoting Peace and Democracy”, Opening Address, Fifth World Summit on Media for Children (5WSMC), Sandton Convention Centre, 24-28 March 2007

“The Genesis of Black Consciousness and its University of Natal and University of Durban-Westville Roots”, Inaugural Strini Moodley Memorial Lecture, University of KwaZulu-Natal in association with Umtapo Centre, Durban-Westville, 26 April 2007

Symposium
Facilitator and Presenter: Has the spirit of the 1970s and 1980s flowed into the new South Africa? Other presenters: Dennis Brutus, Peter Horn, Hugh Lewin, Miriam Tlali. Jozi Spoken Word Festival, University of the Witwatersrand, 31 March 2007

Seminars
“Constructining a Teaching and Learning Community Using Ubuntu/Botho”, Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, Henley-on-Klip, Gauteng. 24 January 2007

“Building a New Society Using the Building Blocks of Ubuntu/Botho/Vhuthu”, Religion and Spirituality in a Postcolonial Context: Colloquium. Organisers: University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and the Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies, Open University, UK. Venue: Centre for African Literary Studies UKZN – Pietermaritzburg. 29-31 January 2007

“Encyclopaedia of South African Arts and Culture”, Department of English, Howard College, UKZN, Durban, 5 March 2007 & CALS, 7 March 2007

Readings
Readings with Dennis Brutus, Peter Horn, Keorapetse Kgositsile, Hugh Lewin, Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane, Essop Patel, and Miriam Tlali. Jozi Spoken Word Festival, University of the Witwatersrand, 31 March 2007

Workshops
Consultative Workshop on State of the Nation since Independence, Organised by Umtapo Centre, Tropicana Hotel, Durban, 27 April 2007

Teaching
Course: Film for Beginners, Newtown Film and Television School, Central Johannesburg College Crown Mines Campus. Taught story telling module, 16-22 April 2007

Guest Lecture: Ubuntu, Ethics Class, Department of Philosophy, UKZN-PMB, 24 April 2007

Newspaper Articles
“From devil’s box to diversity: 30 years of SABC television”, Sunday Times, January 7 2007

“Drilling the death drill in a sinking ship”, Sunday Times, February 18 2007

Internet Articles
“Celebrating Thirty Years of Television in South Africa”, www.tvsa.co.za

“Towards an Integrated Multi-Media Policy Framework for Promoting Peace and Democracy”, http://www.5wsmc.com/post-summit-media/speeches/world-summit-on-media-for -children.pdf