Thursday May 25th, 2023: South Africa– Central University of Technology Bloemfonteyn
I was invite to give the keynote speech at the Africa Day event at the Central University of Technology. I received a memorable… Read more »
Category: past events
Monday May 22nd, 2023: book launch South Africa– University of the Free State Bloemfonteyn
The Centre for Gender and Africa Studies (CGAS), The International Office, and the University of the Free State Library invite you to a book launch by Sandew Hira titled… Read more »
Tuesday May 16th, 2023: South Africa– University of Kwazulu Natal Durban
Sanfew Hira gave a lecture on decolonizing mathematics at the Kwazulu Natal University. The room was packed with students who were very engaged. Prof. Vimolan Mudaly and Dr. Ronicka Mudaly… Read more »
Thursday May 12th, 2023: Zambia – University of Zambia Lusaka
I gave a lecture on DTM, that was attend by a curious crowd of students, including many math students. I often gave presentations on math, but this is the first… Read more »
Friday May 11th, 2023: Zambia – Kwame Nkrumah University Kabwe
Thursday May 11, I visited KNU in Kabwe, 3-4 hours drive from Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. I met with Prof. Alfred Mwanza (the vice-chancellor of KNU), Prof. Francis Tembothe… Read more »
Tuesday May 9th, 2023: South Africa – University of South Africa (UNISA)
May 9 I had an interesting conversation of the University of South Africa (UNISA). My dear friend Nokuthula Hlabangane introduce me to Grace Khunou Prof Grace Khunou, Director of Scholarship… Read more »
Monday May 8th, 2023: South Africa – University of Pretoria
Monday May 8, I had an interesting discussion at the University of Pretoria about what it means to decolonize a discipline. My dear friend Stephen Small joined me as a… Read more »
Thursday May 4th, 2023: South Africa – Cape Town – University of the Western Cape
Prof. Bassey Antia organized this lecture at the University of Western Cape about DTM. Bassey is an applied linguist and has been in conversation with me for a while. Applied… Read more »
Tuesday May 2nd, 2023: South Africa – Cape Town
Theme: How mathematics and the hard sciences were colonized and how to decolonize them How can you decolonize 1+1=2? Is decolonizing mathematics just nonsense or does it make sense to… Read more »
April 22-23 The Netherlands – Amsterdam: Decolonial Reparations Conference
Introduction On April 22nd and 23rd, 2023, Aralez and Decolonial International Network (DIN) are organizing a decolonial reparations conference in Ru Paré, Amsterdam. During this 2-day meeting, community organizers are… Read more »