The Campbell Collections of the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the Dhlomo family cordially invite you to the inaugural H.I.E. Dhlomo Memorial Lecture “The Continuing Significance of H.I.E. Dhlomo”.
Date: Saturday, 3 November 2012
Time: 10:00 for 10:30
Venue: Campbell Collections, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 220 Gladys Mazibuko Road (formerly Marriott Rd), Durban
RSVP essential for seating arrangements and catering. Reply on or before Friday, 26 October 2012. Tel: Mwelela Cele on 031 260 1716 or 082 355 0061. Email: Celem1@ukzn.ac.za or Mwelela@gmail.com
Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo, better known as H.I.E. Dhlomo, (1903 – 1956) was a key early South African intellectual who helped lay the foundations of the country’s rich literary tradition through his impressive output of drama, poetry, journalism and fiction. He worked alongside luminaries like Sol Plaatje and Thomas Mofolo, at a pivotal age of African modernity. In his work, Dhlomo often invoked the past to explain the present. His social and political commentary grew more strident towards the end of his life, when liberalism proved futile in fighting for the emancipation of Africans. He was one of the pioneers who inspired subsequent generations of thinkers and writers.
The lecture will be presented by Professor Bhekizizwe Peterson, Head of the Department of African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand.
