AFRIKAN HISTORY MONTH 2008
Afrikan History Month is celebrated in February, and once again Global Afrikan Congress Azania will host several events to remind us of the great legacy Afrika has left us with; Inventions, technology, medicine, philosophy, leaders and vast historical treasures. In these current trying times, a challenge rests upon us to equip ourselves with knowledge of our past, understand the challenges in the present and plan for the restoration of Afrika's greatness. Hence we have chosen the following theme for Afrikan History Month 2008: Rethinking our Past, Present and Future.
Afrikan History Seminar 9 February
The first event will be a seminar/conference/gathering where we look at the HISTORY OF FIETAS and the HISTORY OF OUR POWERFUL CONTINENT, AFRIKA
Program: Speakers, presenters, poets and singers will guide the procession with vital information and inspiring upliftment.
Date: Saturday 9 February
Time: 12 noon to 6pm
Venue: Jan Hofmeyer Recreation Centre
Address: Crnr 1st Street/Krause, Fietas/Vrededorp
(between Braamfontein and Auckland Park)
Johannesburg, South Afrika
Stalls: There will also be arts and crafts stalls
Food: Will be for sale at reasonable price.
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WELCOME! Bring your family and come celebrate Afrika! Hosted by GAC Azania
More information: 011 830 2546 – 084 781 5587 – gacsecretariat[at]gmail[dot]com
See photos from other Afrikan family events at www.brotherbuntu.blogspot.com
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Quotes
"If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and stands in danger of being exterminated."
Carter Godwin Woodson, (1875-1950), Founder of Black History Month
"History is a clock that people need in order to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is also a compass that tells as people how they should be located on the map of human geography. The role of history is to tell a people where they have been, what they have been, where they are, and what they are."
John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998), Distinguished Afrikan Scholar
"We are shaped by what contains us as we shape what we contain."
Sekou Toure (1922-1984), Guinea's first President
