storytelling and creative writing for the Lephephe Print Gatherings (15-16 February 2018)
Puleng Plessie (Johannesburg) and Lineo Segoete (Maseru) joined forces to run a day-long creative writing for high school students at Metropolitan College in Johannesburg.
Kampala and Maseru Working Groups represent ARAC in Basel at ‘Crossroads’ (8-10 February 2018)
CROSSROADS, organised by The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) brought together cultural practitioners from Switzerland, India, the Arab world and Southern Africa in Basel and Geneva for a conference and multidisciplinary cultural programme that explored the impact that cultural exchange and international networks might have, and the roles that art and culture can play in the process of social change.
Maseru working group
The Maseru Working Group was formed by members of the organization Ba re e ne re Literary Arts. The group is interested in utilizing critical literacies as agents for creativity and critical thinking in Arts Education. The group's research has been focused on the legacy of literary production as well as the history of literacy education and its ties to religious conversion in Lesotho. Through its work, the group is dedicated to raising the level of Sesotho and English language literacy through creative writing in formal and informal contexts and instigating discourse around what coloniality means in the context of Lesotho.
