A/Xarra Restorative Justice Forum Members are active in the community and involved in many important initiatives. Here you will find some of the work they are doing.
Khoi and San Language Revival
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First certified foundational Khoekhoegowab course for SA
- Review of Kora: A lost Khoisan language of the early Cape and the Gariep (Unisa Press), by June Bam-Hutchison (Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town)
- Language course cements Khoi identity
-Year-old San and Khoi Centre adds invaluable indigenous knowledge to archive
- Heritage Month: UCT cleansing ceremonies a powerful transformation narrative
- TLC2020: teaching as a form of social responsiveness
https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2020-10-07-tlc2020-teaching-as-a-form-of-social-responsiveness
- First certified foundational Khoekhoegowab course for SA
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Saving southern Africa’s oldest languages
https://mg.co.za/africa/2020-07-20-saving-southern-africas-oldest-languages/
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Language course cements Khoi identity
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Review of Kora: A lost Khoisan language of the early Cape and the Gariep (Unisa Press), by June Bam-Hutchison (Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town)
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The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Cape Town (UCT) hosted a virtual San & Khoi Heritage Month Colloquium, titled “Unburning the Fire and Acknowledgement of Land Cleansing Ceremony” on 29 September 2021.
Challenging Development at Two Rivers Urban Park
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Group walks through the Cape CBD to protest Amazon development at River Club site
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Heritage Western Cape slams River Club development plan
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How to whitewash colonial pain and trauma
https://mg.co.za/opinion/2020-09-24-how-to-whitewash-colonial-pain-and-trauma/
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'Black River development: Here's why we are against it'
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Concerns raised over the obs development
https://omny.fm/shows/the-midday-report-capetalk/concerns-raised-over-the-obs-developme
https://obs.org.za/cms/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/River-Club-RADIO-786.mp3
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Allan Boesak - why #Statuesmustfall was part of #June16th march to deliver the 50 000+ signatures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l80LT8szaQY&ab_channel=OCANewsChannel
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Walk of resistance against Amazon River Club development
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdlI9geNRd4&ab_channel=NdifunaUkwazi
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Stop the River Club Development
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=447osdabfC4&ab_channel=AndreaCouvert
Nama, Herero and Damara Genocide
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More than 100 Years Without Reparations to Victims of Genocide in Namibia
https://rights.culturalsurvival.org/more-100-years-without-reparations-victims-genocide-namibia
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Martinus Fredericks On Germany - Namibia Compensation Agreement
https://rights.culturalsurvival.org/martinus-fredericks-germany-namibia-compensation-agreement
Publications by A/Xarra Restorative Justice Forum Members
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Lewis, Desiree, and Gabeba Baderoon, eds. Surfacing: On being black and feminist in South Africa. Wits University Press, 2021.
https://witspress.co.za/catalogue/surfacing/
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Muthien, Bernedette and Bam, June, eds. Re-thinking Africa: Indigenous Women Re-interpret Southern Africa's Pasts. Jacana Media, 2020.
https://jacana.co.za/product/rethinking-africa-indigenous-women-re-interpret-southern-africas-pasts/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEIkOguGV9U&t=47s&ab_channel=Khoi%26SanUnitUCT
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Bam, June, Lungisile Ntsebeza, and Allan Zinn, eds. Whose History Counts: Decolonising African Pre-Colonial Historiography. African SUN Media, 2018.
https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99116941153506421
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Jenkins, Tauriq. "When it flows, it floods." New Agenda: South African Journal of Social and Economic Policy 2021.79 (2021): 36-41.
https://obs.org.za/cms/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Tauriq-Jenkins-New-Agenda-No79-2021.pdf
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Abrahams, Yvette. "How Must I Explain to the Dolphins?: An Intersectional Approach to Theorizing the Epistemology of Climate Uncertainty." Environmental Ethics 40.4 (2018): 389-404.
Food Security and Advocating for the Marginalized
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Rights violations threaten individuals and communities via lockdown regulations in South Africa
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Hungry men and women are angry men and women, say activists
Transforming Museums
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The Big Review: Slavery at the Rijksmuseum by Carine Zaayman
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/07/09/the-big-review-slavery-at-the-rijksmuseum
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‘Under Cover of Darkness’ team present at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 6 April 2021
https://undercoverofdarkness.co.za/press/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVEuKtKVLCE&ab_channel=CLUEPlus
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‘Inter-RESTING Times’ exhibition restores a touch of dignity to museum life