A/Xarra Restorative Justice Forum
The Xarra Restorative Justice Forum was established at CAS in 2018 as a co-design knowledge and research partnership with a number of Civic and Traditional Khoi and San structures. It has functioning research commissions in land, language, human remains, women and youth. It has also recently established a Covid 19 research commission. It has played a leading role in transformation initiatives at UCT such as the Naming of the Sarah Baartmann Memorial Hall and the teaching of foundational Khoekhoegowab to the community.
A brief timeline of A/Xarra Restorative Justice forum at UCT:
The establishment of the A/Xarra Restorative Justice Forum at the Centre For African Studies, University of Cape Town (2017 – 2018)
The UCT campus is situated on land that was respectively settled on by the San and Khoi for thousands of years.Huri #oaxa – Mountain rising out the sea
The A/Xarra Values & Terms of Reference
•Anti-racism
•Anti-sexism
•Anti-gender based violence
•Anti-patriarchy
•Anti-corruption
•Anti-exploitation
The following commissions have been established by A/XARRA:
•Language Commission
•Human Remains Commission
•Land and Housing Commission
•Women’s Commission
•Youth Commission
•Covid-19 Commission
Centre for African Studies (CAS) collaboration with A/Xarra Restorative Justice Forum
Centre for African Studies (CAS) in collaboration with A/Xarra Restorative Justice Forum hosted the Third 'Rethinking Africa' catalytic Precolonial conference that took place from the 23-24 January 2020 at the CAS Gallery, Upper Campus, UCT funded by The National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS). The co-design knowledge partnership led to the establishment of the Khoi and San Unit which will develop into an Institute, where the A/Xarra is a key community engagement stakeholder.
Further engagement at UCT