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SUMMARY:The Nelson Mandela lecture with Zubeida Jaffer
DESCRIPTION:\nZubeida Jaffer\, Author and Journalist\, will present &quo
t\;In Hope of Peace\, Not War"\; as the 2018 Nelson Mandela lecture.
\; \;\n\nZubeida Jaffer is a veteran South African journalist.
She has won several awards for her work both locally and internationally
. She holds undergraduate degrees from the University of Cape Town and R
hodes University where she had to obtain government permission to study
because she was not white.\n\n \;\n\nHer work as a journalist led to
her detention under Section Six of the Terrorism Act six months after s
he started her first job. This catapulted her into the resistance moveme
nt for the next ten years. Prior to the first democratic elections in 19
94\, she was selected as one of seven media professionals in the country
to oversee the relationship between the media and political parties dur
ing the election.\n\n \;\n\nA year later\, Nelson Mandela raised a b
ursary for her to do her MSc in Journalism at Columbia University. She r
eturned to the country after a year in New York to become one of the mos
t senior female bureau chiefs at a chain of 14 newspapers and covered th
e Mandela years. \n\nShe has recently retired from her job at the Univer
sity of Free State but not from her writing. She runs two websites\, one
her own\, www.zubeidajaffer.co.za and the other\, www.thejournalist.org
.za. \; She is also author of three books\, the latest one being abo
ut Charlotte Maxeke\, South Africa&rsquo\;s first black female graduate.
After her talk\, she plans to visit Wilberforce University in Ohio wher
e Mrs. Maxeke graduated in 1901.\n\n \;\n\nFREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBL
IC\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/
event/the_nelson_mandela_lecture_with_zubeida_jaffer/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Zubeida Jaffer,
Author and Journalist, will present "In Hope of Peace, Not War&quo
t; as the 2018 Nelson Mandela lecture.
Zubeida Jaffer
is a veteran South African journalist. She has won several awards for he
r work both locally and internationally. She holds undergraduate degrees
from the University of Cape Town and Rhodes University where she had to
obtain government permission to study because she was not white.
Her work as a journalist led to her detention under Section
Six of the Terrorism Act six months after she started her first job. Th
is catapulted her into the resistance movement for the next ten years. P
rior to the first democratic elections in 1994, she was selected as one
of seven media professionals in the country to oversee the relationship
between the media and political parties during the election.
;
A year later, Nelson Mandela raised a bursary for her to do her
MSc in Journalism at Columbia University. She returned to the country af
ter a year in New York to become one of the most senior female bureau ch
iefs at a chain of 14 newspapers and covered the Mandela years.
S
he has recently retired from her job at the University of Free State but
not from her writing. She runs two websites, one her own, www.zubeidajaffer.co.za and the o
ther, www.thejournalist.org
.za. She is also author of three books, the latest one bei
ng about Charlotte Maxeke, South Africa’s first black female gradu
ate. After her talk, she plans to visit Wilberforce University in Ohio w
here Mrs. Maxeke graduated in 1901.
FREE AND OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/the_nelson_mandela_lecture_with_z
ubeida_jaffer/
LOCATION:Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library
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