2 Aug, 2022UWC Africa Week 2022 started on a
high note on Wednesday 27 July through an opening assembly addressed by WK
alumnus Khulekani Msweli.
Khulekani spoke abundantly about
the need for Africa to tell her story. “We have an incredible and resilient
continent that has been crowded by misinformation, but through technology, we
are now able to share our own story," he said. On Friday 29 July there
were workshops, after which there was Panel Forum I featuring leading industry experts
from Eswatini. There was an incredible keynote address delivered by the Chief
Executive of BancABCZim, Dr. Lance Mambondiani, as well as a Panel Forum II in
the afternoon, a Reception and Visual Arts Exhibition later on the evening of
Friday 29 July.
This year’s UWC Africa Week theme
is “Africa: Retold, Rethought, Rewritten” and it seeks to reclaim what was once
taken. It seeks to untwist the warped tongues of the people to allow them to
tell the stories of their home, their ancestry, and their land. It seeks to
reframe Africa’s narrative and reclaim the ideological thought process that has
led to the intellectual subjugation of Africa. It seeks to rewrite the history
of the continent, decentering the west from Africa’s narrative by centering the
rich history of its people.
