The Center for African Education & the African Studies Working Group at Teachers College, Columbia University

 

invite you to a  screening of the documentary

A Light on a Hill: A Tour of the Constitutional Court of South Africa

 

followed by a discussion with

 

 Justice Albie Sachs

Constitutional Court of South Africa


Text Box: The South African Constitutional Court was built in the heart of a former prison in Johannesburg where both Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela were once imprisoned. Justice Sachs was a leader in the struggle for human rights in South Africa and a freedom fighter in the African National Congress. Nelson Mandela appointed him to the Court in 1994. Justice Sachs will introduce the documentary then engage in a discussion following the screening. "The Constitutional Court building, indeed the entire Constitutional Hill precinct, will also stand as a beacon of light, a symbol of hope and celebration. Transforming a notorious icon of repression into its opposite, it will ease the memories of suffering inflicted in the dark corners, cells and corridors of the Old Fort Prison. Rising from the ashes of that ghastly era, it will shine forth as a pledge for all time that South Africa will never return to that abyss. It will stand as an affirmation that South Africa is indeed a better place for all." Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa

 

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm; 179 Grace Dodge Hall

 

A wine and cheese reception

will follow in 109 Zankel Hall (the Trustee Room)

 

Please RSVP to: cae@tc.columbia.edu

 

Individuals with disabilities are invited to request reasonable accommodations including, but not limited to sign language interpretation, Braille or large print materials, and a campus map of accessible features. Address these requests to the Office of Access and Services for Individuals with Disabilities at (212) 678-3689, keller@tc.edu, or Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services at (212) 678-3853 V/TTY, jaech@tc.edu.

 

While every attempt will be made to fulfill all requests for reasonable accommodations regardless of when these requests are made, making requests as soon as possible will ensure that accommodations will be provided.

 


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