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“Political culture in post-colonial Africa and post-communist Europe”

30, September 2015:
“Political culture in post-colonial Africa and post-communist Europe”

On Wednesday 30, September 2015,, at 12 pm takes place the meeting of the Academic Council of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Agenda :

The lecture on “Political culture in post-colonial Africa and post-communist Europe” by professor Peter Skalnik (University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic)

Moses Kotane’s remains are being repatriated from Russia, back to South Africa

Anti-apartheid hero Moses Kotane’s remains are to be repatriated from Russia, back to South Africa. Kotane was buried at the prestigious Novodevichy cemetery in the capital of what was then the Soviet Union. In the following decades, the apartheid regime collapsed and a new millennium dawned but one woman never forgot Kotane or gave up on bringing him home. Rebecca Kotane, now 103, is about to see her last wish come true when her husband’s remains are returned to African soil. read more in the Guardian’s recent article:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/23/anti-apartheid-hero-moses-kotanes-remains-repatriated-russia?CMP=share_btn_tw