Banned Books exhibition launch

Abstract

In celebration of SA National Book Week (5 -11 September 2024), the Department of Library Services in launched its Banned Books exhibition in the Merensky 2 Library auditorium on 9 September 2024. The event was attended by students as well as the staff members of the University of Pretoria. The National Library of South Africa was also present and part of the exhibition. The event was about the the history of censorship and book banning in our South Africa as well other countries. The programme: Professor Thulasizwe Simpson (UP Department of Historical and Heritage Studies) on The Oxford History of South Africa (2 vols. 1969, 1971): Censorship and SA historiography under Apartheid; Professor Willie Burger (UP Department of Afrikaans) on The banning of André P. Brink's Kennis van die Aand; Professor Molly Brown (UP Department of English) on the current book banning of Young Adult literature in American schools Prof Siphiwe Mthiyane (Education Management and Policy Studies) Topic: Censorship and book banning – My experiences as a high school learner and a student teacher during the 1980s