- January 2002 Teacher
Workshops: (Free of charge) Curriculum guides will be created by a
student advisory panel
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with faculty direction. Copies of this guide will be distributed to teachers in
Charlotte-Mecklenburg County
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to prepare students for their dialogue with Professor Soyinka. The curriculum will focus on
Africa, issues of
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human rights and reconciliation and Soyinka’s literary works.
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- January – February 2002
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Film Festival: Hosted by the Public Library of Charlotte and
Mecklenburg County. Films that represent the
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Soyinka Project mission, such as Long Night’s Journey into Day, a film
documenting the South African Truth
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and Reconciliation Commission, Lumumba, a film documenting the life and assassination of
Congo’s first
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democratic president, Patrice Lumumba, will make up the series. Director Raoul Peck, (Lumumba) has been
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invited to the opening.
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- January 4, 2002 Art Competition for High School
Students: (Deadline: 5PM) Students across the county will be asked to
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submit original works of photography or two-dimensional art, whose focus is
justice and reconciliation between
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diverse racial groups. Advertised in The Charlotte Observer, educators and arts
professionals will serve as judges.
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Writing Competition for High School Students: (Deadline: 5PM)
Students across the county will be asked to
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submit original poetry and prose whose focus is justice and reconciliation
between diverse racial groups. It will be
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High School Drama Class Play Production: Under the direction of
Charlotte Repertory Theater, a local high
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school will script and produce a play relating to the life of Wole Soyinka. The
play will then be presented along
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with a student-created study guide to area middle school students.
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- January 24, 2002
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Student Tolerance Day: Providence High School will host 700
students from across Charlotte-Mecklenburg
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County including local public, private schools, home-schooled children, as well
as students from Hyde School,
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Bath, Maine, and the Paideia School in Atlanta, to prepare for the Student Dialogue.
Students will be introduced
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to The Echo Foundation, Wole Soyinka, and will be educated on topics specific to project themes.
Small groups
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will be formed for discussion and generation of ideas for questions at the Student Dialogue.
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- February 19, 2002
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Keynote Address: (6 PM, Hilton Charlotte & Towers) With an introduction by author, Maya
Angelou, 1986
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Nobel Laureate for Literature, Wole Soyinka will be the
Keynote Speaker at the Third Annual Echo
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Award Dinner. His address on the topic of Truth, Memory and Reconciliation
will be delivered to approximately
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700 guest.
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- February 20, 2002
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Student Dialogue: (8:00 AM) Providence High School will host a
1.5-hour discussion between students
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and Professor Soyinka. Students will base their questions on knowledge acquired from
their studies using the
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curriculum guide and Student Tolerance Day. This will be the culmination and the exclamation
mark of The Wole
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Soyinka Project: Truth, Memory, and Reconciliation. WJZY has generously committed to creating a
documentary
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of this educational event in Charlotte to be shared nation-wide.
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Staged Reading: (7:30 PM, Booth Playhouse) The African American
Play Festival will present a staged reading
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of Soyinka’s work at the Booth Playhouse, followed by an audience dialogue
with the playwright.
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- February 21, 2002
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Soyinka Poetry: (8 PM, Location TBA) One evening of Soyinka’s
February visit will be devoted to his poetry.
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Moving Poets, a local dance and mullet-media troupe, will perform an
interpretation of Soyinka poetry followed
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by a readings by Soyinka himself. Audience discussion following.