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Framingham State University will host Naomi Tutu, daughter of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his wife Nomalizo Leah Tutu, for a lecture on campus on Wednesday, February 8th.
Tutu will discuss the challenges of growing up black and female in apartheid South Africa during her lecture titled “Ubuntu: Our Shared Humanity.” Her experiences have taught her how much we all lose when any of us is judged purely on physical attributes.
Tutu began her public speaking career as a college student at Berea College in Kentucky in the 1970s when she was invited to speak at churches, community groups and colleges and universities about her experiences growing up in apartheid South Africa. She has also led Truth and Reconciliation Workshops for groups dealing with different types of conflict.
Tutu has served as a development consultant in West Africa and a program coordinator for programs on Race and Gender and Gender-Based Violence in Education at the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town. She has also taught at the Universities of Hartford and Connecticut and Brevard College.
The lecture is scheduled for Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at 7 p.m. in the Dwight Hall Performing Arts Center.
The lecture is part of the President’s Distinguished Lecture Series, which is bringing scholars from across the country to the University for presentations on thought-provoking issues, ideas and theories.
“Thinking, reading, and talking about important ideas are the heart and soul of the academic experience,” says Framingham State President Timothy Flanagan. “Developing a lecture series around a powerful set of ideas provides an opportunity for faculty, staff and students to enliven the academic environment.”
To register to attend the lecture, click here.
