Chérif KeïTA, William H. Laird Professor of French and the Liberal Arts, participated in the induction of the late Nokutela Mdima Dube into the Hall of Heroes and Heroines of the South African Liberation, and struggle for a multiracial democracy, at Freedom Park (Pretoria, South Africa), August 21 through 23. The event was widely covered by official government press releases and independent newspapers and radio stations.