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The East Laird Times is distributed electronically to the faculty by the Dean of the College Office. It is published bi-monthly during the academic terms, and on an occasional basis during breaks. You may submit articles for the ELT to Charlene Hamblin by using the ELT Submission Form. Staff who wish to be added to the ELT mailing list may contact Peggy Pfister at x4303.

September 2, 2009 (September 2, 2009)

Cherif Keïta

August 27, 2009

"Oberlin-Inanda" reviewed in an article by Thierry Perret under the title "John Dube: Un Educateur dans la Nation Arc-en-ciel", posted on the Radio France International site: http://www.rfi.fr/fichiers/MFI/CultureSociete/2849.asp


An English version of the review, titled "Rediscovering John Dube, ANC founder and educationalist", is found here: http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/116/article_4754.asp


Keita's second documentary film, "Cemetery Stories" had five screenings at the 30th Durban International Film Festival and was viewed by more than a thousand people. The film is reviewed in the South African daily, The Witness, in article entitled "The Land Has Spoken": http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global[_id]=26386


Keita's contribution to a special panel organized by the Festival called "From the Manuscripts of Timbuktu to the Hundred Years of Electric Cinema in Durban" is featured in an article entitled "African Filmmakers Focus on Telling Our Own Stories": http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global[_id]=26149