Report back on the The Alan Paton Centre 20th Anniversary Conference
introduction by Jewel Koopman Manuscript Librarian of the Alan Paton Centre Photos from the Conference
Prof. Peter Alexander (centre) at the launch of his new book Alan Paton: Selected Letters, with the publishers, Prof. Howard Phillips and Dr Elizabeth van Heyningen, Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Van Riebeeck Society.
Prof. Howard Phillips presented copies of Prof. Peter Alexander's new book, Alan Paton: Selected Letters, to Mrs Anne Paton and Dr David Paton
Conference delegates after presenting their papers: Patricia Maritz of the University of Zululand; Dr Betty Govinden from the Edgewood Campus of UKZN; and Nonyelum Mba from the University of Abuja, Nigeria.
Conference delegates after presenting their papers: Mary Burton, former president of the Black Sash; Estelle Liebenberg-Barkhuizen of the Alan Paton Centre & Struggle Archives, UKZN; and Darryl David, an Afrikaans lecturer at UKZN.
Conference delegates at tea break: Anne Reef from the University of Memphis in Tennessee; Prof. Bernth Lindfors of the University of Texas, USA; and Prof. Mbongeni Malaba from the University of Namibia.
Conference delegates on the "Paton's Pietermaritzburg" Literary Trail visited Maritzburg College as their first stop.