2019 Nelson Mandela Visiting Lecturer delivers public lecture

Prof Ashforth delivers public lecture to students, staff and the Rhodes community.
Prof Ashforth delivers public lecture to students, staff and the Rhodes community.

Our 2019 Nelson Mandela Visiting Professor was Professor Adam Ashforth, who is Professor of Afro-American and African studies at the 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Michigan in the USA. He spent a month with our students teaching the course ‘Rhodes Curse: the Formation of the South African State’. While he was here, he also presented a public lecture entitled ‘In Defence of Witch Trials: The Quest for Justice and Security in a World with Witches’. For more on the lecture, see here