The Dialogue Programme
About the Dialogue Programme
The Nelson Mandela Foundation seeks to contribute to a just society by promoting the vision and work of its Founder and convening dialogue around critical social issues.
Our Founder, Mr Nelson Mandela, based his entire life on the principle of dialogue and the art of listening and speaking to others; it is also the art of getting others to listen and speak to each other.
Drawing on the contribution that he, his colleagues and his comrades made towards creating our fledgling democracy, the NMF’s Centre of Memory and Dialogue encourages people to enter into dialogue – often about difficult subjects – in order to address the challenges we face today.
News
A series of interviews with Ariel Dorfman, speaker at the Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
August 30, 2010 – Acclaimed author and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman delivered the Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on July 31, 2010, at the Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg.
His talk entitled: “Whose Memory? Whose Justice? A Meditation on How and When and If to Reconcile”, drew on his own experiences during times of unrest, oppression and reconciliation in Chile. Dorfman drew parallels with experiences shared by Nelson Mandela and South Africa as a whole during and after apartheid.
Video of the Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
July 31, 2010 – Acclaimed author and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman delivered a thought-provoking lecture, the eighth in the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture series, at the Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg.
His talk, entitled, “Whose Memory? Whose Justice? A Meditation on How and When and If to Reconcile”, drew on his own experiences during times of unrest, oppression and reconciliation in Chile, drawing parallels with those of Nelson Mandela, and of South Africa as a whole, during and after apartheid.
Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture: Ariel Dorfman talks about memory, justice and reconciliation
July 31, 2010 – Critically acclaimed Chilean-American author, writer and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman delivered the Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture at the Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg.
Ariel Dorfman delivers Eigth Nelson Mandela Foundation Annual Lecture: Reflections from the Audience
July 31, 2010 – The Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture took place at the Linder Auditorium at Wits University today. Guests were treated to a thought-provoking, emotional speech by writer, novelist, poet and revolutionary, Ariel Dorfman.
In his keynote speech, Dorfman spoke about the struggle for freedom in Latin America compared to that of South Africa.
Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture address
July 31, 2010 –The Eighth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture address by Chilean-American author Ariel Dorfman.
Ariel Dorfman discusses protest theatre with prominent South African writers
July 31, 2010 – Last night, Ariel Dorfman joined Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer and respected playwright, director and actor John Kani at the Wits Theatre in Johannesburg for a discussion on the role of protest theatre in influencing history.
Ariel Dorfman reads to children as part of his Mandela Day activities
July 30, 2010 –Yesterday Ariel Dorfman spent time at Bertrams Junior School reading to young learners as part of his Mandela Day commitments.
Foundation hosts special screening of A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman
July 30, 2010 –The Nelson Mandela Foundation hosted an evening with Ariel Dorfman on Wednesday night and invited select donors, stakeholders and staff to enjoy a screening of A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman.
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Recent Publications
Community conversations booklet
In this booklet we document the progress made through community conversations in South Africa in 2009.
Community Conversations: Communities Embracing Each Other – 2009 (4MB)
The Community Conversations: Communities Embracing Each Other – 2009 booklet details the outcomes of the 15 dialogues the Nelson Mandela Foundation convened in various communities across South Africa during 2009.
