These public conversations, moderated by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela from the wonderful space of the Stellenbosch University Museum, were with coloured, black and white women who have maintained sustained conversation about race and racism, grappling with experiencing the reality of race as it plays out in their relationship with one another. Our interest in these dialogue processes is in learning about the potentially transformative moments that emerge from these difficult conversations, and to understand some of the deeper issues that are not only difficult to face in conversations about race, but perhaps remain as challenges in the relationships and conversations about race.
AVReQ Celebrates Dr Anell Stacey Daries and Her Onward Journey
Author: Irshaad Suliman On Wednesday, 10 June 2026, AVReQ hosted a special in-house Brown Bag Lunch to celebrate Dr Anell Stacey Daries and her onward journey as she prepares to join the Department of [...]
Towards a Restitution of the Afrikaaps/ns Archive: Discussing Praxis.
Author: Modiegi Mafalo – Masters Fellow at AVReQ On the 29th of April, AVReQ hosted an in-house presentation by Dr Alésha Bredell titled “Towards a Restitution of the Afrikaaps/ns Archive: Discussing Praxis.” The session brought [...]
Dr. Panashe Chigumadzi to deliver the 8th Africa Day Lecture
A powerful and intellectually provocative lecture by historian, writer and public intellectual Dr Panashe Chigumadzi headlined Stellenbosch University’s 8th Annual Africa Day Lecture on 27 May 2026. Hosted at the Stellenbosch University Museum, the [...]
Beyond Abstraction: Bearing Witness and Choosing Solidarity in a Time of Violence
Author: Ella Hodge - Masters Fellow at AVReQ At the beginning of January, Renee Good was murdered by ICE agents in Minnesota. The next day, footage from a TikTok livestream went viral. Also in [...]
AVReQ signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Wasatia Graduate School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany.
On January 22, the partnership between AVReQ and the Wasatia Graduate School for Peace and Conflict Resolution was formalised with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement establishes a strategic international partnership [...]
Reframing Gender-Based Violence: Decolonial Feminist Dialogues from Africa to the Global Stage
In opening the conversation, Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela located the event within a longer history of struggle, solidarity and intellectual activism. Reflecting on her shared past with Professor Tamara Shefer as members of “psychologists against [...]