Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr, director of the WEB du Bois Institute for African American Research and founding director of the Hutchins Centre for African and African American Research, received an honorary doctorate and a standing ovation from the platform party at the Faculty of Humanities , University of Cape Town, South Africa graduation on Wednesday 17 December 2014, the third of four humanities ceremonies this week. One of Americas foremost public intellectuals, Gates had described himself as an intellectual entrepreneur, one blessed with ideas. The cultural critic, journalist, literary scholar, Alphonse Fletcher Professor at Harvard, award-winning film-maker, and fundraiser extraordinaire had immersed himself in his Grand Design, said Lewis. This is to compile and build the scholarly basis of African American literature, history, and culture, an effort that would resonate with the South African project of reclaiming lost histories. uct.ac.za/dailynews/?id=8938
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:02:14 +0000
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