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Sediments of Meaning: A Military History of Mapungubwe National Park, 1932-present

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Lecture Global/Intercultural

Tue, Sep 9, 2025

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT (GMT-4)

Briger Hall Auditorium

Princeton, NJ 08544, United States

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This presentation is about the archaeological and political history of South Africa's Mapungubwe National Park, with a particular focus on the reserve's role during apartheid as a rehabilitation camp for gay military conscripts and recreational drug users. The talk examines the much-neglected role of the apartheid military in fashioning a notion of normalcy founded on arbitrary distinctions between black and white, gay and straight, as well as "normal" and "abnormal."
Food Provided (LUNCH WILL BE SERVED AT NOON)

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Briger Hall Auditorium

Princeton, NJ 08544, United States

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Jacob S. T. Dlamini

Princeton University

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Program in African Studies | View More Events

HMEI - High Meadows Environmental Institute
Co-hosted with: Princeton Institute for International & Regional Studies, Africa World Initiative

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