2012/2013 Academic Year Calendar - International Institute ...

JULY 2013
Translation for days: Xhosa
SUNDAY
icawe
Bastille Day
FRANCE
7
14
21
28
Fiestas Patrias –
Independence Day from
the Spanish Empire
PERU
MONDAY
umvulo
1
8
15
22
29
TUESDAY
ulwesibini
Ramadan* begins
2
9
16
23
30
WEDNESDAY
ulwesithathu
3
10
17
24
31
THURSDAY
ulwesine
Independence Day
UNITED STATES
Mandela Day
SOUTH AFRICA
4
11
18
25
FRIDAY
ulwesihlanu
5
12
19
26
SATURDAY
umgqibelo
6
13
20
27
“The Voice”
Communicating through song
Vusi Mahlasela is a musician, singer-songwriter, and
composer from South Africa. Known as “The Voice” in
his country, he is celebrated for his distinct, powerful
voice and his poetic, optimistic lyrics. His songs of
hope connect apartheid-scarred South Africa with its
promise for a better future. Mahlasela performed at the
1994 inauguration of former South African President
Nelson Mandela. He helped ring in the World Cup at
FIFA’s kick-off concert at Orlando Stadium, and his song
“When You Come Back” was ITV’s official theme song
for the World Cup in the United Kingdom. Mahlasela
visited the University of Michigan as a Center for World
Performance Studies Artist Resident in 2012.
DID YOU
KNOW?
•• Nelson Mandela. On April 27, 1994, the first
democratic elections were held in South Africa with
people of all races being able to vote. A Government
of National Unity was formed with Nelson Mandela
as president. Mandela had spent more than 27 years
in prison for his opposition to apartheid. His release
from prison in February 1990 was the beginning of
the slow dismantling of the apartheid system.
Era 8, 20th century since 1945
• Founding of Cape Town. Dutch traders landed
at the southern tip of modern-day South Africa in
1652 and established a stopover point on the spice
route between the Netherlands and the Far East,
founding the city of Cape Town. The British would
later seize the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806.
Further immigration by European settlers due to
the discovery of diamonds and gold intensified the
subjugation of the native inhabitants. Era 5, 15th to
18th centuries