Nordic Africa Institute (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet) is a center for research, documentation and information on modern Africa in the Nordic region. It is dedicated to providing timely, critical and alternative research and analysis of Africa in the Nordic countries and to strengthen the co- operation between African and Nordic researchers. As a hub and a meeting place in the Nordic region for a growing ield of research and analysis the Institute strives to put knowledge of African issues within reach for scholars, policy makers, politicians, media, students and the general public. The Institute is inanced jointly by the Nordic countries (, , Iceland, and ).

The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation was established in by the Swedish government in memory of the second Secretary-General of the United Nations as an autonomous foundation. Through its seminars, workshops, lectures and publications the Foundation seeks to strengthen the voices of less powerful members of the international community. In particular, it builds capacity in the areas of peace, security, human rights, democracy and sustainable development. Over the years, the Foundation, together with its wide network, has organised hundreds of seminars and workshops and produced over publications of material arising from these events, among them the journal Development Dialogue. Invitation The Luthuli Museum was oficially opened in . It includes the original home of Chief Albert Luthuli in Groutville, KwaDukuza. Today the home is a national monument. Set in lovely landscaped gardens, the Albert Luthuli and grounds provide the ideal setting in which to absorb the history and achievements of a man who became the irst African to receive the Nobel Dag Hammarskjöld Prize for Peace. - Leaders and Visionaries The mission of the Luthuli Museum is to conserve, uphold, promote and propagate the life, values, philosophies and legacy of the late Chief Symposium in commemoration of the Albert Luthuli in the struggle against Apartheid oppression, respect for Nobel Peace Prize to Chief Albert Luthuli and human rights as well as life devotion to non-violent resolutions to world problems. Dag Hammarskjöld | November in Uppsala RSVP latest October to [email protected] or + ()-

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Chief Albert Luthuli was since the President-General of the African National Congress (ANC of South Africa), a position he held until his death in . He was Billy Modise, former Chief Representative Jabulani Sithole, researcher and lecturer at of the African National Congress (ANC) in the history department of the University of adamant in his demands for civil rights, equality and peace among all peoples. Sweden and former Chief of State Protocol KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Working with other leaders in non-violent campaigns to oppose discriminatory of South Africa. As an ANC refugee student, Evert Svensson, former member of the laws imposed by the apartheid regime, he suffered constant movement bans and he attended the Nobel Peace ceremony in Swedish parliament, representing the endured legal harassment. Oslo, Norway, in December . Social Democratic Party, and former The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Albert Luthuli as the irst African in . Raymond Suttner, Emeritus Professor at the president of the International League He was only able to receive the Prize in , the year in which the Prize was post- University of South Africa in Pretoria and of Religious Socialists. In , he was humously awarded to Dag Hammarskjöld. Chief Luthuli represented the desire Visiting Professor at Rhodes University in instrumental in submitting the candidature of the (South) African people for dignity and freedom, a desire Dag Hammar- Grahamstown, South Africa. He is currently of Albert Luthuli for the Nobel Peace Prize. preparing a biography of Albert Luthuli. skjöld always recognized and supported. The two Nobel Peace Prize Laureates of Tor Sellström, researcher at the Nordic / therefore symbolized and represented the global alliance in support of Albertinah Luthuli, former ANC member of Africa Institute. He has published works the place the African continent and her people deserve in the world. the South African national assembly and on Sweden and Albert Luthuli, as well as currently member of the KwaZulu-Natal on Dag Hammarskjöld and South Africa. provincial parliament. She is the daughter of Albert Luthuli. The Nordic Africa Institute (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet) is a center for The