Dialogue among Civilisations

The AFH public advocacy campaign includes exhibiting the art and poetry resulting from the project in public spaces throughout South Africa in the form of billboards, banners, exhibitions, and posters. A publication will document the art and poetry, as well as contributions from internationally recognised human rights personalities and specialists in the field of sport, xenophobia, and refugees. The collection to date has received contributions from artists and poets from Africa, Asia, Oceania, South America, Europe, North and Central America and the Caribbean, and Durban Sister Cities.

The catalogue, expected to be published early in 2010, includes contributions from the artists, poets, writers, educators, and human rights activists representing the international community. This publication was made available at the opening exhibition planned for March 21 2010 at the Durban Art Gallery.

A conference on the theme of "Art and Social Justice" was planned for March 21-24 2010; it was hosted by the Durban University of Technology. Following that, a public advocacy campaign will be initiated to also coincide with the 2010 FIFA World Cup, when a large number of people from the rest of Africa and the international community will be visiting South Africa. The Dialogue among Civilians conference will include the collaborative participation of artists and poets such as Themba Shibase and Khona Dlamini from Durban, South Africa, William Kelly and Joel Deane from Australia, and Mel Edwards and Jayne Cortez from the United States.

The portfolio, featuring prints and poetry from the project, will be made available to individuals, organisations, and galleries. Institutions wishing to exhibit the collection of art and poetry are encouraged to invite local artists and poets to create work responding to the theme and objective of the project so that this work can form part of a curated exhibition together with the "Dialogue" collection.

Racism, Xenophobia, Refugees

According to AFH, the project has been warmly received, with statements endorsing the project received from organisations and individuals.

AFH is a non-profit organisation based in Durban, South Africa, which specialises in producing fine art print portfolios, exhibitions, billboards, and research projects that advocate various human rights issues in South Africa and internationally.