This year’s One World Week (OWW) Forum will feature at least two Nobel laureates, Professor John Hume and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, (Archbishop Tutu will speak via a video recording), amongst a stellar line up of intellectual and political heavyweights.
Other confirmed speakers so far include Ms Kate Allen (Director, Amnesty International UK), and Mrs Wijdan Salim (Acting Minister for Human Rights, Iraq). And the forum also includes a Film Festival screening Oscar-nominated films.
One World Week (OWW) takes place at the University from 19-27 January, it celebrates the world’s mosaic of culture through its four elements: Forum, Festival, Sports and Arts. It is organised by a team of over 240 student volunteers and is recognised as the World’s largest student-run international event with over 22,000 participants from 120 countries.
The One World Festival consists of five days, each exhibiting a different region of our world: Australasia, Americas and Caribbean, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and UK. Highlights include the Eurovision Song Contest and Miss One World.
Also in the Students’ Union, are the evening events, which portray festivities from around the world. Highlights include the International Food Festival, the Fashion Show, the World Party, and SensAsian featuring none other than Rishi Rich and Juggy D.
Put together in an Olympics-style format, One World Sports consists of a wide variety of competitions and workshops including football, water-polo, cricket, and a highly anticipated Pro-evolution football computer game tournament. Capoeira, a unique fusion of music and martial arts, will teach students how to practice martial arts to the sound of music.
One World Arts, the creative element of OWW, is set to showcase its largest ever portfolio of exhibition, creativity, music and drama. The most awaited events are the annual World Music Concert, a Graffiti Exhibition, and theatre performances including Whodidit? by Neil Harrison and The Island, set in South Africa’s Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was held hostage.
For more information visit www.oneworldweek.net