Screening of the film Afrikaaps (2010) followed by a conversation with award-winning filmmaker Dylan Valley

24 September from 13:00-15:00

Afrikaaps (2010) is award-winning documentary filmmaker and educator Dylan Valley’s debut film in which he uses HipHop, humour and personal perspective to explore the often untold Creole history of Afrikaans. Afrikaaps reclaims and liberates Afrikaans from its reputation as the language of the oppressor, taking it back to the people who claim a legitimate ownership to it. The film follows a group of local artists creating the stage production, AFRIKAAPS, as they trace the true roots of Afrikaans to those who were enslaved in the Cape. It features the musical greats, Jitsvinger, Kyle Shepard, Emile (black noise), Moenier Parker, Shane Cooper, Blaq Pearl, the powerhouse b-boy, Bliksemstraal, and the poetic genius of Jethro Louw. 

About Dylan Valley:

Dylan Valley is currently a Lecturer at the Centre for Film and Media Studies at the University of Cape Town, and a PhD student in media studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. In 2013 he received a Pulitzer Fellowship from the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, where he received his Masters in Specialised Journalism. At USC he completed his thesis documentary on the ground-breaking web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae. In January 2020, his virtual reality documentary Azibuye - The Occupation premiered at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in the New Frontiers Category.

Dylan spent a year as a commissioning editor at the South African Broadcasting Corporation. He is on the editorial board of the critical Pan-African arts, politics and culture blog, Africa is a Country. He has published in The Journal of South African and American Studies (SAFUNDI) as well as the online arts journal, Ellipses.

He is currently an Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity (2019-2020) and a New Generation of Academics Program (nGAP) recipient. His PhD research explores how the internet is shaping new methods of filmmaking on the African continent, and in the diaspora.