# Since 2012, University of the Western Cape professor, Marichen van der Westhuizen, has explored how music, dance, photography, and storytelling can serve as tools for social cohesion and inclusion. She is set to deliver her inaugural UWC lecture next week, which is dubbed the celebration of academic achievement. Van der Westhuizen says that her upbringing during apartheid in Oudtshoorn was steeped in creativity and critical awareness:
UWC academic uses arts to empower students and communities [SOUND]
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