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And why did animals dominate that art for so long?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poet, novelist and essayist Renaud Ego is a French specialist in southern African rock art, which he has studied for the past twenty years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/sunday-times\/books\/non-fiction\/2019-02-25-renaud-egos-magnificent-visionary-animals-examines-the-rock-art-of-the-san\/\">Renaud Ego<\/a> will present the book followed by a discussion with Prof Yunus Ballim (Vice-Chancellor of Sol Plaatje University), and rock art specialists, <a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/spu\/index.php\/honorary-membership-for-humanities-professor\/\">Prof David Morris<\/a> and Dr Louren\u00e7o Pinto (both from Sol Plaatje University).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When<\/strong>: Wednesday 20 March, 17:00 for 17:30<br><strong>Where<\/strong>: McGregor Museum, Lady Oppenheimer Hall <em>(please note that venue was changed from the earlier post<\/em>)&nbsp;<br><strong>RSVP<\/strong>: sukayna.obaray@spu.ac.za or 053 491 0218 by Monday 18 March<br>Refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sol Plaatje University, IFAS\u2013Recherche and Wits University Press have the pleasure of inviting you to the launch of a new book on rock art VISIONARY ANIMAL Rock Art from Southern Africa Visionary Animal is a rich collection of essays <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/rock-art-book-launch-for-spu\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,54,4],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-humanities-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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