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Congratulations to Rufus S who has just won Oriel College’s Rex Nettleford essay prize for Year 12 students. Inspired by his reading of James Baldwin’s Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone, Rufus’s essay explored the role the arts play in the creation, or challenging of, racialised hierarchies. Drawing on the work he has done on Literary Theory during his English extension classes at Wellington, Rufus was able to contextualise the novel and argue that its protagonist transgresses the racist social boundaries of his environment through his success in the artistic landscape of his time.
Rufus, who has just been elected Head of College at Wellington, hopes to read English at either Oxford, Cambridge, or at an East coast US University, before hopefully combining his academic studies with a career in film, either as an actor or Director. Judging by his success so far, both in the classroom and on the Wellington stage, this is no idle ambition!
Find out more about the Rex Nettleford prize HERE.
