Call for Papers: 2nd Annual Africa without Borders Conference,
10/04
Call for Papers
The 2nd Annual Towards an Africa Without Borders Conference:
Transformation and Action
October 8th to October 10th 2004
UW-Madison, Wisconsin US
Anticipated keynote speakers: Wole Soyinka, Sonia Sanchez
and Heena Brahmbhatt
The organizing committee for TAWB II invites papers and
colloquia from activists and scholars from all disciplines
and professions on the topics of TRANSFORMATION and
GUIDEPOSTS in Africa and Diaspora. Our vision for TAWB II
is to host a forum for a discussion leading to ACTION that
will be centered on (but not limited to) the following core
questions:
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How do those of us working for change in Africa and its
Diaspora imagine Transformation? How has
progress/advancement been identified historically? What are
some existing examples of guideposts? What has been
achieved?
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The Ties that Bind - In what ways do the issues that
Africans face differ from the issues that African-Americans
and other Africans in the Diaspora face in achieving goals
towards 'progress'? Which issues are shared? How can we
build a common platform and on what issues should it be
based?
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How 'Pan' is Pan-Africanism? Is Pan-Africanism inclusive
of Northern Africa?
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How has African feminism fared in Pan-Africanist theory
and action?
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Fanon, Nkrumah, Cabral etc. and the cause for African
independence: What is the future of African radical theory?
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Progress in fighting the AIDS pandemic: What are the
issues? What has been achieved? What more needs to be done?
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Africa and the War on Terror: Whose war? Whose
terrorists?
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Africa via Haiti: 200 years between empires?
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Refugees and immigration: What role for Pan-Africanism?
The above questions meant to raise discussion leading to
action may also be narrowed to topics relevant to
Pan-Africanism such as:
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Non-governmental Organizations: Agents of Change or
neocolonialism? (ii) Regional Cooperative Efforts (such as
the AU, NEPAD and the EAU): Progress or forbearance? (iii)
Globalization: Are there alternative globalizations? (iv)
IMF/World Bank and the anti-globalization movement: What
role for the African activist? (v) The future of change in
Africa and Pan-Africanism/African unification =96 pragmatics
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Latin American and African connections in political
struggle (vii) The Congo and Pan Africanism (viii) Rwanda =96
When is never again never again? (ix) Palestine/Israel:=20
What does it mean to the political activist in Africa and
Diaspora? (x) The African writer, language and African unity
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South Africa: Betrayal or Fulfillment? (xiii) Africa
and the Middle East (xiv) Naming: Anglophone, Francophone
and Lusophone Africa=85 (xv) North Africa in relation to
Sub-Sahara Africa
Submission of abstracts: Abstracts should be limited to 250
words, and should include the author's name, title,
affiliation, and full address (including telephone, fax, and
e-mail). If abstracts are submitted by e-mail, attachments
should be in Microsoft Word (.doc). The deadline for
abstract submission is May 10th, 2004. (If you are sending
in your abstract from outside the United States, please
consider your country's visa application turn around and
adjust the deadline accordingly).
The abstracts can be sent to the following address:
Towards an Africa without Borders
Department of African Languages and Literature
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1414 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53715
or to the following e-mail addresses:
mwngugi@wisc.edu or jwmagua@wisc.edu
For additional information, please contact Mukoma Wa Ngugi
at 608-262-8462 or visit our website at
http://african.lss.wisc.edu/AWB
Page Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.