Call for Papers: US-West Africa Conference, 04/05

The University of Texas at Arlington
The Africa Program

Announces an

International Conference on The United States and West Africa

April 28-30, 2005

University Center,
University of Texas at Arlington

CALL FOR PAPERS

This is a three-day conference on historical and contemporary relations between the United States and West Africa.

The major themes of the conference are:

The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Afriacan Americans and West Africa

United States Foreign Policy Towards West Africa

United States Business Relations with West Africa

The New West African Diaspora in the United States

Participants will be drawn from the United States, Europe, and Africa. Graduate students are encouraged to attend and present papers. Selected papers from the conference will be published in book form.

The deadline for submitting paper proposals is December 31,2004. Proposals should include a 250-word abstract along with the author's address, telephone, e-mail, and institutional affiliation.

Please address all inquiries and send submissions to:

Dr. Alusine Jalloh, Director
The Africa Program
University of Texas at Arlington
P.O. Box 19991
Arlington, Texas 76019-0991
Tel.: (817) 272-5302

Fax: (817) 272-5210
E-mail: Jalloh@uta.edu

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