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UCONN AFRICA NOTES vol. 6, no. 10 (November 9, 1998)
UPCOMING EVENTS AT UCONN
Nov. 9. Film. Tableau Ferraille (Senegal, 1997). Monteith 143, 6 pm. free
Nov. 10. Rally and Film to remember Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Ogoni activist executed in Nigeria on 10 November 1995. The film, Delta Force, about Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni cause will also shown. Student Union Patio and Mall, noon-2 pm.
Nov. 13. A Taste of Africa. Free food and music, Student Union 208, 6 pm to midnnight. All are welcome. Sponsored by the UConn Africa Club.
Nov. 16. Film. Finzan (Mali, 1990). Monteith 143, 6 pm. free.
Nov. 17. Talk. Lucy Stone McNeece (French Studies). Schizophrenic Fiction: Translating Post-Colonial Violence in North African Writing. Arjona 221, noon-1:15 pm. Co-sponsored by the Dept. of Modern Languages.
Nov. 19. Talk. Maureen Idehen (Nigeria Advocacy Group for Democracy and Human Rights). Human Rights and Democracy in Africa. African American Cultural Center, 2 pm (time to be confirmed next week).
UPCOMING EVENTS REGIONALLY
Nov. 10. Talk. Hermann Wittenberg (U. Western Cape). African Alpinism and the Shaping of an Imperial Landscape: the 1906 Abruzzi Expedition. Luce Hall, Yale, 34 Hillhouse, 12:30 pm.
Nov. 12. Talk. Peter Rosenblum (Harvard Law School). Revenge of the 'Old Africans': U.S. Policy, Human Rights, and the Newest Congo Crisis. HIID, Harvard U, 1 Eliot St., 4 pm.
Nov. 12. Talk. Susan Watkins (U. Penn). Social Networks and Fertility in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Center for Population Studies, Harvard, 9 Bow St., 4:30 - 6 pm.
Nov. 13. Performance. Tute Chigamba (Zimbabwe). Tute Chigamba in Concert: Live Traditional Music of Zimbabwe on the Mbira Dzavadzimu. Dudley House Common Room, Harvard U., 8:15 pm. For ticket info contact: Fleur Weinstock: weinstock@fas.harvard.edu; or Solomon Murungu: smurungu@tiac.net
Nov. 16. Talk. Laura Maclatchy (BU). Fossils from Karamoj. ASC, BU, 270 Bay State Road, noon-1:30 pm.
Nov. 15-16. A series of events will mark the opening of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale U. For info contact: Robert B. Forbes, Executive Coordinator of the Center, TEL: 203-432-3339; E-mail: gilder.lehrman.center@yale.edu; or Laurie Ackman: ycias@yale.edu
Nov. 17. Talk. David Newbury (U. North Carolina). Contradictions at the Heart of the Canon: The Debate over Jan Vansina's Role in Defining 'Oral Tradition'. Luce Hall, Yale, 34 Hillhouse, 4 pm.
Nov. 18. Talk. Ian Shapiro (Yale U). The Normalization of South African Politics. Luce Hall, Yale, 34 Hillhouse, 12:15 pm.
Nov. 20. Conference: Building the Disjuncture Between Continential and Diasporan Africans. Founders Hall, Central Connecticut State Univ. New Britain. 9 am-5 pm. The conference is free and students may also attend the luncheon for free. The luncheon speaker will be State Representative, William Dyson. Speakers throughout the day will include: Barry Hallen, Kofi Agorsah, Rowland Abiodum, Nkiru Nzegwe, Cheryl Grillls, and His Excellency Koby Koomson, Ghana's Ambassador to the USA. For info contact: Dr. Evelyn Phillips, 860-832-2617; Dr. Warren Perry, 860-832-2613; Dr. Peter LeMaire, 860-832-2939.
Nov. 23. Talk. Teferi Abate (BU). Land Policies and the Dynamics of Local Land Holding Systems in Amhara Ethiopia. ASC, BU, noon-1:30 pm. ____________________________________________________________________________
The REPORT OF THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION of South Africa is available through the Commission's website, free of charge, in both text and PDF formats. This site also includes other info as well--press releases, transcripts, legal documents, committee reports, etc. Truth and Reconciliation Commission: www.truth.org.za Final Report: www.truth.org.za/final/index.htm or on CD-ROM: www.truth.org.za/cdrom.htm
FELLOWSHIPS. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a unit of the New York Public Library, is now accepting applications for its Scholars-in Residence Program. Applications for projects in African, Afro-American, and Afro-Caribbean history and culture are sought. For info: Scholars in Residence Program, Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X. Blvd, New York, NY 10037-1801. TEL: 212-491-2203; WEBSITE: www.nypl.org ____________________________________________________________________________
UCONN AFRICA NOTES is published electronically each Monday morning during the academic year by the Center for Contemporary African Studies at the University of Connecticut. Anyone wishing to be on the mailing list should send their E-mail address to Larry W. Bowman. We will happily list and publicize Africa-related activities occurring throughout Southern New England. Send info directly to Larry W. Bowman, Director, CCAS, Dept. of Political Science, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269; TEL: 860-486-3355; FAX: 860-486-3347; E-mail: bowman@uconnvm.uconn.edu
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