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UCONN AFRICA NOTES
vol. 4, no. 18 (March 10, 1997)
UPCOMING EVENTS AT UCONN:
March 11. Talk. Shaheen Mozaffar (Bridgewater State U.) Assessing the Potential for Survival of Presidential Democracies in Africa. Monteith 119, 12:15-1:30 p.m.
March 14. Film. The Gods Must be Crazy (South Africa). Video Theater 1, Babbidge Library, 3-5 p.m.
UPCOMING EVENTS REGIONALLY:
March 12. Talk. David Beach (U. Zimbabwe). An Innocient Woman Unjustly Accused? Charwe, Medium of the Nehanda Mhondoro Spirit, and the 1896-1897 Central Shona Rising in Zimbabwe. Harvard African Seminar, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge. 4:30 p.m.
March 13. Talk. Amb. Alimamy Bangura (Former Amb. of Sierra Leone to the U.S.). Ghana and the West African Region. Founders Hall, Adm. Building, CCSU, New Britain. 1:30-3:30 p.m. and...
March 13. Talk. Kaia Calhoun (Theatre Unit, CCSU). Reflections on Ghana.Room 107, DiLoreto Hall, CCSU. 4:00-5:30 p.m. Both talks are part ofCCSUs Ghana History Week celebrations. For info on all CCSU events call Dr. Gloria Emeagwali 860-832-2815
March 17. Talk. Kwamina Panford (Northeastern U). Observations on theElections and Transition in Ghana, 1992-6. Boston U., ASC, 270 Bay State Road, Boston. noon-1:30 p.m.
March 17. Talk. J. H. Kwabena Nketia (Univ. of Ghana). The Arts in Contemporary Contexts: An Overview of Trends and Challenges. Music Building, Harvard U., Cambridge. 12:30 p.m.
March 22. Talk. Mark Bessire (Harvad U.). The Art of Identity: African Sculpture from the Teel Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard U. 11:30 a.m.
March 24. Talk. Rachid Adnani (Dartmouth College).
The Berber Literary Renaissance in Morocco. Boston
U, ASC, 270 Bay State Road. noon-1:30 p.m.
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Anthology on Women and African Colonial History. The editors are looking for scholars with primary research in Africa. For info: Dr. Jean Allman, History Dept, U. Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Tel: 612-626-7597; FAX: 612=624-7096; E-mail: allma002@gold.tc.umn.edu Abstracts are due by April 30, 1997.
NEW ELECTRONIC JOURNAL: The Center for African Studies
at the Univ. of Florida invites submissions to its
new Electronic Journal, AFRICAN STUDIES QUARTERLY.
This is an interdisciplinary, fully-refereed publication
of scholarly writings on Africa. It is different from
other journals, however, in that: it is the first U.S.
electronic journal; it isavailable at no charge to
scholars who have access to the world wide web;the
electronic format allows for rapid turnaround; submissions
can be'printed' within three months. The first issues
of the journal will bepublished on the WWW May 1, 1997,
and will be found at:
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/africa/acq
For info: Editorial Committee, African Studies Quarterly,
Center for Africa Studies, 427 Grinter Hall, U. Florida,
Gainesville, FL 32611. E-mail: acq@africa.ufl.edu
COTE D'IVOIRE: Several Ivoirin newspapers including
Fraternite Matin, Le Jour, La Voie, and La Nouvelle
Republique are now available on Africa Online: http://www.africaonline.co.ci/
then select "Les infos"
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Items for inclusion in UCONN AFRICA NOTES should be sent directly to Larry W. Bowman, Dept. of Political Science, Univ. of Conn., Storrs, CT 06268. or by FAX 860-486-3347 or E-mail: bowman@uconnvm.uconn.edu
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Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar
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