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UCONN AFRICA NOTES
vol. 4, no. 20 (March 24, 1997)
UPCOMING EVENTS AT UCONN:
March 27. Talk. William Quandt (U. Virginia). The Algerian Crisis: Is Democracy the Answer? Monteith 119, noon-1:15 p.m. Dr. Quandt will also speak at 4:00 p.m. in the Dodd Center on the Middle East.
March 28. Film. Xala (Senegal). Video Theater 1, Babbidge Library 3:00 p.m.
March 31. Film. The Blue Eyes of Yonta (Guinea Bissau, 1991). Monteith 143, 6:00 p.m.
April 3. Talk. Kalu Kalu (Yale U). Praetorian Governance and the Crisis of Mass Political Mobilization in Nigeria. Arjona 215, 12:30-1:45 p.m.
April 5. Workshop. Marguerite Dorn (Suffolk Univ. Law School) and Jane Rocamore (former field officer in Rwanda for UNHCR) will run a workshop on the International Criminal Court and Human Rights in Rwanda. Dodd Center, 2:45-3:45 p.m. This will be part of a Conference on the International Criminal Court that will take place at the Dodd Center from 1:30-5:00 p.m.
UPCOMING EVENTS REGIONALLY:
March 26. Talk. Jennifer Wood Nangombe (Yale U). Women, Colonization and Orality in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Condition. Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse, Yale U. 4:00 p.m.
March 27. Talk. Tim Longman (Vassar College). Zaire at War. Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse, Yale U. 5:30 p.m.
March 27. Film. Rouch in Reverse (USA 1995). Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse, Yale U. 7:00 p.m. Director Manithia Diawara turns the camera on Jean Rouch, the father of ethnographic cinema.
March 31. Talk. Chris Lowe (Boston U.). The Invention of Traditionalism in Colonial Swaziland. ASC, Boston U. 270 Bay State Rd. noon-1:30 p.m.
April 3. Talk. Kalidou Sy (Director, School of Fine Arts, Dakar). Directions in Contemporary African Art. African Studies, Harvard U., 1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge. 12:30 p.m.
April 4-5. Graduate Student Research Conference. African Studies Center, Boston U. For info call Kevin Dunn 617-353-4040 or E-mail: dunn@acs.bu.edu _________________________________________________________________
CONFERENCE: African Literature Association and African Film Festival, April 16-19, 1997. African Studies Center, Michigan State U. For info: African Studies Center, Tel: 517-353-1700.
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION AND SELF-HELP INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS PROGRAM: Tuckegee University's Office of International Programs is now recruting for its 1997-98 Fellows Program. IFP is looking for college grads and graduate students who are interested in a nine month grassroots internship in the developing world, particularly Africa. The expect to place ten students and IFESH will cover all expenses for qualified applicants. For info: Eloise Carter, Tel: 334-727-8953.
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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 Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268; FAX 860-486-3347; E-mail: bowman@uconnvm.uconn.edu __________________________________________________________________
Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19970324143042.006cac38@uconnvm.uconn.edu> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 09:30:42 -0500 From: "Larry W. Bowman" <BOWMAN@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU> Subject: UCONN AFRICA NOTES
Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar
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