MSU Tuesday Bulletin, 03/13/07
THE TUESDAY BULLETIN
Issue No. 8 Spring 2007
March 13, 2007
Weekly News from the AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 100 INTERNATIONAL CENTER
EAST LANSING MI 48824-1035
For back issues, see archive <http://africa.msu.edu>
BULLETIN CONTENTS
EVENTS
AFRICAN CULTURE WEEK EVENTS
March 13, Tuesday
African Culture Week: Discussion Panel on "The Causes and Remedies of African Poverty,"
7:00 p.m., McDonel Hall Kiva.
March 14, Wednesday
African Culture Week: Movie Night - Showing: Yesterday, 7:00 p.m., B106 Wells Hall.
March 15, Thursday
African Culture Week: Vendor Day - (African apparel & artifacts for sale), 11:00
a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Wells Hall, B-wing Hallway.
March 15, Thursday
"Future Directions in the MSU Focus on Africa: Agriculture, Medicine, and Education
Perspectives - III," African Studies Center Brown Bag talk with MSU African Studies Center
Faculty, 12:00 noon, Room 303 International Center.
March 16, Friday
Double Feature Movie presentation: "Have You Seen Drum Lately?" and "The Great Dance: A
Hunter's Story," Dept. of Art & Art History with South African visitor, Professor
Glenn Meyer, (Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth), 7:00 - 9:30 p.m., Room 108
Kresge Art Center.
March 16, Friday
"Dutchman," a riveting exploration of race, sex, and relationship. A drama Directed by
Anthony Survey. African-American and African Film-Speaker Series, 7:00 p.m., Room 206 Old
Horticulture Bldg., MSU.
March 16, Friday
African Culture Week: Awareness Day - An open mic show featuring performances by
various groups, 8:00 p.m., International Center Food Court.
March 17, Saturday
African Culture Week: GALA at Wharton Center and Dinner at MSU Heritage Café' GALA is free for MSU students, $10 for non-students. Dinner is $7.00 for everyone, Dinner+Gala is $15.00. Tickets for the GALA are now available through the Wharton Center and the MSU African Studies Center.
(Africans' War Against the Known Epidemic: Poverty)
Please show your support to the MSU African Student Union during their African Culture
Week events. The GALA will be on Saturday, March 17, 2007 at the Wharton Center, Pasant
theatre at 5:00 p.m., and "A Taste of Africa" Dinner will follow at the MSU Heritage
Café' beginning at 8:00 p.m. Tickets for the Gala are available at the Wharton
Center and the MSU African Studies Center. You may contact the African Student Union
President, Gift Nwogu at
nwogunwa@msu.edu; or Ope Daramola at daramol3@msu.edu for further information.
Page Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.