JUA: Penn African Studies Bulletin, (01/26/09)
JUA: Penn African Studies Bulletin, (01/26/09)
J U A
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
BIMONTHLY BULLETIN
Issue No. 8, Spring 2009
January 26, 2009
Dear JUA Readers,
Please find attached the eighth issue of JUA for 2008-2009. You can also find a
copy of this and previous archived issues on our website:
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/. As in the past, we are currently publishing a new
issue every other Monday.
Remember that you can always send your submissions to africa@sas.upenn.edu. For
the next issue, kindly send announcements by no later than Wednesday, February
4, 2009.
With best wishes for the New Year 2009,
Namrata Poddar,
JUA Editor
CONTENTS:
EVENTS
CALL FOR PAPERS
FELLOWSHIPS
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
OTHER RESOURCES
PHILADELPHIA & SURROUNDING AREA EVENTS
CAUSES & CONSEQUENCES OF HOMELESSNESS AROUND THE WORLD
On Wednesday, January 28th 2009 at 7:00pm at the University of Pennsylvania,
Carriage House (3907 Spruce St. Philadelphia), join the University of
Pennsylvania's African Studies Center, Middle East Center, South Asia Center,
the Center for East Asia Studies, the United Nations Association of Greater
Philadelphia and the Women's Campaign International for an engaging panel on
homelessness throughout our world. Panelists: Kerri Kennedy, Executive
Director Women's Campaign International, Dennis Culhane, Professor of Social
Policy & Marja Hoek-Smit, Director of International Housing Finance Program -
The Wharton School and Connie Hoe, Program Coordinator, Feldman Initiative. For
more information, contact: Anastasia Shown at 215-898-6449 or
shown@sas.upenn.edu or visit www.africa.upenn.edu
AFRICA-DINNERS @ THE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (CA)
LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 5
If you are interested in learning more about different regions in Africa, join
the Christian Association (118 South 37th Street, Philadelphia) to enjoy
delectable African cuisine, watch a cooking demonstration, and discuss
contemporary issues in Africa with students at the University of Pennsylvania.
This dinner series raises awareness about Africa as part of the Open Mind for
Africa Fund in honor of Louise Shoemaker.
The dinner themes for Spring 2009 are as follows: LIBERIA: February 5
(Thursday), 6.30-8.30 PM; NIGERIA: March 5(Thursday), 6.30-8.30 PM; SOUTH
AFRICA: April 2 (Thursday), 6.30-8.30 PM.
RSVP is required one week before the dinner, or $5 at the door. Students pay $2,
non-students pay $10. Reply to 215-746-6350 or upennca@dolphin.upenn.edu.
READ-A-THON FOR THE "LOST BOYS" OF SUDAN REUNION PROJECT
The Drexel University Writing Program and Harriton High School's Challenge
Program are sponsoring a "Read-a-Thon" to expand the "Reunion Project." The
program has created a suggested reading list and each participant will get
pledges for each book read. These books encompass: the crisis in Sudan, African
poetry and folktales, literary classics and other genocides in human history.
The money raised will be used toward airfare to fund the reunion of "Lost Boys"
in the Philadelphia area with their families living abroad. The project came
about from last year's One Book, One Philadelphia selection "What is the What."
We hope that all of you will participate at small or large levels. All
participants (and participants are only by invitation) will be honored at a
closing event in April with Sudanese locals and famous writers. For more
information, please visit
http://www.drexel.edu/writingprogram/events/reunionproject.html
SIZWE BANSI IS DEAD: PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE
By ATHOL FUGARD, JOHN KANI and WINSTON NTSHONA; Directed by PETER DeLAURIER
>From January 30 - March 1, 2009, St. Stephen's Theater (10th and Ludlow,
Philadelphia) is proud to present "Sizwe Bansi is dead." From South Africa's
most celebrated playwright comes a drama as powerful today as in its first
performance 35 years ago. Styles (Forrest McClendon), an enterprising
photographer, has a small storefront in a Port Elizabeth township. When Sizwe
(Lawrence Stallings), a migrant worker, comes in to have his picture taken, the
two explore issues of image and identity under South Africa's oppressive regime.
Both soaring and personal, the play's attack on the dehumanizing laws of the
apartheid era resonates with surprising humor and uplifting faith in the human
spirit.
Single Tickets are $20-$50; Discounts available for Students and Groups of 10
and more. Student Rush $15. For more details, call 215.829.0395, email Leigh
Goldenberg at lgoldenberg@lanterntheater.org or visit
http://www.lanterntheater.org/shows/2009_sizwe.html
IN CONVERSATION: THE LANTERN'S AUDIENCE ENRICHMENT SERIES
- SCHOLARS
- In Conversation
ACTING AGAINST APARTHEID
Monday, February 2, 7 pm
Discussion with Wine and Cheese reception
Pay what you can admission
- DIRECTORS
- In Conversation
Friday, February 6, 7 pm
Free for all ticket holders
- ARTISTS
- In Conversation
Saturday, February 21, following the 2 pm Performance
Free for all ticket holders.
OTHER EVENTS
REEL AFRICA AT RUTGERS FILM FESTIVAL 2008-2009
On Tuesday, January 27 at 7pm, in the Graduate Student Lounge, CAC Rutgers; Reel
Africa-the year-long film festival sponsored by the Program in Cinema Studies in
close collaboration with the Center for African Studies, will present a
screening of "AN BOKO"(HOMELAND) (Burkina Faso; 1988), directed by Gaston
Kaboré; & with English subtitles. "Zan Boko" is a term that refers to the place
the placenta is buried after a baby's birth in the Mossi culture, marking his or
her ties to the earth and to the community's ancestors. The film celebrates
these ties, even as it dramatizes a traditional village's encroachment by
urbanization, as subsistence farming is replaced by commodity production, and
oral culture cedes to mass communication. The film will be presented by Mamadou
Wattara from the department of French. For complete festival information, please
visit: http://www.cinemastudies.rutgers.edu
MEETING OF FRANCOPHONE COUNTRIES IN PREPARATION FOR CONFINTEA VI
>From 11-13 February 2009 in Lyon, France, The Agence nationale de lutte
contre
l'illettrisme (ANLCI) and the French National Commission for UNESCO, in close
collaboration with UIL, the Organisation internationale de la francophonie
(OIF) and the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, will organize a
CONFINTEA VI preparatory meeting. The theme of the meeting, "Enabling
sustainable literacy: preventing and fighting illiteracy", will bring together
Ministers and Directors of Education and Culture, NGOs, and representatives of
bi- and multi-lateral agencies from the 54 OIF countries. Literacy -
particularly sustainable literacy - is an essential issue in all countries. In
order to be effective in the long-term, literacy must respond to the specific
needs of the people concerned. This must be in terms of their personal and
working lives and their lives as citizens including, where appropriate,
measures enabling them to re-learn and retain knowledge. Literacy as a
continuous process thus means that emphasis should be placed both on literacy
and the fight against illiteracy. The recommendations of the meeting will be
presented during the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education
(CONFINTEA VI), which will take place in Belèm, Brazil, from 19 to 22 May 2009.
For further information or participation, please contact Madina Bolly, UIL Tel.:
+ 49 40 44 80 41 20; Fax: 49 40 4107723; E-mail: m.bolly@unesco.org Websites:
www.anlci.gouv.fr www.unesco.org/confintea6
GLOBAL HEALTH AND INNOVATION SUMMIT
On April 18 and 19, 2009 at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, join 2,500
people from all 50 states and from more than 60 countries for an innovative,
high-impact idea incubator at the "Global Health and Innovation Summit - A
Conference Presented Annually by Unite For Sight" The conference will have 200
Speakers, including Keynote Addresses by Dr. Susan Blumenthal, Nicholas
Kristof, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs, Dr. Al Sommer, and Dr. Harold
Varmus. It will also include social innovation sessions by CEOs and Directors
of Save The Children, Partners in Health, HealthStore Foundation,
mothers2mothers, and many others. Students, professionals, educators, doctors,
scientists, lawyers, universities, corporations, nonprofits, and others; or
anyone interested in international health and development, public health, eye
care, medicine, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits, philanthropy,
microfinance, human rights, anthropology, health policy, advocacy, public
service, environmental health, and education are invited to attend. Register
Online Today. Registration rate increases after January 31. For more
information , please visit http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference
**********CALL FOR PAPERS**********
STUDIES IN ETHNICITY AND NATIONALISM
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, a tri-annual, fully-refereed journal
published in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics,
invites the submission of high-quality interdisciplinary articles on issues
pertaining to nationalism, ethnicity and related themes. Examples of these
themes include: African borders and identity, Ethnicity, nationalism and
conflict in the Great Lakes, The media and ethnicity in Nigeria, Migration and
xenophobia in African cities, Unresolved conflicts of national identity:
Casamance and Western Sahara.
The editors welcome submissions of work in progress as well as contributions
from young professionals, post-docs and lecturers in the early stages of their
career. SEN especially encourages submissions from PhD candidates. For
submissions to be considered for publication in 2009, please ensure your paper
reaches us by 30th January, 2009. The word limit is 7000 words, including
bibliography and references. All papers must be submitted on-line via the
manuscript centre: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sena. For author guidelines
and additional information, please visit SEN website:
http://www.wiley.com/bw/submit.asp?ref=1473-8481&site=1
"NEO-IMPERIALISM" IN POST-INDEPENDENCE AFRICA: DEFINITIONS, CASE STUDIES AND
HUMAN IMPACTS
Yale University, March 27 - 28, 2009
The Yale Council on African Studies and the MacMillan Center for International
and Area Studies invite submissions of papers by graduate students, advanced
scholars and policy practitioners on the topic of "neo-imperialism" and its
human impacts in post-independence Africa. Interested participants should send
a one-page résumé and an abstract of approximately 300 words to Jason Warner
at
jason.warner@yale.edu by January 31, 2009.
**Keynote Speakers will be Immanuel Wallerstein (Yale University) & Eunice Njeri
Sahle (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
This symposium seeks to investigate the nature of Africa's international
relations in the post-independence era in an attempt to understand if, and in
what forms, contemporary versions of "neo-imperialism" exist on the African
continent, and consequently, how they impact Africa's populations. In
particular, it seeks to gain greater insight into the ways in which academics
and practitioners understand and employ the term "neo-imperial" in relation to
Africa. In this discourse, fundamental questions as to the nature of
post-independence African international relations are raised, including: Have
African nations truly gained the economic and political sovereignty that was
implied by their accession to independence, or are they beholden to the whims
outside poles of power? To what extent do larger geo-political struggles of
power between nations continue to be played out as proxy wars on African soil
and what are the implications for economic, political and human developments on
the continent? Where can the distinction between "neo-imperialism" and
"globalization" actually be drawn?
Topics of Interest Include:
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Definitions and discourse on understanding "neo-imperialism" in the African
context: Historical, comparative and theoretical perspectives
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Case studies discussing questions of "neo-imperialism" of African relations
with: Former colonial / Cold War powers; Emerging powers, specifically from
the Global South; Multinational corporations; International Financial
Institutions
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African responses to "neo-imperialism:" African agency in engaging and/or
rejecting "neo-imperialism"; Responses from national, regional, pan-African,
and Diasporic organisms
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Human impacts of "neo-imperialism," specifically in regards to: Economic
development; Political development; Human rights
SIXTH ANNUAL NEW YORK AREA HISTORIANS OF AFRICA WORKSHOP, BROOKLYN COLLEGE
On Friday, March 6, 2009, the Sixth Annual New York Area Historians of Africa
Workshop will provide a forum for established scholars and graduates students
to present and discuss finished papers and works-in-progress, as well as engage
in an informal exchange of scholarly ideas concerning issues in African history.
Scholars from all academic disciplines whose work relates to African history
are invited to submit abstracts for individual papers. Please submit a title,
250 word abstract, and a CV by February 16, 2009, as an email attachment to Dr.
Lynda R. Day at lday@brooklyn.cuny.edu. Please see the Brooklyn College website
for detailed directions: www.brooklyn.cuny.edu
*********FELLOWSHIPS**********
RMHC FUTURE BLACK ACHIEVERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Local Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC®) Chapters, with support from RMHC
Global and McDonald's Corporation (McDonald's®), offer scholarships to students
from communities who face limited access to educational and career
opportunities. These scholarships are part of the charities' ongoing commitment
to education. ELIGIBILITY: Currently enrolled high school seniors who have at
least one parent of African American or Black Caribbean heritage and who are
eligible to attend a two- or four-year college, university or
vocational/technical school with a complete course of study. Applicants must be
legal U.S. residents, be less than 21 years of age and reside within the
geographic boundaries of a participating Chapter that offers a scholarship
under the Future Achievers Scholarship program. Applicants may apply for only 1
RMHC scholarship program. The deadline is February 2nd. Please refer to
http://rmhc.org/ to confirm which scholarship programs are offered in your
county.
DEPARTMENT OF BLACK STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SANTA BARBARA: DISSERTATION
FELLOWSHIP FOR 2009-2010
The Department of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara
invites applications for two fellowships for the academic year 2009-2010.
Applicants must be advanced to candidacy at an accredited university. This
fellowship is also open to international applicants. The department is
particularly interested in scholars whose research focuses on intersections of
race, class, gender or sexuality in African/Caribbean/African-American or
Diasporic Studies.
The duration of the award is nine months and the fellowship grant is $20,000.
Scholars are required to be in residence during the entire fellowship period
and there is an expectation that the dissertation will be completed during the
term of residency. Dissertation scholars will teach one undergraduate course
and present one public lecture.
To apply, complete and mail the application to UCSB Black Studies Dissertation
Fellowship along with a curriculum vitae, a brief description of the
dissertation project (2-3 pages), a writing sample (approx. 20 pages) and three
letters of reference to: Dissertation Fellowship Committee, Department of Black
Studies, 3631 South Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
93106-3150. All materials, including letters of reference must be postmarked no
later than February 2, 2009. No fax or e-mail submissions will be accepted.
Please go to the following URL to download the application:
http://www.blackstudies.ucsb.edu/student_info/fellowship.html
CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT SEEKS VISITING FELLOWS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
The Center for Global Development (CGD), an independent Washington-based think
tank, invites applications from leading scholars in developing countries for a
visiting fellows program sponsored by Canada's International Development
Research Centre (IDRC). The program offers one-year sabbatical support for a
senior researcher from a developing country on leave from his or her host
institution. The ideal candidate will be engaged in policy research in at least
one of the areas of CGD focus: aid effectiveness, trade, private sector
development, financial markets, global health, or migration. S/he will be
expected to participate in all facets of CGD's activities. The successful
candidate will possess the following qualifications: Doctoral degree or
equivalent in economics, political science or another relevant social science;
Proven track record of applying quantitative research to practical, real-world
policy problems; A distinguished record of publications; Excellent oral and
written communication skills; Current employment at a university or research
institution based in a developing country.
Candidates will be judged on the substance of their proposed research project
and the likelihood of completing a major project during the one-year period of
support. The Visiting Scholar will be offered: a competitive salary; full
benefits package; a part-time research assistant; travel budget, including
round-trip airfare for travel to/from home country, and assistance with visa
procurement. Applicants should send a short cover letter, CV, and a brief
statement about proposed research (maximum: two pages), with information
organized under the following headings: Research Question; Research Approach;
Anticipated Outputs; Potential Policy Impact.
Please send application materials to Ellen Mackenzie at hrjobs@cgdev.org by
February 15, 2009 and indicate whether they are applying for the 2009/10 or
2010/11 academic year. CGD is committed to attracting and maintaining a diverse
and dedicated workforce. Please use the title "IDRC Visiting Fellow" in all
e-mail correspondence. For more information about the Center for Global
Development, see http://www.cgdev.org.
**********JOB ANNOUNCEMENT**********
YALE UNIVERSITY, ASSISTANT CURATOR OF AFRICAN ART
Yale University Art Gallery announces a 3-year position of Assistant Curator in
the Department of African Art. The Art Gallery is a teaching museum, and
engages students and professors both in classes and as a working laboratory for
students employed as assistants and guides. As the oldest college art gallery in
the U. S., it has a long history of serving the academic community and the
public.
**General Purpose
Reporting to the Curator of African Art, the Assistant Curator will support the
curator in professional activities including managing and documenting the
collection of objects ranging from the 5th century B.C. to the mid-20th century
A.D.
**Essential Duties of Position
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Assist the curator in all aspects of the preparation, cataloguing,
presentation, preservation, and interpretation of the collection.
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Interact with the public, visiting scholars, faculty, and students to
exchange information on the collection; assist in research; assist in making
the collection accessible, etc.
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Conduct advanced research for and assist in preparation, organization and
installation of exhibitions on the permanent collection and special projects,
including formulating proposals for such exhibitions and projects.
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Recommend objects for acquisition through gift or purchase.
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Contribute to and assist in the maintenance of the collection database.
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Prepare scholarly catalogue materials for new acquisitions and works not
previously catalogued.
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Research and produce wall labels, wall texts, and collection and exhibition
brochures.
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Assist in the planning of the reinstallation of the permanent collection in
conjunction with other pertinent museum departments.
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Ensure that the Museum Assistant, Research Assistant, bursary students,
volunteers, and interns are adequately instructed as to terminology, computer
programs, filing systems etc. within the department. Supervise staff as
directed by the Curator of the Department.
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Represent the department on Gallery and University committees.
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Participate in development activities, donor stewardship, and grant writing.
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Other projects and travel as requested by the curator.
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Additional duties of teaching, publishing, and lecturing are encouraged.
**Experience and Training
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Ph.D. or ABD in Art History, Anthropology, Archaeology, or a related
discipline, with a specialization in the art of Africa, or compensatory
experience in scholarship and curatorship.
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At least one year of experience in a curatorial department or comparable
professional experience.
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Proficiency in at least two European languages, in addition to English, and
one African language: reading, writing, and speaking
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Field research experience in Africa.
Applicants must apply online to the STARS system. Here is the link:
http://www.yale.edu/hronline/stars/application/external/index.html Closing
date: February 1, 2009. For more information, please visit
http://www.yale.edu/hronline/stars/application/external/index.html
OTHER RESOURCES
SANGONET: THE MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN NETWORK
The Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) was founded in 1987, and over the
past 21 years has developed into a dynamic civil society organisation with a
history closely linked to the social and political changes experienced by South
Africa during its transition to democracy. SANGONeT is still one of very few
NGOs in Africa involved in the field of information communication technologies
(ICTs) and continues to serve civil society with a wide range of ICT products
and services. The NGO Pulse Portal and the weekly NGO Pulse e-newsletter
provide a gateway to the South African NGO sector. Its four main objectives are
to develop the institutional capacity of the NGO sector through the provision of
information that is intended to support stronger management practises; map NGOs
and their activities through Prodder, the most comprehensive database of its
kind in Africa; create a community space for civil society exchange; and
promote the benefits of ICTs in support of the work of civil society through
the SANGOTeCH Technology Donation Portal. To view online, go to
http://www.ngopulse.org/
PAMBAZUKA NEWS
Pambazuka News is the authoritative pan African electronic weekly newsletter and
platform for social justice in Africa providing cutting edge commentary and
in-depth analysis on politics and current affairs, development, human rights,
refugees, gender issues and culture in Africa. To view online, go to
http://www.pambazuka.org/
OBSERVATORY OF CULTURAL POLICIES IN AFRICA
OCPA, the Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa, is an independent
pan-African non-governmental organization aiming to enhance the development of
national cultural policies in the region and their integration in human
development strategies through advocacy and promoting information exchange,
research, capacity building and cooperation at the regional and international
level.
OCPA has set up its World Wide Web resource centre at www.ocpanet.org (or
www.culturelink.org/ocpa), offering access to a wide range of African cultural
information.
CRITICAL INTERVENTIONS: MODERNITY AND AFRICAN ART
Critical Interventions is a peer-reviewed journal of advanced research and
writing on African art history and visual culture. Our mission is to provide a
forum for cutting-edge scholarship in African art history and for sustained
analysis of issues of urgent concern for the discipline. Critical Interventions
foregrounds both the history of African modernity and the historiography of
African Art History, and features an international array of authors. The
journal proposes a critical intervention at a moment of great contradiction,
when there are diminishing opportunities for new and in-depth scholarly
research on African arts but also a parallel rise in interest in Africa's
modernity among scholars and students. We believe further that studies grounded
in research in Africa and based on deep knowledge of historical and contemporary
experiences of African art and visual culture can illuminate the fields of
modern and contemporary art history. For further information see http://
www.criticalinterventions.com
CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND ECONONICS IN FINANCE AFRICA
The Centre for Education and Economics in Finance.Africa(CEEF.Africa) invites
you to explore our universe - http://www.ceefafrica.org - "A Universe of
Opportunity for Critical Scarce Skills, Education and Strategic Leadership".
CEEF.Africa's recently re-launched website acts as a gateway to the future and
a hub of information and other resources to assist in acquiring, sharing,
transferring and utilizing skills.
PAN AFRICAN VISIONS
The latest edition of Pan African Visions is now online at
www.panafricanvisions.com
IDP NEWS ALERT
IDP News Alert is a weekly summary of selected global news on internally
displaced persons, compiled by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
(IDMC) of the Norwegian Refugee Council. The IDP News alert is available online
at http://www.internal-displacement.org/
THE UCLA GLOBALIZATION RESEARCH CENTER-AFRICA REGION.
For more information, visit http://www.globalization-africa.org/
TRANSCEND PEACE UNIVERSITY (TPU)
This is the largest on-line peace and development university launched in 2003.
TPU has been developed by TRANSCEND, a Peace and Development Network for Peace
by Peaceful Means and provides the on-line form of Transcends global training
programs. For more information, contact Cristina Barsony
(cristina@transcend.org) or visit http://www.transcend.org/tpu
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL LANGUAGE RESOURCE CENTER (NCLRC): THE LANGUAGE RESOURCE
NEWSLETTER
A bi-monthly webzine of NCLRC, providing practical teaching strategies, share
insight from research, and announce professional development opportunities for
elementary, secondary and post-secondary foreign language educators. The
newsletters and archives can be viewed at the following website
http://nclrc.org/readings/newsletter.html
AFRICAN COLOURS, ONLINE RESOURCE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
African Colours, online since July 2000, is a portal for Contemporary Art, as
well as a dynamic force to link artists from different parts of the world so
that they can share their ideas and culture and achieve a common goal. To make
a contribution, you can send your news and editorials to
editorials@africancolours.com. For more information, visit
http://www.africancolours.net/
AFRICAN JOURNALS ONLINE (AJOL)
AJOL is being re-launched on its own website. It provides free access to tables
of contents and abstracts for over 175 journals published on the continent, and
also provides a number of additional facilities. AJOL offers a document delivery
service, and full (improved) searching and browsing facilities, as well as a new
Email alert function. The service remains free to both users and participating
journals (with charges only for document delivery requests from outside
developing countries). For more information, visit http://www.ajol.info
ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE AND SLAVE LIFE IN THE AMERICAS: A VISUAL RECORD
This searchable collection contains about 1,100 images, including many
historical drawings and maps on Africa. For more information, visit
http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/
CODESRIA RESEARCH AND POLICY DIALOGUE PROGRAMME
The program theme is: The Social Sciences and HIV/AIDS, A Political Economy of
Patient Welfare and Rights. The initiative is being undertaken as part of a
broader project of interventions which will involve the fostering of a
networked community of African researchers with the required competence and
interest in the field of health studies. Within this framework, it is envisaged
that a range of research, training and dissemination activities will be carried
out and several policy dialogues organized. The research and policy dialogue
components of the program will be spread over the period 2003 to 2005. For more
information, visit http://www.codesria.org
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Current funding opportunities relevant to researchers and research institutes
working on development issues in low and middle income countries are available
through the Global Development Network. For more information, visit
http://www.gdnet.org/online_services/funding_opportunities/funding_news/
HEALTH AND DISEASES IN AFRICA: A COMPREHENSIVE ON-LINE RESOURCE ON HEALTH IN
AFRICA
The objective of this on-line resource is to provide researchers, students, and
the general public with resources that are integral to understanding health
concerns in Africa. This is accomplished by harvesting information from
existing websites and information providers. Links to and information on a wide
array of health-related initiatives, facilities, and opportunities on Africa are
provided. To access this on-line resource, visit
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/health/. For more information, contact Dr. Ali B.
Ali-Dinar (aadinar@sas.upenn.edu)
ISLAM AND HUMAN RIGHTS WEBSITE AT EMORY UNIVERSITY
This site contains valuable content for scholars, activists, and media. Content
includes bibliographies on rights, profiles and contact details for rights
organizations in a range of countries, training materials, rights databases,
and profiles of scholars and experts in various fields relating to Islam and
human rights. All of this content is searchable through a Google-powered search
engine. For more information, visit http://www.law.emory.edu/IHR/
ONLINE FORUM: WOMEN IN AFRICA
The Center for History and New Media at George Mason University is hosting a
four month-long online forums beginning November 2005 on its website "Women in
World History" (http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/). The forum will give world history
teachers the chance to talk about ways to teach issues surrounding women and
gender in African history. For more information, contact wwh@chnm.gmu.edu or
visit http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/forum.html
SMITHSONIAN GLOBAL SOUND
Smithsonian Global Sound offers digital downloads of music and sound from Africa
and around the world. The site has a wealth of educational content and downloads
are accompanied by extensive liner notes. Our goal is to encourage local
musicians and traditions around the planet through international recognition,
the payment of royalties, and support for regional archives. For more
information, visit http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/
USAID HIV/AIDS E-NEWSLETTER
The USAID HIV/AIDS E-Newsletter provides monthly updates on USAID's Office of
HIV/AIDS and partner activities to prevent and mitigate HIV/AIDS across the
developing world. The newsletter reflects activities exclusively to USAID and
its implementing partners. For more information, visit
http://www.synergyaids.com/newsletter.asp
AFRICA: HUMAN RIGHTS DATABASE LAUNCHED
The Communication Initiative has introduced its revamped database of global
media coverage on human rights issues. This feature is part of the
Communication Initiative's Human Rights Window. It allows for a one-stop search
related to media coverage for each individual article in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. Articles from over 200 developing country
newspapers and 10 leading global newspapers are featured in the database. For
more information, visit http://www.comminit.com/human-rights/newssearch.html
JOURNAL OF PAN AFRICAN STUDIES ON-LINE EDITION LAUNCHED
The Journal of Pan African Studies will be published on-line four times a year
(March, June, September and December) by Amen-Ra Theological Seminary Press in
association with the California Institute of Pan African Studies. The journal
seeks to sustain an interdisciplinary scholarly discussion on the full dynamics
of the African world community experience. For more information, contact Itibari
M. Zulu (imz@ucla.edu)
SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY ON-LINE
South African History Online (SAHO) is a non-partisan people's history project.
It was established in 1999 as a not-for-profit organization, to promote
research; to popularize South African history and to address the biased way in
which the history and cultural heritage of Black South Africans has been
represented in our educational and heritage institutions. Includes lesson plans
and other classroom material. Website: http://www.sahistory.org.za.
H-AFRICA ONLINE DISCUSSION NETWORK
An international scholarly online discussion list on African culture and the
African past. H-Africa encourages discussions of research interests, teaching
methods, and historiography. H-Africa is especially interested in the teaching
of history to graduate and undergraduate students in diverse settings. In
addition, H-Africa publishes course materials, announcements of conferences and
fellowships, book reviews, and the H-Net jobguide. H-Africa is also non-partisan
and will not publish calls for political action. Visit
[http://www.h-net.org/~africa] for more information.
Page Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.