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Subject: Fw: CFP: 2nd Annual Africa without Borders Conference
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> From: "Tim Carmichael" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:33 PM
> Subject: CFP: 2nd Annual Africa without Borders Conference
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>
> > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004
> > From: MUKOMA WA NGUGI
> > <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> > Call for Papers
> >
> > The 2nd Annual Towards an Africa Without Borders Conference:
> > Transformation and Action
> >
> > October 8th to October 10th 2004
> > UW-Madison, Wisconsin US
> >
> > Anticipated keynote speakers: Wole Soyinka, Sonia Sanchez
> > and Heena Brahmbhatt
> >
> > The organizing committee for TAWB II invites papers and
> > colloquia from activists and scholars from all disciplines
> > and professions on the topics of TRANSFORMATION and
> > GUIDEPOSTS in Africa and Diaspora. Our vision for TAWB II
> > is to host a forum for a discussion leading to ACTION that
> > will be centered on (but not limited to) the following core
> > questions:
> >
> > 1) How do those of us working for change in Africa and its
> > Diaspora imagine Transformation? How has
> > progress/advancement been identified historically? What are
> > some existing examples of guideposts? What has been
> > achieved?
> >
> > 2) The Ties that Bind - In what ways do the issues that
> > Africans face differ from the issues that African-Americans
> > and other Africans in the Diaspora face in achieving goals
> > towards 'progress'? Which issues are shared? How can we
> > build a common platform and on what issues should it be
> > based?
> >
> > 3) How 'Pan' is Pan-Africanism? Is Pan-Africanism inclusive
> > of Northern Africa?
> >
> > 4) How has African feminism fared in Pan-Africanist theory
> > and action?
> >
> > 5) Fanon, Nkrumah, Cabral etc. and the cause for African
> > independence: What is the future of African radical theory?
> >
> > 6) Progress in fighting the AIDS pandemic: What are the
> > issues? What has been achieved? What more needs to be done?
> >
> > 7) Africa and the War on Terror: Whose war? Whose
> > terrorists?
> >
> > 8) Africa via Haiti: 200 years between empires?
> >
> > 9) Refugees and immigration: What role for Pan-Africanism?
> >
> > The above questions meant to raise discussion leading to
> > action may also be narrowed to topics relevant to
> > Pan-Africanism such as:
> >
> > (i) Non-governmental Organizations: Agents of Change or
> > neocolonialism? (ii) Regional Cooperative Efforts (such as
> > the AU, NEPAD and the EAU): Progress or forbearance? (iii)
> > Globalization: Are there alternative globalizations? (iv)
> > IMF/World Bank and the anti-globalization movement: What
> > role for the African activist? (v) The future of change in
> > Africa and Pan-Africanism/African unification =96 pragmatics
> > (vi) Latin American and African connections in political
> > struggle (vii) The Congo and Pan Africanism (viii) Rwanda =96
> > When is never again never again? (ix) Palestine/Israel:=20
> > What does it mean to the political activist in Africa and
> > Diaspora? (x) The African writer, language and African unity
> > (xi) South Africa: Betrayal or Fulfillment? (xiii) Africa
> > and the Middle East (xiv) Naming: Anglophone, Francophone
> > and Lusophone Africa=85 (xv) North Africa in relation to
> > Sub-Sahara Africa
> >
> > Submission of abstracts: Abstracts should be limited to 250
> > words, and should include the author's name, title,
> > affiliation, and full address (including telephone, fax, and
> > e-mail). If abstracts are submitted by e-mail, attachments
> > should be in Microsoft Word (.doc). The deadline for
> > abstract submission is May 10th, 2004. (If you are sending
> > in your abstract from outside the United States, please
> > consider your country's visa application turn around and
> > adjust the deadline accordingly).
> >
> >
> > The abstracts can be sent to the following address:
> >
> > Towards an Africa without Borders
> > Department of African Languages and Literature
> > University of Wisconsin-Madison
> > 1414 Van Hise Hall
> > 1220 Linden Drive
> > Madison, WI 53715
> >
> > or to the following e-mail addresses:
> >
> > [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
> >
> > For additional information, please contact Mukoma Wa Ngugi
> > at 608-262-8462 or visit our website at
> > http://african.lss.wisc.edu/AWB
> >
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