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New and Improved Bridge Website
AAP is excited to announce the new and improved website AAPBridge! Our Bridge website provides opportunities for early career researchers, African scholars, and others to connect and share on many topics. Look out for information about
#BridgeLaunchDay on our social media ahead of the official release on Aug 16. Watch this promo video to get a sneak peek into the Bridge 2.0!
By:
Madeleine Futter
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New and Improved Bridge Website
AAP is excited to announce the new and improved website AAPBridge! Our Bridge website provides opportunities for early career researchers, African scholars, and others to connect and share on many topics. Look out for information about
#BridgeLaunchDay on our social media ahead of the official release on Aug 16. Watch this promo video to get a sneak peek into the Bridge 2.0!
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By:
Madeleine Futter
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
African Policy towards the US webinar
The African Centre for the Study of the United States, in collaboration with Good Governance Africa,
The Institute for Global Dialogue, Social Science Research Council and the Mail and Guardian, present: African Policy towards the US webinar
Date: 27 July 2021
Time: 4:00pm SAST / 10:00am EDT
US foreign policy has a huge impact on Africa’s cultural, political, economic and security interests. Join us as we hear from a range of experts as they unpack the steps Africans can take to build a coherent continental policy for engaging the US in a competitive and rapidly changing world order.
Registration Link for Webinar
https://mg.co.za/africa-us-policy/
For more information on the African Centre for the Study of the United States visit: https://www.wits.ac.za/acsus/
For further inquiries, please contact ACSUS.research@wits.ac.za
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By:
Madeleine Futter
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
African Policy towards the US webinar
The African Centre for the Study of the United States, in collaboration with Good Governance Africa,
The Institute for Global Dialogue, Social Science Research Council and the Mail and Guardian, present: African Policy towards the US webinar
Date: 27 July 2021
Time: 4:00pm SAST / 10:00am EDT
US foreign policy has a huge impact on Africa’s cultural, political, economic and security interests. Join us as we hear from a range of experts as they unpack the steps Africans can take to build a coherent continental policy for engaging the US in a competitive and rapidly changing world order.
Registration Link for Webinar
https://mg.co.za/africa-us-policy/
For more information on the African Centre for the Study of the United States visit: https://www.wits.ac.za/acsus/
For further inquiries, please contact ACSUS.research@wits.ac.za
Find us on Twitter Facebook and Linkedin
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By:
Madeleine Futter
WATER, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Effective Pathways to Africa's Agricultural Transformation
Wednesday, August 4, 20219:30 am –11:00 am ETOnline only
Register: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/qbakxxyw
Agriculture is Africa's primary gateway out of hunger and poverty; the sector employs 65 - 70 percent of Africa's labor force while supporting the livelihoods of 90 percent of the population. However, for the sector to lead the path to the desired food security and superior incomes for Africa, it is imperative that conversations and investments are made towards transforming the continent's agricultural work into a profitable and sustainable enterprise.
The urgency of this transformation has been made clear during the COVID-19 pandemic, where the continent has been forced to re-think its food production and distribution systems. The closure of borders, lockdowns and limitations of movement indicated the need for Africa to develop homegrown solutions for its staple food needs and market development.
It is against this backdrop that this webinar is held as a session to define the investments needed for a vibrant and functional agricultural sector that can deliver sufficient food and nutrition supplies for all as well as exciting farmer incomes. The conversation will address the roles of individual stakeholders, partnerships and leadership in building an inclusive agricultural transformation across the continent. The webinar will also define the role of public sector commitment in transforming the agriculture sector, with notable examples from successes in Rwanda. Similarly, the critical position of private sector participation shall be highlighted as supported by the transformative role of this group in uplifting Ghana's food systems.
This session is facilitated by the Alliance for a Green Revolution on Africa (AGRA), an African-led and Africa-based organization currently leading the pursuit of an agricultural transformation through investments in systems development, policy and state capability, and partnerships. This webinar will feature special opening remarks from Dr. Agnes Kalibata, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to the 2021 Food Systems Summit.
By:
Madeleine Futter
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WATER, ENERGY, AND THE...
Effective Pathways to Africa's Agricultural Transformation
Wednesday, August 4, 20219:30 am –11:00 am ETOnline only
Register: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/qbakxxyw
Agriculture is Africa's primary gateway out of hunger and poverty; the sector employs 65 - 70 percent of Africa's labor force while supporting the livelihoods of 90 percent of the population. However, for the sector to lead the path to the desired food security and superior incomes for Africa, it is imperative that conversations and investments are made towards transforming the continent's agricultural work into a profitable and sustainable enterprise.
The urgency of this transformation has been made clear during the COVID-19 pandemic, where the continent has been forced to re-think its food production and distribution systems. The closure of borders, lockdowns and limitations of movement indicated the need for Africa to develop homegrown solutions for its staple food needs and market development.
It is against this backdrop that this webinar is held as a session to define the investments needed for a vibrant and functional agricultural sector that can deliver sufficient food and nutrition supplies for all as well as exciting farmer incomes. The conversation will address the roles of individual stakeholders, partnerships and leadership in building an inclusive agricultural transformation across the continent. The webinar will also define the role of public sector commitment in transforming the agriculture sector, with notable examples from successes in Rwanda. Similarly, the critical position of private sector participation shall be highlighted as supported by the transformative role of this group in uplifting Ghana's food systems.
This session is facilitated by the Alliance for a Green Revolution on Africa (AGRA), an African-led and Africa-based organization currently leading the pursuit of an agricultural transformation through investments in systems development, policy and state capability, and partnerships. This webinar will feature special opening remarks from Dr. Agnes Kalibata, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to the 2021 Food Systems Summit.
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Madeleine Futter
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AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
Young Ugandan entrepreneurs get hands-on experience with digital tools
Seven young entrepreneurs belonging to four teams from Uganda participated in a hands-on learning course to familiarise themselves with the solar-powered smart projector kit that they had won through the Access Agriculture Young Entrepreneur Challenge Fund initiative. The smart projector contains the entire library of Access Agriculture farmer-training videos in local and international languages and can be easily updated as new videos become available.
The winners of the Challenge Fund, known as Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs), are part of a network of innovative young people who design sustainable business models based on using the smart projector in rural areas to bring about a positive change in the lives of farmers, especially women and youth, in their communities through promoting sound agroecological practices.
The course was held at Gudie Leisure Farm, Wakiso district in Uganda as part of the Knowledge Centre for Organic Agriculture in Africa (KCOA) project funded by GIZ. It was facilitated by Access Agriculture ERA Entrepreneur coaches based in Uganda, in association with a local partner, The Farmers Media, and colleagues from KCOA project and the Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) network in Uganda.
Simon Negro Adriko, who has been an ERA in Uganda since 2019, was invited to share his entrepreneurship experiences with the newly recruited ERAs. One of the ERAs from AgroMush team who is just completing his studies in Algeria, Azaria Kamusiime, participated virtually in all the sessions.
The training consisted of presentations, classroom and practical field sessions, including:
Group presentations of assignments given by the ERA coach before the training relating to key topics of the sessions
Demonstration of COVID-19 prevention guidelines that ERAs should follow during the training and in their enterprise-related activities
Hands-on experience with the smart projector
Data collection tools to monitor and track performance
Practical field tasks which involved all the elements that they learnt in the classroom – from youth mobilisation to screening of videos using the smart projector and data collection
Session on basic business skills and development of work plans
Continue to accessagriculture.org's website for more information!
By:
Derek Tobias
AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
Young Ugandan entrepreneurs get hands-on experience with digital tools
Seven young entrepreneurs belonging to four teams from Uganda participated in a hands-on learning course to familiarise themselves with the solar-powered smart projector kit that they had won through the Access Agriculture Young Entrepreneur Challenge Fund initiative. The smart projector contains the entire library of Access Agriculture farmer-training videos in local and international languages and can be easily updated as new videos become available.
The winners of the Challenge Fund, known as Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs), are part of a network of innovative young people who design sustainable business models based on using the smart projector in rural areas to bring about a positive change in the lives of farmers, especially women and youth, in their communities through promoting sound agroecological practices.
The course was held at Gudie Leisure Farm, Wakiso district in Uganda as part of the Knowledge Centre for Organic Agriculture in Africa (KCOA) project funded by GIZ. It was facilitated by Access Agriculture ERA Entrepreneur coaches based in Uganda, in association with a local partner, The Farmers Media, and colleagues from KCOA project and the Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) network in Uganda.
Simon Negro Adriko, who has been an ERA in Uganda since 2019, was invited to share his entrepreneurship experiences with the newly recruited ERAs. One of the ERAs from AgroMush team who is just completing his studies in Algeria, Azaria Kamusiime, participated virtually in all the sessions.
The training consisted of presentations, classroom and practical field sessions, including:
Group presentations of assignments given by the ERA coach before the training relating to key topics of the sessions
Demonstration of COVID-19 prevention guidelines that ERAs should follow during the training and in their enterprise-related activities
Hands-on experience with the smart projector
Data collection tools to monitor and track performance
Practical field tasks which involved all the elements that they learnt in the classroom – from youth mobilisation to screening of videos using the smart projector and data collection
Session on basic business skills and development of work plans
Continue to accessagriculture.org's website for more information!
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By:
Derek Tobias
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Conference: A Call for the Desuperiorization of Philosophy and the Foundation of Superaltern Studies
A Call for the Desuperiorization of Philosophy and the Foundation of Superaltern Studies
August 11-13
About the conference
It seems Western thought, to this day, has not sufficiently recognized its superioristic danger as the danger that it is! When considering contemporary contexts, this danger remains real. The foreign, the other, is stigmatized or re-stigmatized. Western thought remains dangerous. The West must finally take this seriously and critically evaluate its value as a normative authority. It would hardly be surprising if we indeed find that a lot of contemporary problems have grown forth from the pseudo-self-evident superiority of the white, heterosexual, male human being many of the Enlightenment thinkers tried so vigorously to defend by manipulating philosophy. The West needs to understand itself, needs to understand all the intricacies of its superiorism, its superalternity and finally start working on the desuperiorization of its thought. We want to stimulate a discussion that Western thought must understand that its central task must be its Desuperiorization. We need to establish Superaltern Studies. We need to understand the superiorism of Western thought. We need to understand it deeply to be able to identify and avoid it. We need to understand why Western thought and Western action so often brought exploitation and humiliation with it. The Enlightenment did not only introduce a new understanding of the value of the human being, it also introduced a new level of dehumanization. Philosophy did not only argue to treat all human beings humanely, it – implicitly and explicitly – worked at the same time on reducing the numbers of those who were human enough to be treated humanely. This seems to have been one the most important intellectual self-deception moves that enabled so many philosophers to be humanist and anti-humanist at the same time: to simply disregard the humanness of those mistreated. We want to understand how superiorism has, and continues to play out, in terms of the colonialism and neocolonialism that has continued to affect much of the global south. We need to see how decoloniality expresses itself, and should express itself, as a necessary response to superiorization and inferiorization, as well as the psychological baggage that comes with it. We need to also examine the epistemological effects of superiorization, which has presented itself in what scholars have termed epistemic injustice, epistemic harm, and/or epistemic violence. How has this affected scholarship and knowledge production and must it be resisted? How do we balance identity and pride with the devastating effects of superiorization and othering?
Speakers
Robert Bernasconi, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Benda Hofmeyr, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Elvis Imafidon, University of London, England
Janine Jones, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
Siseko Kumalo, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Dimpho Takane Maponya, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Veli Mitova, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Ana Paula Coelho Rodrigues, University of Paderborn, Germany
Boaventura des Santos Sousa, University of Coimbra, Portugal
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Natsu Taylor Saito, Georgia State University, USA
Abraham Tobi, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Mpho Tshivhase, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Organization Committee
Björn Freter, Independent Researcher, Knoxville, TN, USA
Aribiah Attoe,
Conversational Society of Philosophy,
South Africa
For any questions, please write to
desuperiorization@gmail.com
The event will be held online. Please register here
https://www.desuperiorization.com/
By:
Madeleine Futter
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CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Conference: A Call for the Desuperiorization of Philosophy and the Foundation of Superaltern Studies
A Call for the Desuperiorization of Philosophy and the Foundation of Superaltern Studies
August 11-13
About the conference
It seems Western thought, to this day, has not sufficiently recognized its superioristic danger as the danger that it is! When considering contemporary contexts, this danger remains real. The foreign, the other, is stigmatized or re-stigmatized. Western thought remains dangerous. The West must finally take this seriously and critically evaluate its value as a normative authority. It would hardly be surprising if we indeed find that a lot of contemporary problems have grown forth from the pseudo-self-evident superiority of the white, heterosexual, male human being many of the Enlightenment thinkers tried so vigorously to defend by manipulating philosophy. The West needs to understand itself, needs to understand all the intricacies of its superiorism, its superalternity and finally start working on the desuperiorization of its thought. We want to stimulate a discussion that Western thought must understand that its central task must be its Desuperiorization. We need to establish Superaltern Studies. We need to understand the superiorism of Western thought. We need to understand it deeply to be able to identify and avoid it. We need to understand why Western thought and Western action so often brought exploitation and humiliation with it. The Enlightenment did not only introduce a new understanding of the value of the human being, it also introduced a new level of dehumanization. Philosophy did not only argue to treat all human beings humanely, it – implicitly and explicitly – worked at the same time on reducing the numbers of those who were human enough to be treated humanely. This seems to have been one the most important intellectual self-deception moves that enabled so many philosophers to be humanist and anti-humanist at the same time: to simply disregard the humanness of those mistreated. We want to understand how superiorism has, and continues to play out, in terms of the colonialism and neocolonialism that has continued to affect much of the global south. We need to see how decoloniality expresses itself, and should express itself, as a necessary response to superiorization and inferiorization, as well as the psychological baggage that comes with it. We need to also examine the epistemological effects of superiorization, which has presented itself in what scholars have termed epistemic injustice, epistemic harm, and/or epistemic violence. How has this affected scholarship and knowledge production and must it be resisted? How do we balance identity and pride with the devastating effects of superiorization and othering?
Speakers
Robert Bernasconi, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Benda Hofmeyr, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Elvis Imafidon, University of London, England
Janine Jones, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
Siseko Kumalo, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Dimpho Takane Maponya, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Veli Mitova, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Ana Paula Coelho Rodrigues, University of Paderborn, Germany
Boaventura des Santos Sousa, University of Coimbra, Portugal
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Natsu Taylor Saito, Georgia State University, USA
Abraham Tobi, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Mpho Tshivhase, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Organization Committee
Björn Freter, Independent Researcher, Knoxville, TN, USA
Aribiah Attoe,
Conversational Society of Philosophy,
South Africa
For any questions, please write to
desuperiorization@gmail.com
The event will be held online. Please register here
https://www.desuperiorization.com/
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By:
Madeleine Futter
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EDUCATION
Quality higher education ‘indispensable’ for Africa’s future
Vice Chancellor and Professor of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the United States International University- Africa, Dr. Paul Zeleza has written an article on the role of higher education in the transformation of Africa. Zeleza additionally represents AAP as one of our advisory board members. Zeleza states within the article that quality and transformative higher education is indispensable to use the growth of Africa’s population for the betterment of the continent’s future.
To read more: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=202107051145016&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=uwn-AF320
By:
Madeleine Futter
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EDUCATION
Quality higher education ‘indispensable’ for Africa’s future
Vice Chancellor and Professor of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the United States International University- Africa, Dr. Paul Zeleza has written an article on the role of higher education in the transformation of Africa. Zeleza additionally represents AAP as one of our advisory board members. Zeleza states within the article that quality and transformative higher education is indispensable to use the growth of Africa’s population for the betterment of the continent’s future.
To read more: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=202107051145016&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=uwn-AF320
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Madeleine Futter
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EDUCATION
Postgraduate Training Opportunities under the RUFORUM Graduate Teaching Assistantship Program (GTA)
During the annual meeting of Vice Chancellors/Presidents/Principals/Rectors of RUFORUM Member Universities (see links about RUFORUM flier and RUFORUM at a Glance) held on 11th November 2020, the Vice Chancellors re-affirmed their commitment to the Graduate Teaching Assistantship Program that they initiated in 2014. The objectives of the GTA are to: i) Improve the quality of higher education and increase the pool of PhD-level trained academic staff in African universities; ii) Provide opportunities for the doctoral research to contribute more directly to African development; iii) Strengthen inter- university collaboration in the field of higher education in Africa; and iv) Promote staff mobility among RUFORUM member universities, and across Africa.
Following the meeting of the Vice Chancellors on 11th November 2020, the RUFORUM Secretariat is pleased to announce the availability of training opportunities at the different Member Universities as part of the GTA arrangement. The Secretariat invites for more offers from the other member universities to train GTA candidates.
Under the GTA arrangement:
The sending universities nominate the staff to be trained and RUFORUM Secretariat helps to get them placed in receiving (host) Universities.
The sending universities commit to pay for travel, health insurance, upkeep and research of their staff under training.
The receiving/host universities waive the fees and associated costs, and provide accommodation for the admitted GTA Fellows
Once admission process is completed, the sending and host universities and the nominated GTA Fellow sign a Tripartite Agreement to guide the hosting and training of the Fellow
In some cases where opportunities exist, the host University may attach the GTA Fellow to the research program at the hosting university.
The RUFORUM Secretariat facilitates the GTA arrangement and follows up on the GTA training
The nominations by the Vice Chancellors for the available positions should be submitted to RUFORUM Executive Secretary at secretariat@ruforum.org as soon as possible.
https://ruforum.wordpress.com/2021/05/10/postgraduate-training-opportunities-under-the-ruforum-graduate-teaching-assistantship-program-gta-3/?utm_source=RUFORUM%20Mailing%20List
By:
Madeleine Futter
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EDUCATION
Postgraduate Training Opportunities under the RUFORUM Graduate Teaching Assistantship Program (GTA)
During the annual meeting of Vice Chancellors/Presidents/Principals/Rectors of RUFORUM Member Universities (see links about RUFORUM flier and RUFORUM at a Glance) held on 11th November 2020, the Vice Chancellors re-affirmed their commitment to the Graduate Teaching Assistantship Program that they initiated in 2014. The objectives of the GTA are to: i) Improve the quality of higher education and increase the pool of PhD-level trained academic staff in African universities; ii) Provide opportunities for the doctoral research to contribute more directly to African development; iii) Strengthen inter- university collaboration in the field of higher education in Africa; and iv) Promote staff mobility among RUFORUM member universities, and across Africa.
Following the meeting of the Vice Chancellors on 11th November 2020, the RUFORUM Secretariat is pleased to announce the availability of training opportunities at the different Member Universities as part of the GTA arrangement. The Secretariat invites for more offers from the other member universities to train GTA candidates.
Under the GTA arrangement:
The sending universities nominate the staff to be trained and RUFORUM Secretariat helps to get them placed in receiving (host) Universities.
The sending universities commit to pay for travel, health insurance, upkeep and research of their staff under training.
The receiving/host universities waive the fees and associated costs, and provide accommodation for the admitted GTA Fellows
Once admission process is completed, the sending and host universities and the nominated GTA Fellow sign a Tripartite Agreement to guide the hosting and training of the Fellow
In some cases where opportunities exist, the host University may attach the GTA Fellow to the research program at the hosting university.
The RUFORUM Secretariat facilitates the GTA arrangement and follows up on the GTA training
The nominations by the Vice Chancellors for the available positions should be submitted to RUFORUM Executive Secretary at secretariat@ruforum.org as soon as possible.
https://ruforum.wordpress.com/2021/05/10/postgraduate-training-opportunities-under-the-ruforum-graduate-teaching-assistantship-program-gta-3/?utm_source=RUFORUM%20Mailing%20List
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Madeleine Futter
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CULTURE AND SOCIETY
The Sixth J. A. Atanda Lectures and Conference - Fourth Conference Update
THE SIXTH J. A. ATANDA LECTURES AND CONFERENCE
Fourth Conference Update
https://babcock.edu.ng/atandaconference
Theme: YORUBA CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Venue: Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Date: June 21-23, 2021 (Arrival, June 20)
Over 450 scholars are expected to participate in this on-site conference which promises to be an exceptional, memorable experience. This conference promises to be an exceptional, memorable experience. As we make final preparations to welcome you to Babcock University, Nigeria’s premier and best private university, situated in a serene, clean and crisp natural environment, please kindly take note of the following information:
Acceptance letters: We have sent acceptance letters to all whose abstracts were received by the submissions deadline. Please do notify us if you have not received yours; we would be glad to re-send it to you.
Registration: Everyone whose abstract was accepted has been registered.Those who had slight challenges in registering themselves have been registered by the registration team. Registration is free and offers sponsorship for all registered participants. The sponsorship covers registration materials, feeding and comfortable student hostel accommodation only. The registration admits you to all plenaries and panels, lunch and food-break for three days, conference materials, the conference performance eve, participation in social events. List of registered participants will be uploaded on the website on June 1, 2021.
Conference Program: The conference program currently features an opening ceremony, two keynote addresses, a lead paper presentation, several special roundtables, a performance eve and movie night, a research and publication workshop and many more. The full draft program will be circulated very soon, at which point you will have the opportunity to make any corrections concerning your paper presentations before we go to press. We will give you more program details in subsequent information updates too.
Conference Opening Ceremony: The opening ceremony for the conference is planned for Monday, June 21, 2021, at 12noon. Colleagues and members of the public are cordially invited.
Conference Keynote Addresses and Lead Paper Presentation: The confirmed keynote speakers are:
Prof. Arinpe Gbekelolu Adejumo, Deputy Provost, Postgraduate School, University of Ibadan, Nigeria;
Dr. Biodun Ogundayo, Director, Africana Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh, Bradford, USA;
Dr. Akinloye Ojo, Director, African Studies Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
Conference Special Guests: Distinguished personalities, Royal fathers, cultural icons and prominent government officials will grace the occasion.
The Conference features the following, among others:
Special Guest of Honour: Her Excellency, Alhaja Salimot Badru
Former Deputy Governor, Ogun State
Grand Host: Hon. Dr. Oluwatoyin Emmanuel Taiwo
Honourable Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Ogun State
Chair, Keynote Addresses: Engr. Prince Yemisi Shyllon
Foremost Private Art Collector in Africa
Distinguished Royal Father of the Day: HRM Oba Abolarin Adedokun
The Orangun of Oke Ila, Osun State, Nigeria.
Host Royal Fathers of the Day: OBA MICHAEL MOJEED SONUGA The Olofin of Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria & OBA ADELEKE ÌDÒWÚ BASIBO The Alaperu of Iperu, Iperu Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Conference Performance Eve and Movie Night: An exhilarating spectacle of unprecedented performances, including Yoruba cultural games, music, dances, folklore in an inspiring atmosphere of indigenous creativity, pageantry and aesthetics, is scheduled for Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at 4 pm. to be anchored by Tunji Sotimirin. Film-show features Dazzling Mirage, a Mainframe adaptation of Yinka Egbokhare’s novel by Tunde Kelani.
Research and Publication Workshop: An extremely engaging and enriching workshop on research and publication will be facilitated by Prof Toyin Falola, Convener of the Sixth J.A. Atanda Lectures and Conference, University Distinguished Professor of History and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. The workshop will develop writing competences of scholars, impart foundational knowledge and practice of research and writing and provide networking resources for quality publications.
Covid-19 Protocols: Given the Covid-19 pandemic, the event will be hosted in an open-spaced amphitheater, and all Covid-19 protocols will be STRICTLY adhered to. All attendees are expected to be properly masked. (Masks will be provided for all registered participants, and adherence ensured). Sitting positions will be monitored to ensure adequate spacing. Hand sanitisers will be administered, and handwashing facilities will be made available.
Roundtables: Several roundtables on Yoruba Language and Culture related topics have been convened, featuring distinguished and upcoming scholars in African (Yoruba) Studies, African Philosophy, Cultural Studies and Education.
Roundatbles include:
A Steading Critique and Discussion of the Bras-Bells Drum, An English Translation of Akinwunmi Isola’s Saworoide – convened by Prof Pamela Smith
The Yorubalization of Ubuntu – convened by Dr Augusta Yetunde Olaore
Yoruba Indigenous Educational System – convened in honour ofProf Michael Omolewa @ 80
Presentation Mode: The conference is planned to be a blended event. Virtual participants will be able to join in the plenary and parallel sessions on zoom. The zoom link will be published close to the conference date. Smartboards and projectors are available for PowerPoint or other visual presentations.
Accommodation: There are three categories of accommodation available for this conference:
(1) Babcock student hostels
Very decent. This is the accommodation provided free for all registered participants.
For participants who desire to stay in hotels, the other two categories of accommodation with COST TO BE BORNE BY THE PARTICIPANTS are:
(2) Babcock Guest House (BGH):
(3) Hotels in nearby towns:
* SAGAMU:
(i). CONFERENCE HOTEL, SAGAMU - www.conferencehotelnigeria.com
(ii). NANDAS HOTEL – www.nandashotelnigeria.com
(iii). CITIZENS SUITES – enquiry@citizenssuites.com
(iv). LIPTON HOTEL
* ILISHAN-REMO:
(v). HAVILLA GUEST HOUSE
(vi). BU HIGH SCHOOL Guest House
Please contact the Conference Logistics Coordinator, Mr Theophilus, with your choice and questions (check babcock.edu.ng/atandaconference).
Publication of papers: We affirm that we have every plan in place for quality conference papers to be published with highly reputable publishers after post-conference review and re-submission.
Paper Submission: PowerPoints of presentations are expected on or before the10th of June, 2021. For publication consideration, corrected drafts of full papers are expected latest August 20, 2021, for reviews to commence. All papers must be original, with a 6,000-8,000 word count, and follow the Chicago Manual Style of referencing.
Security: Babcock University is situated in a serene, safe and secure environment, and the security of all conference participants is assured. We have also put in place additional security measures for the duration of the conference and have left no stone unturned to guarantee that your stay is completely hitch-free in this regard.
Airport Pick Up/ Drop-off (for international participants only)
We would be happy to provide any needed information and assistance to international participants arriving for the purpose of the conference only. If you need any information or assistance, please send an email to atanda.conference@babcock.edu.ng
Conference Website: Please visit the conference website for regular updates and information, at: https://babcock.edu.ng/atandaconference
For all enquiries, our email is atanda.conference@babcock.edu.ng
We will keep you updated about other developments going forward. If there is any way at all that we can make your conference experience more pleasurable, please do let us know right ahead of time, and we will do our very best. You can reach us by email at atanda.conference@babcock.edu.ng and by phone at the numbers below.
Professor Bola Sotunsa
For The Sixth J.A. Atanda Lectures and Conference
Local Organising Committee:
Convener: Professor Toyin Falola, University Distinguished Professor of History and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin.toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu
Convener: Professor Mobolanle E. Sotunsa, Professor of African Oral Literature and Gender Studies, Director of Babcock University Centre for Open Distance and e-Learning (BUCODeL) and Coordinator, Babcock University Gender and African Studies Group (BUGAS); sotunsam@babcock.edu.ng
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Madeleine Futter
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CULTURE AND SOCIETY
The Sixth J. A. Atanda Lectures and Conference - Fourth Conference Update
THE SIXTH J. A. ATANDA LECTURES AND CONFERENCE
Fourth Conference Update
https://babcock.edu.ng/atandaconference
Theme: YORUBA CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Venue: Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Date: June 21-23, 2021 (Arrival, June 20)
Over 450 scholars are expected to participate in this on-site conference which promises to be an exceptional, memorable experience. This conference promises to be an exceptional, memorable experience. As we make final preparations to welcome you to Babcock University, Nigeria’s premier and best private university, situated in a serene, clean and crisp natural environment, please kindly take note of the following information:
Acceptance letters: We have sent acceptance letters to all whose abstracts were received by the submissions deadline. Please do notify us if you have not received yours; we would be glad to re-send it to you.
Registration: Everyone whose abstract was accepted has been registered.Those who had slight challenges in registering themselves have been registered by the registration team. Registration is free and offers sponsorship for all registered participants. The sponsorship covers registration materials, feeding and comfortable student hostel accommodation only. The registration admits you to all plenaries and panels, lunch and food-break for three days, conference materials, the conference performance eve, participation in social events. List of registered participants will be uploaded on the website on June 1, 2021.
Conference Program: The conference program currently features an opening ceremony, two keynote addresses, a lead paper presentation, several special roundtables, a performance eve and movie night, a research and publication workshop and many more. The full draft program will be circulated very soon, at which point you will have the opportunity to make any corrections concerning your paper presentations before we go to press. We will give you more program details in subsequent information updates too.
Conference Opening Ceremony: The opening ceremony for the conference is planned for Monday, June 21, 2021, at 12noon. Colleagues and members of the public are cordially invited.
Conference Keynote Addresses and Lead Paper Presentation: The confirmed keynote speakers are:
Prof. Arinpe Gbekelolu Adejumo, Deputy Provost, Postgraduate School, University of Ibadan, Nigeria;
Dr. Biodun Ogundayo, Director, Africana Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh, Bradford, USA;
Dr. Akinloye Ojo, Director, African Studies Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
Conference Special Guests: Distinguished personalities, Royal fathers, cultural icons and prominent government officials will grace the occasion.
The Conference features the following, among others:
Special Guest of Honour: Her Excellency, Alhaja Salimot Badru
Former Deputy Governor, Ogun State
Grand Host: Hon. Dr. Oluwatoyin Emmanuel Taiwo
Honourable Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Ogun State
Chair, Keynote Addresses: Engr. Prince Yemisi Shyllon
Foremost Private Art Collector in Africa
Distinguished Royal Father of the Day: HRM Oba Abolarin Adedokun
The Orangun of Oke Ila, Osun State, Nigeria.
Host Royal Fathers of the Day: OBA MICHAEL MOJEED SONUGA The Olofin of Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria & OBA ADELEKE ÌDÒWÚ BASIBO The Alaperu of Iperu, Iperu Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Conference Performance Eve and Movie Night: An exhilarating spectacle of unprecedented performances, including Yoruba cultural games, music, dances, folklore in an inspiring atmosphere of indigenous creativity, pageantry and aesthetics, is scheduled for Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at 4 pm. to be anchored by Tunji Sotimirin. Film-show features Dazzling Mirage, a Mainframe adaptation of Yinka Egbokhare’s novel by Tunde Kelani.
Research and Publication Workshop: An extremely engaging and enriching workshop on research and publication will be facilitated by Prof Toyin Falola, Convener of the Sixth J.A. Atanda Lectures and Conference, University Distinguished Professor of History and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. The workshop will develop writing competences of scholars, impart foundational knowledge and practice of research and writing and provide networking resources for quality publications.
Covid-19 Protocols: Given the Covid-19 pandemic, the event will be hosted in an open-spaced amphitheater, and all Covid-19 protocols will be STRICTLY adhered to. All attendees are expected to be properly masked. (Masks will be provided for all registered participants, and adherence ensured). Sitting positions will be monitored to ensure adequate spacing. Hand sanitisers will be administered, and handwashing facilities will be made available.
Roundtables: Several roundtables on Yoruba Language and Culture related topics have been convened, featuring distinguished and upcoming scholars in African (Yoruba) Studies, African Philosophy, Cultural Studies and Education.
Roundatbles include:
A Steading Critique and Discussion of the Bras-Bells Drum, An English Translation of Akinwunmi Isola’s Saworoide – convened by Prof Pamela Smith
The Yorubalization of Ubuntu – convened by Dr Augusta Yetunde Olaore
Yoruba Indigenous Educational System – convened in honour ofProf Michael Omolewa @ 80
Presentation Mode: The conference is planned to be a blended event. Virtual participants will be able to join in the plenary and parallel sessions on zoom. The zoom link will be published close to the conference date. Smartboards and projectors are available for PowerPoint or other visual presentations.
Accommodation: There are three categories of accommodation available for this conference:
(1) Babcock student hostels
Very decent. This is the accommodation provided free for all registered participants.
For participants who desire to stay in hotels, the other two categories of accommodation with COST TO BE BORNE BY THE PARTICIPANTS are:
(2) Babcock Guest House (BGH):
(3) Hotels in nearby towns:
* SAGAMU:
(i). CONFERENCE HOTEL, SAGAMU - www.conferencehotelnigeria.com
(ii). NANDAS HOTEL – www.nandashotelnigeria.com
(iii). CITIZENS SUITES – enquiry@citizenssuites.com
(iv). LIPTON HOTEL
* ILISHAN-REMO:
(v). HAVILLA GUEST HOUSE
(vi). BU HIGH SCHOOL Guest House
Please contact the Conference Logistics Coordinator, Mr Theophilus, with your choice and questions (check babcock.edu.ng/atandaconference).
Publication of papers: We affirm that we have every plan in place for quality conference papers to be published with highly reputable publishers after post-conference review and re-submission.
Paper Submission: PowerPoints of presentations are expected on or before the10th of June, 2021. For publication consideration, corrected drafts of full papers are expected latest August 20, 2021, for reviews to commence. All papers must be original, with a 6,000-8,000 word count, and follow the Chicago Manual Style of referencing.
Security: Babcock University is situated in a serene, safe and secure environment, and the security of all conference participants is assured. We have also put in place additional security measures for the duration of the conference and have left no stone unturned to guarantee that your stay is completely hitch-free in this regard.
Airport Pick Up/ Drop-off (for international participants only)
We would be happy to provide any needed information and assistance to international participants arriving for the purpose of the conference only. If you need any information or assistance, please send an email to atanda.conference@babcock.edu.ng
Conference Website: Please visit the conference website for regular updates and information, at: https://babcock.edu.ng/atandaconference
For all enquiries, our email is atanda.conference@babcock.edu.ng
We will keep you updated about other developments going forward. If there is any way at all that we can make your conference experience more pleasurable, please do let us know right ahead of time, and we will do our very best. You can reach us by email at atanda.conference@babcock.edu.ng and by phone at the numbers below.
Professor Bola Sotunsa
For The Sixth J.A. Atanda Lectures and Conference
Local Organising Committee:
Convener: Professor Toyin Falola, University Distinguished Professor of History and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin.toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu
Convener: Professor Mobolanle E. Sotunsa, Professor of African Oral Literature and Gender Studies, Director of Babcock University Centre for Open Distance and e-Learning (BUCODeL) and Coordinator, Babcock University Gender and African Studies Group (BUGAS); sotunsam@babcock.edu.ng
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EDUCATION
Creating Sustainable U.S. - East Africa Partnerships for Disability Inclusion
Professional Fellows Alumni Webinar:Creating Sustainable U.S. - East Africa Partnerships for Disability InclusionThursday, May 27, 2021, 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. ET
Webinar Description:
The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) and Humanity & Inclusion (HI) invite you to join a Professional Fellows alumni webinar on how universities, DPOs, and other disability rights groups in the United States and East Africa can create independent, sustainable partnerships that promote inclusive employment and education in lasting ways.
By interacting with a panel of U.S. outbound and Professional Fellows alumni, attendees will learn:
How universities and disability rights leaders in East Africa can exchange inclusive practices and empower communities.
How to create professional development opportunities and low-cost trainings that let disability professionals in the U.S. and East Africa learn from each other during the pandemic.
How to build expertise in inclusive employment and education among teachers and service providers in East Africa remotely.
Panelists:
Dr. Martin Blair, Executive Director, University of Montana Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities
Dr. Margo Izzo, Transition Services Director, The Ohio State University Nisonger Center
Dr. Macdonald Metzger, Director of Outreach, Education, and Interdisciplinary Training, University of Minnesota Institute on Community Integration
Elizabeth Shiakamiri, Innovation to inclusion (i2i) Programme Manager, Leonard Cheshire, Nairobi, Kenya
Bijal Lal, Founder and Special Educator, Tujumuishe Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Please Note:
CART transcription will be available for all attendees. Please contact Siddarth Nagaraj (snagaraj@aucd.org) for any accommodations needs or general inquiries.
There is no cost for this webinar.
CEUs are not offered for this webinar.
This webinar will be held on the Zoom Platform. You can test your connection with Zoom before joining the meeting here.
This webinar will be archived.
By:
Derek Tobias
EDUCATION
Creating Sustainable U.S. - East Africa Partnerships for Disability Inclusion
Professional Fellows Alumni Webinar:Creating Sustainable U.S. - East Africa Partnerships for Disability InclusionThursday, May 27, 2021, 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. ET
Webinar Description:
The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) and Humanity & Inclusion (HI) invite you to join a Professional Fellows alumni webinar on how universities, DPOs, and other disability rights groups in the United States and East Africa can create independent, sustainable partnerships that promote inclusive employment and education in lasting ways.
By interacting with a panel of U.S. outbound and Professional Fellows alumni, attendees will learn:
How universities and disability rights leaders in East Africa can exchange inclusive practices and empower communities.
How to create professional development opportunities and low-cost trainings that let disability professionals in the U.S. and East Africa learn from each other during the pandemic.
How to build expertise in inclusive employment and education among teachers and service providers in East Africa remotely.
Panelists:
Dr. Martin Blair, Executive Director, University of Montana Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities
Dr. Margo Izzo, Transition Services Director, The Ohio State University Nisonger Center
Dr. Macdonald Metzger, Director of Outreach, Education, and Interdisciplinary Training, University of Minnesota Institute on Community Integration
Elizabeth Shiakamiri, Innovation to inclusion (i2i) Programme Manager, Leonard Cheshire, Nairobi, Kenya
Bijal Lal, Founder and Special Educator, Tujumuishe Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Please Note:
CART transcription will be available for all attendees. Please contact Siddarth Nagaraj (snagaraj@aucd.org) for any accommodations needs or general inquiries.
There is no cost for this webinar.
CEUs are not offered for this webinar.
This webinar will be held on the Zoom Platform. You can test your connection with Zoom before joining the meeting here.
This webinar will be archived.
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Derek Tobias
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Expert Panel Discussion on Media and Communication in Africa
Join our expert panel this Friday 21st at 3pm South Africa time (2pm GMT) for a broad-ranging discussion on all aspects of African media, culture and communication.The discussion celebrates the publication of the Routledge Handbook of African Media and Communication Studies, edited by Winston Mano and viola c. milton. Together with the 21 contributors, they represent most of the world's leading experts in the field. During the launch, Professor Mano and Professor Milton will be joined in discussion by five contributors, and there will also be time to ask the experts your own questions.
The session is entirely free to attend, and registration for the event is quick and easy, via the following link:https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4880868870072937997 More about the book can be found below, or at the book's webpage here, where you will also find chapter 19 of the book available as a free download:https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-African-Media-and-Communication-Studies/Ma...This handbook comprises fresh and incisive research focusing on African media, culture and communication. The chapters from a cross-section of scholars dissect the forces shaping the field within a changing African context. It adds critical corpora of African scholarship and theory that places the everyday worlds, needs and uses of Africans first.
The book goes beyond critiques of the marginality of African approaches in media and communication studies to offer scholars the theoretical and empirical toolkit needed to start building critical corpora of African scholarship and theory that places the everyday worlds, needs and uses of Africans first. Decoloniality demands new epistemological interventions in African media, culture and communication, and this book is an important interlocutor in this space. In a globally interconnected world, changing patterns of authority and power pose new challenges to the ways in which media institutions are constituted and managed, as well as how communication and media policy is negotiated and the manner in which citizens engage with increasing media opportunities. The handbook focuses on the interrelationships of the local and the global and the concomitant consequences for media practice, education and citizen engagement in today’s Africa. Altogether, the book foregrounds convivial epistemologies relevant for locating African media and communication in the pluriverse.
This handbook is an essential read for critical media, communications, cultural studies and journalism scholars.Table of Contents
Decoloniality and the push for African media and communication studies: an introduction Winston Mano and viola c. milton 2. Afrokology of media and communication studies: theorising from the margins Winston Mano and viola c. milton3. Frantz Fanon, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, and African media and communication studies Pier Paolo Frassinelli4. Rethinking African strategic communication: towards a new violence Colin Chasi5. Afrokology and organisational culture: why employees are not behaving as predicted Elnerine WJ Gree6. To be or not to be: decolonizing African media/communications Kehbuma Langmia 7. Communicating the idea of South Africa in the age of decoloniality Blessed Ngwenya 8. Decolonising media and communication studies: an exploratory survey on global curricula transformation debates Ylva Rodny-Gumede and Colin Chasi 9. Africa on demand: the production and distribution of African narratives through podcasting Rachel Lara van der Merwe10. The African novel and its global communicative potential: africa’s soft power Mary-Jean Nleya11. Citizen journalism and conflict transformation: exploring netizens’ digitized shaping of political crises in Kenya Toyin Ajao12. Ghetto ‘wall-standing’: counterhegemonic graffiti in Zimbabwe Hugh Mangeya13. "Arab Spring" or Arab Winter: social media and the 21st-century slave trade in Libya Ashley Lewis, Shamilla Amulega, and Kehbuma Langmia14. On community radio and African interest broadcasting: the case of Vukani Community Radio (VCR) Siyasanga M. Tyali15. Not just a benevolent bystander: the corrosive role of private sector media on the sustainability of the South African Broadcasting Corporation Kate Skinner16. Health communication in Africa Elizabeth Lubinga and Karabo Sitto17. The politics of identity, trauma, memory and decolonisation in Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie (2015) Beschara Karam18. Nollywood as decoloniality Ikechukwu Obiaya19. Afrokology as a transdisciplinary approach to media and communication studies viola c. milton and Winston Mano
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Madeleine Futter
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CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Expert Panel Discussion on Media and Communication in Africa
Join our expert panel this Friday 21st at 3pm South Africa time (2pm GMT) for a broad-ranging discussion on all aspects of African media, culture and communication.The discussion celebrates the publication of the Routledge Handbook of African Media and Communication Studies, edited by Winston Mano and viola c. milton. Together with the 21 contributors, they represent most of the world's leading experts in the field. During the launch, Professor Mano and Professor Milton will be joined in discussion by five contributors, and there will also be time to ask the experts your own questions.
The session is entirely free to attend, and registration for the event is quick and easy, via the following link:https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4880868870072937997 More about the book can be found below, or at the book's webpage here, where you will also find chapter 19 of the book available as a free download:https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-African-Media-and-Communication-Studies/Ma...This handbook comprises fresh and incisive research focusing on African media, culture and communication. The chapters from a cross-section of scholars dissect the forces shaping the field within a changing African context. It adds critical corpora of African scholarship and theory that places the everyday worlds, needs and uses of Africans first.
The book goes beyond critiques of the marginality of African approaches in media and communication studies to offer scholars the theoretical and empirical toolkit needed to start building critical corpora of African scholarship and theory that places the everyday worlds, needs and uses of Africans first. Decoloniality demands new epistemological interventions in African media, culture and communication, and this book is an important interlocutor in this space. In a globally interconnected world, changing patterns of authority and power pose new challenges to the ways in which media institutions are constituted and managed, as well as how communication and media policy is negotiated and the manner in which citizens engage with increasing media opportunities. The handbook focuses on the interrelationships of the local and the global and the concomitant consequences for media practice, education and citizen engagement in today’s Africa. Altogether, the book foregrounds convivial epistemologies relevant for locating African media and communication in the pluriverse.
This handbook is an essential read for critical media, communications, cultural studies and journalism scholars.Table of Contents
Decoloniality and the push for African media and communication studies: an introduction Winston Mano and viola c. milton 2. Afrokology of media and communication studies: theorising from the margins Winston Mano and viola c. milton3. Frantz Fanon, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, and African media and communication studies Pier Paolo Frassinelli4. Rethinking African strategic communication: towards a new violence Colin Chasi5. Afrokology and organisational culture: why employees are not behaving as predicted Elnerine WJ Gree6. To be or not to be: decolonizing African media/communications Kehbuma Langmia 7. Communicating the idea of South Africa in the age of decoloniality Blessed Ngwenya 8. Decolonising media and communication studies: an exploratory survey on global curricula transformation debates Ylva Rodny-Gumede and Colin Chasi 9. Africa on demand: the production and distribution of African narratives through podcasting Rachel Lara van der Merwe10. The African novel and its global communicative potential: africa’s soft power Mary-Jean Nleya11. Citizen journalism and conflict transformation: exploring netizens’ digitized shaping of political crises in Kenya Toyin Ajao12. Ghetto ‘wall-standing’: counterhegemonic graffiti in Zimbabwe Hugh Mangeya13. "Arab Spring" or Arab Winter: social media and the 21st-century slave trade in Libya Ashley Lewis, Shamilla Amulega, and Kehbuma Langmia14. On community radio and African interest broadcasting: the case of Vukani Community Radio (VCR) Siyasanga M. Tyali15. Not just a benevolent bystander: the corrosive role of private sector media on the sustainability of the South African Broadcasting Corporation Kate Skinner16. Health communication in Africa Elizabeth Lubinga and Karabo Sitto17. The politics of identity, trauma, memory and decolonisation in Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie (2015) Beschara Karam18. Nollywood as decoloniality Ikechukwu Obiaya19. Afrokology as a transdisciplinary approach to media and communication studies viola c. milton and Winston Mano
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Madeleine Futter
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CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Recording of Public Dialogue Series, “Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in Africa and the Diaspora"
Last week AAP held its third Public Dialogue of year, “Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in Africa and the Diaspora”. For those who missed or wanted a chance to review the session again, a recording is now available. A diverse group of panelists and moderators were brought together to discuss the role of higher education institutions in combating racism across the African Diaspora.
We would like to thank our attendees, panelists, moderators, and co-hosts for their help in creating an influential virtual dialogue. Our co-hosts were African Studies Center, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Department of African American and African Studies, and International Association of Universities.
By:
Madeleine Futter
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Recording of Public Dialogue Series, “Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in Africa and the Diaspora"
Last week AAP held its third Public Dialogue of year, “Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in Africa and the Diaspora”. For those who missed or wanted a chance to review the session again, a recording is now available. A diverse group of panelists and moderators were brought together to discuss the role of higher education institutions in combating racism across the African Diaspora.
We would like to thank our attendees, panelists, moderators, and co-hosts for their help in creating an influential virtual dialogue. Our co-hosts were African Studies Center, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Department of African American and African Studies, and International Association of Universities.
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By:
Madeleine Futter
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
Public Dialogue Series: Pathways to Resilience: African Youth and Africa's Transformation
AAP is hosting our next Public Dialogue “Pathways to Resilience: African Youth and Africa’s Transformation” on Wednesday, June 9 at 8:00am-9:30am EDT. In this dialogue session, we will hear from African youth as well as researchers and stakeholders in different sectors that support young people to achieve their goals. We will also discuss the opportunities available with the African Youth Transformation Platform (AYTP), a program established jointly by the AAP and MSU’s Global Youth Advancement Network (GYAN) for youth, researchers, stakeholders from the public, private sector and civil society, and other strategic partners
This dialogue is co-hosted by
Learn more: https://aap.isp.msu.edu/engage/aap-public-dialogue-series/
To register: https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/1116210119333/WN_Q9eQ7_F7SVukBXfNyrP_kw
By:
Madeleine Futter
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
Public Dialogue Series: Pathways to Resilience: African Youth and Africa's Transformation
AAP is hosting our next Public Dialogue “Pathways to Resilience: African Youth and Africa’s Transformation” on Wednesday, June 9 at 8:00am-9:30am EDT. In this dialogue session, we will hear from African youth as well as researchers and stakeholders in different sectors that support young people to achieve their goals. We will also discuss the opportunities available with the African Youth Transformation Platform (AYTP), a program established jointly by the AAP and MSU’s Global Youth Advancement Network (GYAN) for youth, researchers, stakeholders from the public, private sector and civil society, and other strategic partners
This dialogue is co-hosted by
Learn more: https://aap.isp.msu.edu/engage/aap-public-dialogue-series/
To register: https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/1116210119333/WN_Q9eQ7_F7SVukBXfNyrP_kw
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By:
Madeleine Futter
