Updated: 11 Oct 04: 22:00
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| 9:30 - 10:30 | FILM : Yari Yari Black Women Writers and the Future Jayne Cortez , dir., USA (1998) Documentary |
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| 10:00 - 12:00 | GLOBALIZATION |
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| How do women from Africa and its Diaspora define globalization? Is there such a thing as a universal voice? Who is in control? What are the effects and implications of globalization? |
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| Marta Johnson |  |
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| Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba |  |
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| Luna Magia |  |
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| Khosa Mbatha |  |
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| Jully Makini |  |
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| Rania Masri |  |
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| Lina Magaia | |
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| Patricia McFadden |   |
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| Charlene Mitchell |  |
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| Diva Moreira |  |
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| CINEMATIC POSSIBILITIES | ||
| 11:00-12:30 | ||
| Filmmakers discuss problems and issues in documenting and interpreting Globalization | ||
| Stephanie Black | |
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| Julie Dash | |
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| Fatimata Ly-Fall |  |
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| Gloria Rolando |  |
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| Kathe Sandler | |
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| Shola Lynch | |
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| Francis Anne Solomon |   |
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Moderator: Sheril Antonio |
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| 12:30-2:00 | MEDIA & GLOBALIZATION | |
| Tariq Ali |   |
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| Robert Chrisman | |
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| Thulani Davis | |
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| Amy Goodman | |
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| Michele Montas |  |
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| 1:00-2:30 | Film:
Life and Debt Stephanie Black, dir., USA/Jamaica (2001) Documentary, 86 min. |
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| 1:00-2:15 | GLOBALIZATION AND LITERATURE | |
| A reading and discussion concerning self-expression, the literary market & global pressures | ||
| Lorna Goodison |  |
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| Elizabeth Nunez | |
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| Sapphire | |
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Moderator:
June D. Bobb  |
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| 1:15 –2:15 | GLOBAL CREATIVE FREEDOM & CENSORSHIP SINCE 9/11/01- Part 1 | |
| Literary responses to current events | ||
| Reading: | ||
| Meena Alexander |  |
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| Cheryl Clark | |
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| Jackie Johnson | |
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| Nancy Mercado |  |
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| Zohra Saed |  |
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| 2:15– 3:30 | GLOBAL CREATIVE FREEDOM & CENSORSHIP SINCE 9/11/01- Part 2 | |
| Panelists discuss the new dangers to freedom of expression | ||
| Carla Hayden | |
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| Meredith Tax | |
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| Moderator: Regina Austin | |
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| 2:30 –3:30 | CONVERSATION WITH OCTAVIA BUTLER led by Sheree Renee Thomas |
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| Followed by booksigning. | ||
| 3:00 – 4:35 | Film:
The Agronomist Jonathan Demme, dir., United States (2003) Documentary, 91 min., |
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| 5:00 | PLENARY SESSION: | |
| Maya Angelou | |
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| Ama Ata Aidoo |  |
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| Maryse Conde |  |
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| Jayne Cortez | |
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| Manthia Diawara |  |
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| Nawal el Saadawi |  |
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| Alice Walker | |
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