| 9:00-10:00 | WORKSHOPS |
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| 9:15-10:50 | FILM:
Rabbit Proof Fence Philip Noyce, dir., Australia (2002) Drama, 94 min |
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| 10:00-12:00 | LITERARY FEMINISM IN AFRICA & ITS DIASPORA | |
Defining African progressive feminism. What are some of the feminist ideas in literature by women of African ancestry? What are the economic and political issues? How do African feminist respond to globalization and global feminism? |
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| Jacqui Alexander |   |
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| Sokhna Benga |  |
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| Carol Boyce Davies | |
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| Alexis DeVeaux | |
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| Desiree Lewis |  |
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Moderator: Obioma Nnaemeka  |
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| 10:45-12:00 | GLOBALIZATION AND EDUCATION | |
| Teresa Green | |
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| Safisha Madhubuti | |
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| Eugene Redmon | |
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| Eugenie Rezaire |  |
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| Marcelo Suarez-Orozco |  |
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| FILM:
Ruby Bridges Euzhan Palcy, dir., USA (1998) Docudrama, 90 min |
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| 11:00-12:30 | ||
| 1:00-2:00 | CONVERSATION WITH EUZHAN PALCY | |
| 1:00-3:00 | GLOBALIZATION AND THE IMPACT OF DISLOCATION AND POPULATION MOVEMENT ON THE CREATIVE PROCESS | |
| The cultural interaction and adjustments of writers in exile and writers who have immigrated to other locations. | ||
Memoir & Reading of Grace Grail Akallo  and Vinie Burrows |
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| Panel: | ||
| Hellen Felter |  |
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| Lily Golden |  |
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| Goretti Kyomuhendo | |
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| Mojubaolu Olufunke-Okome | |
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| Lisa Suhair-Majaj |  |
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| 2:00-3:40 | FILM:
Dirty Pretty Things Steven Frears, dir. (2003) Drama, 97 min |
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| 2:00-3:30 | CULTURAL COMMUNITY CENTERS & ORGANIZATIONS | |
| The activities of cultural groups and organizations.. | ||
| Abena Joan Brown | |
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| Cathy Craigie |  |
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| Toi Derricotte | , |
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| Gertrude Fester | |
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| Mary K. Okurut | |
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| Roshnie Moonsammy | |
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| 2:00-3:00 | READING AND DISCUSSION WITH EDWIDGE DANTICAT AND GLORIA NAYLOR |
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| 3:30-5:00 | FOCUS ON CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA | |
| Internal and external relations | ||
| Ifi Amadiume | |
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| Buchi Emecheta | |
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| Joy Ezeilo | |
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| Tess Osonye Onwueme | |
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Peju Layiwola |
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Moderator: Francis Egbokhai |
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| 4:00-4:30 | FILM:
Ken Saro-Wiwa: An African Martyr Mark Johnston, dir. Nigeria (1996) Documentary, 23 min |
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| 4:35-5:25 | FILM:
The Battle for Souls Ed Robbins, dir. USA/Nigeria (2003) Documentary, 46 min |
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| 7:30-9:00 | Performances | |
Updated 08 Oct 2004 03:45 |
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