| 9:00-10:00 | Workshop |
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Open only to registered Workshop participants; online applicatiions have closed. However you may apply at the conference provide space is available. |
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| 9:15-10:10 | FILM:
Afro@Digital Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, dir., Congo/France (2003) Documentary, 52 min |
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| 10:00-11:30 | THE FATE OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES AS A LITERARY VOICE IN THE 21ST CENTURY GLOBALIZATION OF SOCIETIES | |||
| Reading and discussion concerning the effects of globalization on African languages and identity. | ||||
| Ousseina Alidou |  |
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| Francis Egbokhare |  |
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| Sarah Mkhonza |  |
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| Micere Mugo |  |
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| Aminata Sow Fall |  |
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| Coumba Toure |  |
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| Moderator: Renee Larrier | |
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| 10:25-11:15 | Film:
Kounandi Apolline Traore, dir., Burkina Faso (2004) Documentary, 49 min |
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| 10:30-1:00 | THE IMPACT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND GLOBALIZATION ON LITERATURE, PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTION | |||
How does modern technology influence the experience and expression of the writer? Are contemporary publishing and distribution affected significantly by new technology? What are the dynamics between writer, publisher, and the market place? |
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| IN THE DIASPORA: |
IN AFRICA: | |||
| Malaika Adero | |
Kassahun Checole | |
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| Ifeona Fulani |  |
Becky Clarke |  |
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| Marcia Gillespie | |
Chrisiane Y. Diop |   |
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| Patricia Spears Jones | |
Fatou Ndiaye Sow | |
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| Louise Meriwether | |
Moderator: Tuzyline Jita-Allan |
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| Eugene Redmond | |
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| 11:15-12:45 | FILM:
Red Ribbon Around My House Portia Rankoane, dir., South Africa (2001) Documentary, 26 min |
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| 11:00-12:30 | POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT & ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT | |||
| Reading & Discussion | ||||
| Ama Ata Aidoo | |
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| Amina Baraka | |
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| Leone Ross |  |
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| Sonia Sanchez | |
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Moderator: Dawn Lundy Martin |
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| 12:15 - 12:45 | FILM:Today, Jenny Alpha (Aujourd'hui, Jenny Alpha) Fabienne Kanor, dir., Documentary, 25 min |
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| 1:00-3:00 | NEO-COLONIAL ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALISM, SPIRITUALITY, DEMOCRACY & GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS | |||
| Exploring problems of religious interpretation, identity, modernity & the on-again off-again relationships between theology and capitalism. | ||||
| TeResa Green | |
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| Prema Shanta Kumari ) |  |
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| Marnia Lazreg |  |
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| Mary N.Ngu | |
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| Olivia Cousins | |
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| Clyde Taylor | |
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Moderator: Fakhra Salimi   |
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| 1:00-3:00 | FILM:
Ceddo Ousmane Sembene, dir., Senegal (1977) Drama, 120 min |
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| 1:45-2:00 | PERFORMANCE BY PEGGY PETTITT | |||
| 2:15-3:45 | GLOBAL THEATRE: | |||
| Omofolabo Ajayi | |
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| Margaret Busby | |
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| Regina Taylor | |
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| Grace Edwards | |
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| Ntozake Shange | |
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| Georgina Herrera |  |
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Moderator: J.e. Franklin |
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| 3:30-5:00 | GLOBALIZATION AND VISUAL ART | |||
| Sokari Douglass Camp | |
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| Marcela Costa |  |
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| Cheryl Finley | |
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| Alitash Kebede |  |
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| howardena Pindell | |
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Moderator: Deborah Willis USA |
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| 4:15-5:15 | PERFORMANCES AND READINGS BY EMERGING WRITERS | |||
| 2:00-3:00 | READING AND DISCUSSION WITH EDWIDGE DANTICAT AND GLORIA NAYLOR | |||
| followed by book signing | ||||
| 4:30-6:00 | FILM:
Lost Boys of Sudan
Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk, dirs. USA/Sudan (2003) Documentary, 86 min |
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| 5:30-6:30 | Open Mike | |||
| 7:00-9:00 | READING & DISCUSSION | |||
| Special event at Poets House, 72 Spring Street, 2nd Floor | ||||
| Angela Jackson | |
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| Jackie Kay | |
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| Rosamond S. King | |
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| Jully Makini |  |
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| Nancy Morejon | |
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| Pearl Eintou Springer |  |
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| Opal Palmer Adisa | |
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| 8:30-10:00 | Benefit Concert | |||
| Jayne Cortez and the Firespitters Band | ||||
| jessica Care moore | ||||
| Tamar Kali and her Psycho Chamber Ensemble | ||||
Updated 04 Oct 2004: 05:00 |
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