an important assignment and he is the right person for the job.
Elias Bongmba
Michael Afolayan said the following on 4/4/2011 17:08:
> Good news indeed and ever so deserved. Congratulations, Egbon Toyin.
> May your star continue to shine, and in the prayer of the Yoruba, "May
> the wreath of honor befit your head!" Michael O. Afolayan
>
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> *From:* abdullahi ashafa <abashafa@yahoo.com>
> *To:* usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
> *Sent:* Mon, April 4, 2011 4:23:49 PM
> *Subject:* Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Toyin Falola Appointed as
> a Vice President of the International Scientific Committee for
> UNESCO's Slave Trade Route Project
>
> This is to congratulate Prof Falola on this well-deserved appointment.
> One interesting thing about Falola is that you can hardly say anything
> better than what had been said or written about him and am not always
> good in beaten the well-treaded path, except to congratulate the man.
> Indeed he deserves anything good on this planet related to
> scholarship. Abdullahi Ashafa, PhD
> Associate Professor of History,
> Dean, Faculty of Arts,
> Kaduna State University, Kaduna-Nigeria.
> +234 (80) 29123744,
>
> --- On *Mon, 4/4/11, Chambi Chachage /<chambi78@yahoo.com>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: Chambi Chachage <chambi78@yahoo.com>
> Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Toyin Falola Appointed as a
> Vice President of the International Scientific Committee for
> UNESCO's Slave Trade Route Project
> To: "USA Africa Dialogue" <USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com>
> Date: Monday, April 4, 2011, 8:07 AM
>
>
> Historian appointed as a Vice President of the International
> Scientific Committee for UNESCO's Slave Trade Route Project
> <http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/history/news/3683>
>
>
> The Secretary General has approved Professor Toyin
> Falola's membership to the Board of the International
> Scientific Committee (ISC) for four years and the ISC
> voted to make him a Vice President.
>
>
> Posted: March 25, 2011
>
> Prof. Toyin Falola
> Prof. Toyin Falola
> UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
> Organization) began the Slave Trade Route Project in 1994 as part
> of its mission to educate and thereby foster tolerance for people
> of all races.
>
> According to UNESCO's website, "Ignorance or concealment of major
> historical events constitutes an obstacle to mutual understanding,
> reconciliation and cooperation among peoples. UNESCO has thus
> decided to break the silence surrounding the slave trade and
> slavery that have affected all continents and have caused the
> great upheavals that have shaped our modern societies."
> The ISC consists of experts who guide and advise the project to
> preserve documents, educational materials, create and preserve
> memorial sites, and promote the myriad contributions to the world
> that resulted from the African diaspora.
>
> Falola is the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor and
> a Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of History.
> He is a world renown professor and author, receiving numerous
> lifetime achievement awards and authoring over 100 books.
>
> He has convened the Africa Conference annually for 11 years at The
> University of Texas at Austin campus with hundreds of attendees
> from the United States and multiple other countries. It is, in
> fact, taking place this week, March 25-27.
>
> http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/history/news/3683
>
> ------
> *My mission is to acquire, produce and disseminate knowledge on
> and about humanity as well as divinity, especially as it relates
> to Africa, in a constructive and liberating manner to people
> wherever they may be.*
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> *Address*: P. O. Box 4460 Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
> *Cellphone:* + (255)(0)754771763/718953273
> *Skype:* chambi100
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