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P. Sylvie Yonke <africaninformation@yahoo.com> Date: Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:37 AM
Subject: [Mwananchi] Today 7:30pm, "What is an African?" Columbia University
To: Balafon <
balafoncommunications@yahoo.com>
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Four Part Event Series . When: Monday, March 19th 2012
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Where: Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 W.120th St (Between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave)
Room: 152 Horace Mann
Event 1 - What Is An African: African Emigrants in the 21st Century
For millennia, Africa has been at a great nexus of movement, ideas, resources and power. In the 21st century, themes both old and new are emerging. Globalization is changing the way people around the world communicate, produce, relate to one another and relate to themselves. In this context, the Center for African Education turns its yearly series "What is an African?" to the 21st century and asks, "What does it mean to claim an African identity in an era of migration and globalization?" Inspired by this question, we will explore four themes in the following four events this semester, culminating in an Oxford-Style debate
In our first event, we will examine current trends in emigration from the continent. As a Diaspora population, both old and new, Africans are remaking their new worlds and are being remade by them. Africans are leaving the continent for a host of reasons, from the search for opportunity to the escape from conflict, and are making new homes for themselves throughout Europe, Latin America, and the United States, with a significant presence throughout New York City. In this event, speakers will discuss modern causes of emigration, the nature of the modern journey from Africa, and the challenges and successes Africans have found in their new homes. Questions of identity and what it means to be an African and preserve an African identity abroad in the 21st century will motivate our discussion.
Our speakers will include:
*Kimberly Foulds, PhD, Lecturer, Department of International and Transcultural Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
*Mulusew Bekele, MPH, Director of Health Programs at African Services Committee, New York, NY
*Mohamed Mbodj, PhD, Professor of History, Chair of the African and African-American Studies Program, Manhattanville College, New York,
For more information about the event series click on the following link: CAE
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