USA Africa Dialogue Series - Adeleke University: FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEW AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEW AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

ADELEKE UNIVERSITY EDE NIGERIA

    In Collaboration with

GENDER EMPOWERMENT NETWORK THROUGH LITERACY EXERCISES- GENTLE

 

Conference Theme: RE- INVENTING LOCAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE AFRICAN GLOBAL IMPACTS

Introduction:

The fact that civilisation started from Africa has been downplayed by the atmosphere of seeming hopelessness and under development situations in Africa today. In spite of historical feats of African impacts in biotechnology and biodiversity development, reverse is the case today as Africa has become a consuming nation rather than producers of technology. This circumstance is also aggravated by the political atmosphere in parts of Africa which has made the continent a crying baby of the globe.

This conference is therefore organised to survey the attractions in ancient Africa before that exploration and sudden discoveries by external powers, and which has truncated the traditional African development today. While some continents have tenaciously held on to their language, culture and intellectual properties  and these have crafted a place for them in the race of global development, this conference is meant to study and review the African past,  her indigenous knowledge, power, technology, creativity, innovations, cultural practices and myths, historical and deified personalities e.t.c.  It will explore the situation in this dispensation and take deep focus on Africa and how these can be recycled to re-invent and revalidate her position in the anal of global development and pursuit of advancement. In essence, the conference is meant to be an avenue to explore research findings on sustainable development in Africa and how these can be taken off the shelve and appropriated for African development.

Papers to be presented will therefore investigate the Environmental, Economic and Social factors in sustainable development and how these can be infused into the three levels of technology, that is, the Basic, Advanced and State of the Art; to set standards for what can be adduced as sustainable development using the lenses of social and technological development where the grassroots would not be exempted.   

In view of this, abstracts of not more than 250 words are invited from scholars, researchers, scientists, and development and policy makers on any of the sub-themes below.

 

Sub-Themes:

1.     Africa incubation or transfer of technology

2.     Migration impacts on African development

3.     Indigenous knowledge, culture and African global impacts,

4.     Popular culture and African global developments

5.     Gender issues in African development

6.     Economics/Commerce and African Sustainable Development

7.     War and unrests on the development of Africa

8.     Colonialism, Neo-colonialism and the modern Africa

9.     Africans and their sense of values

10.  Education and Governance and African development thrust.

11.  Indigenous African groups and global impacts.

12.  Artefacts as development impetus.

13.  Oratory, orature and African development.

14.  Traditional sports and sustainable global impacts.

15.  And, any other relevant topics or ideas.

 

Abstracts should be sent by attachment to: fbssconference@adelekeuniversity.edu.ng  and copy: drkayanimasaun@gmail.com,  drosao2006@gmail.com

 on or before October 22^nd, 2012 and full papers by 5^th November, 2012.

Conference Dates: 27^th - 30^th November,  2012

For more details please call:

1.     Sesan Asekun-Olarinmoye -  Dean FBSS Adeleke University,  Ede Osun State Nigeria-+2348037277757

2.     Kayode Jenyo- Chairman L.O.C- +2348030645535

3.     Kayode Animasaun- National Coordinator, GENTLE  +2348177198056

4.     John Agbaje- Sec. L.O.C +2348033586451

 Or visit: www.adelekeuniversity.edu.ng/fbssconference.

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