Impressive conference. Sorry I missed it. Hope it was video taped.
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Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - 2017 Africa Conference at The University of Texas at Austin
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impressive summary
On 05/04/2017, 'Kenneth Kalu' via USA Africa Dialogue Series
<usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> 2017 AFRICA CONFERENCE REPORT
>
>
>
> The17th Annual Africa Conference held at The University of Texas atAustin,
> from March 31 – April 2, 2017. As in previous years, the conferenceattracted
> over 200 scholars and practitioners from all over the world. Thetheme of
> this year's conference was RupturingColonial Legacies: Colonialisms and
> Decolonizations in Africa and the AfricanDiaspora. Over the three-day
> period, there were 51 different panels focusingon different sub-themes, with
> over 160 individual paper presentations.
>
>
>
> TheConference Keynote was delivered by Prof. Fallou Ngom of Boston
> University.Prof. Ngom took conference participants along to the fulfilling
> journey of unearthingone of the world's original languages and writings and
> literature – the Ajamimanuscripts. Hehopes to help train the first
> generation of American scholars to have directaccess into the wealth of
> knowledge still left largely unexamined in WestAfrican Ajami literatures, as
> well as the historical, cultural, and religiousheritage that has found
> expression through this forum.
>
>
>
> The Conference Banquet speech was delivered byProf. Bessie House-Soremekun,
> Associate Dean and Professor of Political Scienceat Jackson State
> University. TheFounding Director of the Center for Global Entrepreneurship
> and SustainableDevelopment at Indiana University, held the audience
> spellbound with athrilling account of her innovative research and work with
> African Americanentrepreneurs during the past several years.
>
>
>
> Two outstanding graduate students received awardsat the conference. These
> included:
>
>
>
> 1. The Barbara Harlow Award for Excellence in Graduate Research, set up
> inhonor of late Prof. Barbara Harlow. The award went to Elizabeth Jacob of
> Stanford University.
>
>
>
> 2. The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Award.This award is intended to recognize and
> reward a graduate student whoseresearch and scholarship already stands out
> for innovation, originality ofthought, potential to contribute significantly
> to her/his discipline, andleadership. The award went to Ben Weissof The
> University of Texas at Austin.
>
>
>
> The following distinguished scholars were honored atthe conference for their
> various works and contributions towards theadvancement of knowledge:
>
>
>
> 1. Prof. Oladele Balogun
>
> 2. Prof. Fallou Ngom
>
> 3. Prof. Michael Sharp
>
> 4. Prof. Egodi Uchendu
>
> 5. Prof. Samuel Zalanga
>
>
>
> Theconference came to a close on Sunday, April 2 with a farewell dinner.
>
>
>
> The2018 Conference with the theme Leadership and Institutions in Africahas
> been scheduled for March 29 – 31, 2018 at The University of Texas atAustin.
> Please watch out for the Call for Papers.
>
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On 05/04/2017, 'Kenneth Kalu' via USA Africa Dialogue Series
<usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> 2017 AFRICA CONFERENCE REPORT
>
>
>
> The17th Annual Africa Conference held at The University of Texas atAustin,
> from March 31 – April 2, 2017. As in previous years, the conferenceattracted
> over 200 scholars and practitioners from all over the world. Thetheme of
> this year's conference was RupturingColonial Legacies: Colonialisms and
> Decolonizations in Africa and the AfricanDiaspora. Over the three-day
> period, there were 51 different panels focusingon different sub-themes, with
> over 160 individual paper presentations.
>
>
>
> TheConference Keynote was delivered by Prof. Fallou Ngom of Boston
> University.Prof. Ngom took conference participants along to the fulfilling
> journey of unearthingone of the world's original languages and writings and
> literature – the Ajamimanuscripts. Hehopes to help train the first
> generation of American scholars to have directaccess into the wealth of
> knowledge still left largely unexamined in WestAfrican Ajami literatures, as
> well as the historical, cultural, and religiousheritage that has found
> expression through this forum.
>
>
>
> The Conference Banquet speech was delivered byProf. Bessie House-Soremekun,
> Associate Dean and Professor of Political Scienceat Jackson State
> University. TheFounding Director of the Center for Global Entrepreneurship
> and SustainableDevelopment at Indiana University, held the audience
> spellbound with athrilling account of her innovative research and work with
> African Americanentrepreneurs during the past several years.
>
>
>
> Two outstanding graduate students received awardsat the conference. These
> included:
>
>
>
> 1. The Barbara Harlow Award for Excellence in Graduate Research, set up
> inhonor of late Prof. Barbara Harlow. The award went to Elizabeth Jacob of
> Stanford University.
>
>
>
> 2. The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Award.This award is intended to recognize and
> reward a graduate student whoseresearch and scholarship already stands out
> for innovation, originality ofthought, potential to contribute significantly
> to her/his discipline, andleadership. The award went to Ben Weissof The
> University of Texas at Austin.
>
>
>
> The following distinguished scholars were honored atthe conference for their
> various works and contributions towards theadvancement of knowledge:
>
>
>
> 1. Prof. Oladele Balogun
>
> 2. Prof. Fallou Ngom
>
> 3. Prof. Michael Sharp
>
> 4. Prof. Egodi Uchendu
>
> 5. Prof. Samuel Zalanga
>
>
>
> Theconference came to a close on Sunday, April 2 with a farewell dinner.
>
>
>
> The2018 Conference with the theme Leadership and Institutions in Africahas
> been scheduled for March 29 – 31, 2018 at The University of Texas atAustin.
> Please watch out for the Call for Papers.
>
> --
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