The Pan-African University Press, in collaboration with The Chronicle, presents a Conference on "Culture, Politics and Contemporary Issues in the Gambia/Africa" and book launch of Sweat Is Invisible in the Rain: A Memoir by Cherno Njie
Social Event
December 13, in the hotel
PART A: ACADEMIC FORUM
Conference Panel Presentations. 9am- 1PM
Venue: Paradise Suites Hotel
Panel 1, 9-10 AM Roundtable on Sweat is Invisible in the Rain
Chair: Professor Assan Sarr
Professor Femi Mimiko, former Vice-Chancellor, Adekunle Ajasin University
Professor Amidu Sanni, Vice-Chancellor, Fountain University, Nigeria
Professor Kwabena Akurang-Parry, University of Ghana
Dr. Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, Dean, School of Social Sciences, Babcock University, Nigeria
Discussant Rappoteur: Professor Gloria Emeagwali
Panel 2, 10:15 to 11:15 Gambia: Past and Present
Chair: Professor Amadu J. Kaba
The Euphoria of Post-Jammeh Gambia: Myth or Reality?
Professor Ademola Ajayi
The Gambia NYSS Partnership with International Organization for Migration (IOM): Lessons for Nigeria's NYSC Scheme in the Twenty first Century
Dr. Godwin Odeh
The Great Gambia Airlift, 1961: Gambian Youth and Nkrumah's Pan African Project
Hassoum Ceesay
Land Disputes and Ethnic Polarization in The Gambia: The Post-Jammeh Era
Professor Assan Sarr
From Dictatorship to the Quest for Democracy and National Unity: issues, Prospects, Challenges and the Search for a New Gambia and Gambians Since 2016
Malang Fanneh
'Globalization', International Aid and Education in the Developing World: A Study of Education Policy Making in The Gambia
Samba Bah
Background to the post-independence coups in Ghana and the Gambia
Kwame Adum-Kyeremeh
Discussant and Rappoteur: Professor Femi Mimiko
Coffee Break 11:15 to 11:30
Panel 3, 11: 30-12.30 Africa in Transition
Chair: Hassoum Ceesay, Director General, National Center for Arts and Culture, Gambia
Sierra Leone: The Historical Cultural Hub of Pan-Africanism
Professor Amadu. J. Kaba
Democracy and governance in post-authoritarian Nigeria: Interrogating the context and issues
Dr. Afolabi Arogundae
Eliminating Vote Buying: THE ROLE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS IN NIGERIA
Professor Armstrong Matiu Adejo
Nigeria's Economy Under Military Dispensations, 1966-1979: An Historical Perspective
Dr. Gboyega Ajayi and Benjamin Pelumi
Military and Political Intersections in Nigeria: Influence Dynamics in Civilian-Military Relatons
Dr. Gboyega Ajayi
The Intersection of Civil Service and Anti-corruption Architecture in African Emerging Democracies: Historicising the Nigerian Example since 1999.
Okajare Solomon Tai
African Culture and the Price of Trust
Dr. Babs Sobanjo,
AIK and oral tradition
Professor Gloria Emeagwali
Discussant and Rappoteur: Professor Amidu Sanni
PART B: PUBLIC BOOK PRESENTATION AND ENGAGEMENTS
2-6 PM
Book Launch - 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
2:00 - Guest Arrival
2:30 - Opening & Welcome Remarks
2:45 - Keynote Address
3:30 - Conference Panel Presentation: Professors Gloria, Femi Mimiko and Amidu Sanni
4:00 - Cultural Performance
4:30 - Closing Remarks
4:45 - Author's Statement
5:00 - Book Signing
Photo opportunities
Entertainment & Refreshments
PART C
December 15
TOURISM
Participants gather at the hotel for pick up
Toyin Falola
Department of History
The University of Texas at Austin
104 Inner Campus Drive
Austin, TX 78712-0220, USA
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