H.E. Abena P.A Busia to join the Panel Discussion on Ama Ata Aidoo, July 2, 2023
Ghanaian diplomat and internationally known poet, H.E. Abena P. A. Busia, currently serving as her country's Ambassador to Brazil, is a Professor Emerita, having served forty years in the Departments of English and Women's & Gender Studies and Comparative Literature at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She has received Fellowships and awards from numerous organizations, including the Rockefeller, Fulbright and Ford Foundations, and the Rutgers University President's Award for Distinguished Public Service.
She has published widely, lectured extensively, and taught workshops and masterclasses on curriculum transformation, around the world, in the areas of gender, race, and multi-cultural studies. She is a Founding Board member of several international organizations including the Busia Foundation for which she serves as International Liaison Officer, the African Women's Development Fund [AWDF] for which she served as the founding Program Committee Chair and AWD Fund-USA for which she served as Executive Chair. She is also one of the three Project co-directors and series editors of the award winning four volume Women Writing Africa project, published by the Feminist Press 2002-2008. Ambassador Busia has given numerous interviews and poetry readings on radio, performed and read at conferences, universities, churches and poetry and Jazz festivals around Europe, North America, and West Africa, including the celebrated New Orleans Jazz Festival and the welcoming ceremonies for Nelson Mandela on the steps of City Hall, Los Angeles. First published by the late Chinua Achebe, her poetry has appeared in various anthologies and magazines on three continents, in West Africa, North America, and Europe. As a board member of the Women's Learning Partnership, a South-South network of women's organizations dedicated to women's leadership and empowerment, she is the curator of "Lifelines: The Poetry of Human Rights" presenting readings annually at the UN Commission on the Status of Women and other NGO fora.
Sunday, July 2, 2023
4:00 PM Ghana // 5:00 PM Nigeria // 11:00 AM Austin CST
Register and Watch:
https://www.tfinterviews.com/post/ama-ata-aidoo
Join via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86580894258
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