Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Falola, Bangura, and Stoller Honoredat the 9th Africana Studies Conference

Thanks a heap for your very kind words, Mwalimu Okpeh. They are truly appreciated.

 

 

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Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Falola, Bangura, and Stoller Honoredat the 9th Africana Studies Conference

My Prof: Congrats sir and more grease to your elbow. The awards must keep coming since they are reflections of your many years of hard work and phenomenal intellectual prowess. --- On Mon, 4/18/11, Akin Ogundiran <ogundiran@gmail.com> wrote: From: Akin Ogundiran <ogundiran@gmail.com> Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Falola, Bangura, and Stoller Honored at the 9th Africana Studies Conference To: "usaafricadialogue" <USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com> Date: Monday, April 18, 2011, 3:41 AM   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   April 18, 2011   Charlotte, NC: Falola, Bangura, and Stoller Honored at the 9th Africana Studies Conference   Eminent scholar, Dr. Toyin Falola, received UNC Charlotte's Distinguished Africana Award at the recently concluded 9th Annual Africana Studies Conference. Author and editor of more than a hundred books, Dr. Falola's exemplary contributions to Africana Studies as an author, editor of five book series, and proprietor of the USA-Africa Dialogue, were extolled at the conference.   Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura, scholar-activist and Professor of Research Methodology and Political Science at Howard University, received UNC Charlotte's Africana Ambassador Award for his engaging humanistic scholarship. Dr. Paul Stoller, Professor of Anthropology at West Chester University (PA), was also recognized with the Africana Ambassador Award for the career-long impact of his groundbreaking studies, especially on the African Diaspora merchants in the US. The two-day conference, titled "Crossroads I: The New African Diasporas in the US," witnessed presentations by scholars and leaders of advocacy groups on a wide range of themes including capacity building and transnational networking in the global economy, innovations in identity formation and inter-cultural relations, as well as policy implications for the recent African and Caribbean immigrants. Over 450 people – scholars, students, and community members - took part in the conference. *** CONTACT: DeAnne Jenkins, Africana Studies Department (704-687-2355; africana@uncc.edu) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "USA-Africa Dialogue Series" moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin. For current archives, visit http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue For previous archives, visit http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue- unsubscribe@googlegroups.com

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