Greetings! I wish to invite the online community to participate in the upcoming 3rd annual Independence conference in Washington DC. I hope some of you will be able to come and interact with conference participants in a healthy exchange of ideas for the good of Gambia and all of us. Best wishes, Latjor ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE GAMBIA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE PRESENTS … THEME: THE GAMBIA: CHALLENGES IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM Plenary KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr. Sulayman Nyang Department of African Studies, Howard University, Washington DC (Topic to be announced) Session I Politics and Governance Speaker 1: Dr. Abdoulie Saine Professor of Political Science - Miami University of Ohio "It is Time to Heal: Toward Truth Telling, National Reconciliation and Justice in The Gambia." Speaker 2: Dr. Amadou Janneh Professor of Political Science - University of Tennessee "Recent developments in the Senegambian sub-region and their potential impact on the political landscape" Session II Literature, Culture and Education Speaker 1: Dr. Tijan Sallah Economist - World Bank, Washington DC "The Old and New African Poetry & the Gambia's role in It;" Speaker 2: Dr. Sukai Prom-Jackson Education Specialist - World Bank, Washington DC "Linkages: The intellectuals abroad and the University of The Gambia" Session III: Health and Gender Issues Speaker 1: Veronica P.S. Njie, RN, MSN Assistant Professor - Baltimore Community County College "The Continuing Fight Against HIV/AIDS" Speaker 2: Ylva Hernlund Ph.D Student - Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle WA "Ritual Negotiations and Cultural Compromise: An Alternative Initiation in the Gambia" Other participants will include: Dr. Mbye Cham, Dr. Muhammadou Kah, Karamba Touray, Kaba Joof, Latjor Ndow. DATE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, 2000 TIME: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM PLACE: HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AUDITORIUM 2ND FLOOR WASHINGTON DC CONTACT: TEL: 301-593-5844 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------