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Subject: 2nd Annual Africa without Borders Conference: Call for Papers
Call for Papers
The 2nd Annual Towards an Africa Without Borders Conference -
Transformation and Action
October 8th to October 10th 2004
UW-Madison, Wisconsin US
Anticipated keynote speakers: Wole Soyinka, Sonia Sanchez and Heena Brahmbhatt
The organizing committee for TAWB II invites papers and colloquia
from activists and scholars from all disciplines and professions on
the topics of TRANSFORMATION and GUIDEPOSTS in Africa and Diaspora.
Our vision for TAWB II is to host a forum for a discussion leading to
ACTION that will be centered on (but not limited to) the following
core questions:
1) How do those of us working for change in Africa and its Diaspora
imagine Transformation? How has progress/advancement been identified
historically? What are some existing examples of guideposts? What
has been achieved?
2) The Ties that Bind - In what ways do the issues that Africans face
differ from the issues that African-Americans and other Africans in
the Diaspora face in achieving goals towards 'progress'? Which
issues are shared? How can we build a common platform and on what
issues should it be based?
3) How 'Pan' is Pan-Africanism? Is Pan-Africanism inclusive of Northern Africa?
4) How has African feminism fared in Pan-Africanist theory and action?
5) Fanon, Nkrumah, Cabral etc. and the cause for African
independence: What is the future of African radical theory?
6) Progress in fighting the AIDS pandemic: What are the issues? What
has been achieved? What more needs to be done?
7) Africa and the War on Terror: Whose war? Whose terrorists?
8) Africa via Haiti: 200 years between empires?
9) Refugees and immigration: What role for Pan-Africanism?
The above questions meant to raise discussion leading to action may
also be narrowed to topics relevant to Pan-Africanism such as:
(i) Non-governmental Organizations: Agents of Change or
neocolonialism? (ii) Regional Cooperative Efforts (such as the AU,
NEPAD and the EAU): Progress or forbearance? (iii)
Globalization: Are there alternative globalizations? (iv) IMF/World
Bank and the anti-globalization movement: What role for the African
activist? (v) The future of change in Africa and
Pan-Africanism/African unification - pragmatics (vi) Latin American
and African connections in political struggle (vii) The Congo and Pan
Africanism (viii) Rwanda - When is never again never again? (ix)
Palestine/Israel: What does it mean to the political activist in
Africa and Diaspora? (x) The African writer, language and African
unity (xi) South Africa: Betrayal or Fulfillment? (xiii) Africa and
the Middle East (xiv) Naming: Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone
AfricaŠ (xv) North Africa in relation to Sub-Sahara Africa
Submission of abstracts: Abstracts should be limited to 250 words,
and should include the author's name, title, affiliation, and full
address (including telephone, fax, and e-mail). If abstracts are
submitted by e-mail, attachments should be in Microsoft Word (.doc).
The deadline for abstract submission is May 10th, 2004. (If you are
sending in your abstract from outside the United States, please
consider your country's visa application turn around and adjust the
deadline accordingly).
The abstracts can be sent to the following address:
Towards an Africa without Borders
Department of African Languages and Literature
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1414 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53715
or to the following e-mail addresses:
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For additional information, please contact Mukoma Wa Ngugi at
608-262-8462 or visit our website at http://african.lss.wisc.edu/AWB
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