Dear All, The Senegalese capital, Dakar, recently hosted a four-day symposium on the United States of Africa, organized by the Senegalese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the University of Cheikh Anta Diop, in collaboration with CODESRIA The following themes were covered at the four-day event: 1. Federalism and African union authority 2 Federalism, culture and national languages 3.Federalism, economic development and science and technology 4..Federalism, Diaspora, civil societies and the African people 5. Role and place of Africa in the global governance About 300 intellectuals, academics, researchers, from Africa and the Diaspora, artists, civil society organizations and political decision-makers attended the conference, held at Hotel Meridien from the 27th to the 30th of July 2009. Please click the link below to listen to Professor Ebrima Sall’s opening remarks at the symposium. Dr Ebrima Sall, a renowned Gambian scholar, spoke in French: http://www.convergencefm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1604:symposium-extrait-de-ebrima-sall-du-27-juillet-2009&catid=98:les-interviews&Itemid=124 The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Abdoulie Janneh, who is at the level of U.N. Under-Secretary-General, also spoke at the opening ceremony. You can also listen to Abdoulie Janneh’s (Abdoulaye Diane’s) speech here. He too is a Gambian national. http://www.convergencefm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1573:allocution-symposium-du-pr-abdoulaye-diane&catid=98:les-interviews&Itemid=124 For more information on the symposium, see this radio link: www.convergencefm.com Regards, Ebrima From: To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Ebrima Sall's remarks Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:23:00 +0000 http://www.convergencefm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1604:symposium-extrait-de-ebrima-sall-du-27-juillet-2009&catid=98:les-interviews&Itemid=124 _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Messenger: Happy 10-Year Anniversary—get free winks and emoticons. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/157562755/direct/01/ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤