African Diaporas & Development Conference - Fall 2008
African Diaporas & Development Conference,
November 17th
Malott Room, Kansas Union
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Schedule
10:15-10:30
Opening Remarks - Garth Myers, Professor, Geography and Director of KASC
10:30-12:00
Ebenezer Obadare, Assistant Pro, Sociology, KU
"Transnational Resource Flow and the Paradoxes of Belonging: Rethinking Transnationalism, Remittances, State ad Citizenship in Africa"
12:00-1:00
Lunch
1:00-2:00
Ben Page, University, College London
"What factors shape the character of associational life? Examples from the history of hometown associations in Cameroon and Tanzania 1916-2000"
2:00-2:15
Break
2:15-3:15
Claire Mercer, London School of Economics
"Distinctive developments: Diaspora associations in Cameroon, Tanzania and Britain"
3:30-5:00
Round Table with Diaspora Leadership
Pro. Garth Myers - Moderator
Martin Okpareke - Refugee Employment and Training Manager
Jewish Vocational Services
Ceaser Mulonzi - Public Relations Officer, OKKC and President, Milele Group, Park University
David C. Rine - Professor Emeritus and Founding Chair, George Mason University, Mission Staff, Sudan Sunrise
& KU Staff -
Shiferaw Assefa and
Emmanuel Birdling
5:00-6:00
Reception Ecumenical Christian Ministries, KU
