Ujamaa Brownbag Series - Fall 2009

The Ujamaa Brownbag is an informal forum for the Africanist community at KU and Lawrence to meet and discuss general topics related to Africa. The forum was established in the fall of 2001 and has been successful in building a sense of community among our African faculty, students, and Lawrence community members. The forum doesn't have a specific theme, it recogonizes current issues related to Africa, activities on campus, Africanist scholars visiting KU, and recent visits or research done in Africa. It also offers opportunity for Africanist strudents at KU to present their finished or ongoing research.

Interested in presenting in the Kansas African Studies Ujamaa Brownbag Series? Contact Jane Irungu, our Associate Director.

Venue for all brownbag- Alcove G, Kansas Union
Time: 11:30*-1:00 pm

September 9, 2009
" Show your love: Exploring the role of Charismatic Churches in Constructing relationship in Ghana", by Phia Salter, KU graduate student in Psychology
[Research funded by Oswald Family Foundation]

October 7, 2009
"A World away: The Experiences of an American Student in Kenya," by Ashford Njogu[KU Kiswahili Lecturer and Brad Schmidt KU Kiswahili student

November 11, 2009
Issues related to disability in Africa with a specific focus on the DR Congo," by Heather Aldersey, KU graduate student in Special Education

*11:30 am to 12:00 is for Lunch and socializing