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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.
Calendar of Sessions:
Wednesday, January 25, 2006, "Peace Corps in Africa, " Betty Barron, KU Campus Recruiter,and Hilary Hungerford, Graduate student in Geography, KU.
Wednesday, February 8, 2006, "Education and Foreign in Africa, : Dr. Abdelwahed Zhiri, former World Bank Executive, Lawrence, KS.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006, "Children Soldiers and Abduction of Children in Northern Uganda, Conversation with 'KU for Uganda' student group," moderated by Sandra Gray, Associate Professor of Anthropology.
Wednesday, March 8, 2006, "Globalization and the Film Industry in Tanzania: The Emergence of Video Films, " Mona Mwakalinga, Fulbright Graduate Student, Theatre and Film, KU.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006, "Rwanda, What went Wrong: Revisiting the 1994 Genocide."
Octave Mugabowineza, graduate student, International Studies, KU.
Wednesday, April 5, 2006, "Identity and Language in Toni Morrison's and Assia Djebari's Fictions, " Giselle Anatol, Associate Professor of English, and Louisa Matmati, Fulbright visiting scholar, Annaba University, Algeria.
Wednesday April 5, 2006, "From Africa to Kansas:My African Sports Journey,"Moulaye Niang, Benson Chesang, Victor Chesang, Oumar Seck, Mujahid Hassaballa, moderated by Tony Daniels, KU's Athletic Department.
For more information about the Ujaama Brown Bag Series, Spring 2006, contact Khalid El-Hassan, (785)-864-1064 , elhassan@ku.edu OR Craig Pearman (785)-864-3745, cpearman@ku.edu .
Sponsored by the Kansas African Studies Center (KASC) and the Global Awareness Program (GAP)
