EIGHTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
MID-AMERICA ALLIANCE FOR AFRICAN STUDIES (MAAAS):

"Africa: Globalization and its Discontents"

The Eighth Annual Mid-America Alliance for African Studies (MAAAS) Conference will be held at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, on September 20-21, 2002. Africanists, including faculty (professors and teachers), development practitioners, students, and interested members of the community -- from the mid-America region and beyond -- were invited to submit paper and panel proposals on interdisciplinary aspects of the topic, "Africa: Globalization and its Discontents". What is the impact of globalization on the African continent? On particular regions and countries? On democratization, industrialization, agriculture, and trade? On human rights? On education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels? On the transfer of information technologies? On the survival of African publishing houses? On migration? What is globalization's impact on religion? On women and/or children vis-à-vis the social welfare system? On the spread of HIV/AIDS? On tropical diseases? How has globalization been represented in African literature? In African theatre? What ideologies are developing to critique, and possibly channel, the globalization process? Are there potentially positive outcomes in particular areas of Africa? Is it possible to have an African Renaissance in a "globalization" context? What are the prospects for transcontinental economic integration? From a comparative perspective, how does globalization impact Africa's Diaspora?

These are questions that were considered in developing papers and panels for MAAAS '02. All conference correspondence, including payment of membership and registration fees +* should be sent to:

MAAAS '02
Women's Studies Program
University of Oklahoma
Physical Sciences Center 528
Norman, OK 73019
Phone: (405) 325-3481
Fax: (405) 325-3573
Email: Bharris@ou.edu

Membership: faculty ($20); students ($15); institutions ($30) Pre-Registration (until July 1): faculty ($15); students and independent scholars ($10) Please make all checks payable to MAAAS

* All conference presenters must pay membership and registration

MAAAS 20002 PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

Opening Ceremony: Remarks Ambassador Edward Perkins, Executive Director , OU International Programs Center and Ron Burkard, Executive Director World Neighbors, Oklahoma City

Panel/Workshop Roster 1

CONCURRENT SESSIONS A-Friday afternoon,

"Transnationalism and the African Diaspora"
Physical Sciences Center (2:30-4 PM)

John Cinnamon (Miami University-Hamilton), "Exile, Economies of Violence, and
Cyberdemocracy in Equatorial Africa"

Meshack Sagini (Langston University), "The African Diaspora and the Challenges of Adaptation"

Richard Glotzer (University of Nebraska, Kearney), "C.W. De Kiewiet and the Expansion of American Influence in Post-War Africa"

US/African Exchanges: Both Sides Now
Millie C. Audas (University of Oklahoma), Chair

Elizabeth Kvach (University of Oklahoma), The University of Cape Coast, Ghana

CONCURRENT SESSIONS B--Saturday morning

Roundtable: Joy Nwando Obika, Chair
Joy Obika, Chito Obowu (HURDORG), Ije S. Obika (HURDORG), "Globalization: Its Challenges, Implications, and Consequences", all of Human Rights Development Organization-Nigeria (HURDORG)
"What Is Globalization in the African Context?"

Panel Discussion: "African Immigrants in the US Great Plains: Action Research on Community Organizing" Khalid el-Hassan, John Jantzen, Helen Hartnett, Ken Lorentz, Melissa Filippi-Franz, Garth Myers, all of the University of Kansas

MAAAS '02 Luncheon
Keynote Speaker*
*Keynote Speaker sponsored by the OU Office of Research Administration and the Graduate College

CONCURRENT SESSIONS C - 1:30-3 PM

"Globalization and the African Urban Landscape" Garth A. Myers (University of Kansas), "Globalization and African Urban Development" Abimbola Asojo (University of Oklahoma), Betty J. Harris (University of Oklahoma),

"Globalization and its Implications for Local and Regional Development and Economic Integration" Tatah Mentan, "States in Disarray: Globalizations' Assault on Africa", Edward Sankowski (University of Oklahoma), "Alternative Paradigms for Development, with Special Reference to South Africa and AIDS" Mufana Lipalile (University of Zambia), "Economic Globalization and Socio-Political and Economic Development in Southern Africa"

CONCURRENT SESSIONS D-3:15-4:45 PM

"Practicing Development in a Globalizing Context: World Neighbors in Africa" Peter Gubbels Catherine McKaig Ron Burkard

"Case Studies in Africa History" Stephen A. Harmon (Pittsburg State University), "Mali's Third Election:

A Decade of Democratic Reform in West Africa" Ezekiel Walker (University of Central Florida), "The Impact of the Oil Boom on the Cocoa Economy of Southwest Nigeria, 1973-1980's"

Annual General Meeting

Evening Reception (sponsored by the OU College of Arts & Sciences) Ethiopian Cuisine

CONCURRENT SESSIONS D--Sunday morning, September 22

The Mid-America Alliance for African Studies wishes to thank the International Program Center, the Office of Research Administration/Graduate College, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Women's Studies Program for supporting this conference. The printing of the conference program and the Friday luncheon are sponsored by the International Program Center.