| Date |
Program |
Coordinator |
Location |
| August
22, Thursday, 2 pm |
Lecture: "Stories from South Africa" -Phelele
Tengeni |
|
Cook
319 |
| September 16, Monday, 10 am to 2 pm |
African Market Place- Including vendors, dancing, music,
crafts, and more. |
Claude
Steele |
Heth
Plaza (rain location Heth Ballroom) |
| September 16, Monday, 8 pm |
Kusun
Ensemble: Dancers and Musicians from Ghana, West Africa |
|
Cook
107 |
| October
7, Monday, 7 pm |
Lecture
on "Education in Mali" - Dialla
Konate |
|
Cook
107 |
| October
8, Tuesday, 5 pm |
Lecture:
"Kenya After 40 Years of Independence" -Charles Manyara |
|
Cook 107 |
| October
14, Monday, 7 pm |
Lecture:
"Africa's Efforts at Democratization" -Mr. John Mulutula |
|
Cook
107 |
| October
21, Monday, 7 pm |
Lecture
on "Health Issues in Africa" - Mrs. Habasatou and Ramata
Konate |
|
Cook
107 |
|
|
| November 4-7, 7 P.M. |
|
Felix
Amenkhienan &
Sumit Ghose |
Cook 107 |
Monday, Nov.
4
Thunderbolt: The romantic encounters of the female
protagonist explore the complexities of tribal
relations and traditional African medicine in the context of AIDS.
Tuesday, Nov.
5 A Walk
in the Night: Racial tensions overshadow the complex life of a black
youth driven to
murder in post apartheid South
Africa. Wednesday, Nov. 6 Faat
Kine: Women’s resistance to patriarchal control in independent Senegal
underscores its social
problems.
Thursday, Nov.
7 Karmen
Gei: For director Joseph Gai Ramaka, the first African “filmed
musical”
examines
Karmen’s struggles to assert women’s power in Senegal .
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here for more information |
| November
12, Tuesday, 2 p.m. |
Lecture:
"Memories of Growing up in Nigeria" -Dr. Felix
Amenkhienan |
|
Cook 319 |
| January
15, Wednesday, 7 pm |
African Film Night
"South Africa: land of
Contrast, Land of Opportunity"---Three short films about the Ovambo
people, Etosha Game Reserve and the Bushmen of Tsumque |
Richard
Worringham |
Cook 107 |
| January
23, Thursday, 7 pm |
Media
Lecture: Work of the Red Cross in Africa Gerald Jones |
|
Cook 107 |
| February
13 - March 7 |
Art
Exhibition: Paintings from Ethiopia and Sculpture from Zimbabwe by
Nathan Kaerasoro and Kebedeck Tekleab |
Halide
Salam |
Flossie Martin Art Gallery |
| February
13, Thursday, 7 pm |
Artist's Talk by Tekleab - Artist Kebedech Tekleab will give
a talk about life as an artist in Ethiopia |
|
Cook 107 |
| February
15, Saturday, 6 pm. |
Night in Africa: Multimedia Festival of African
countries--featuring traditional and contemporary arts, clothing, crafts,
food and music by RU students |
Aneira Mardis |
Heth Ballroom |
| February
27, Thursday, 7 pm |
Lecture
on Contemporary Art from North Africa |
Halide
Salam |
Cook 107 |
| February
3 - 21 |
Display of Traditional African Clothing |
Farrell
Doss |
McGuffy
Hall Display Cases |
| March
27, Thursday, 7 pm |
African Film: "Fathers" : 3 short films from
Tanzania, Nigeria and Ethiopia initiate a critical examination of parental
filial relationships in contemporary Africa. |
Felix
Amenkhienan &
Sumit Ghose |
Cook 107 |
| April
10-14 |
African Dance and Drumming Festival - Mohammed DaCosta &
Sandy Blocker |
Margaret
Devaney & Al Wojtera |
Cook 107 |
| April
14, Monday, 8 pm |
RU
Percussion Ensemble Concert - Featuring Mohammed DaCosta and Sandy
Blocker |
|
Preston
Hall Auditorium |