African Challenges: Another World is Necessary!

The Boston Organizing Committee for the World Social Forum is hosting an
evening of discussion and a light dinner to explore how the global struggles of Africans are shaped by the dynamics of race, class and gender in a neoliberal world economic order. This program is part of a series in preparation for the World Social Forum 2007, Nairobi, Kenya.

Saturday, December 2, 2006, 6:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave, Chinatown, MA 02111

For more information about the Boston Organizing Committee for the World Social Forum and this event, please visit: http://www.lfsc.org/wsf

Accountable to Humanity: Justice in Dafur

A town hall meeting held at Boston University features keynote speaker Alex de Waal, writer and activist on African issues and fellow at the Global Equity Initiative at Harvard University and director of Justice Africa, London. The evening also includes a special presentation by war photographer Ron Haviv.

12/05/06, 6:30 pm.
College of General Studies, 871 Commonwealth Ave., Boston

For more information about this event please contact: jirair@bu.edu, echurch@bu.edu or visit people.bu.edu/rotaract

Historical and Spatial Tangling in the Contemporary Arts

A talk by Michelle Robinson, a doctoral student in American Studies at
Boston University. Michelle Robinson is a graduate of Harvard University and the Harvard Divinity School. Her book of poems, The Life of a Hunter, was published in 2005.

11/14/06, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
African American Studies Center, Boston University, 138 Mountfort St., Brookline, MA
For more information call (617) 353-2795 or go to www.bu.edu/afam

11th Annnual Gospelfest 2006

The Men's Chrisitian Fellowship at the Greater Framingham Community Church invites you to their 11th Annual Gospelfest.

11/11/06. Tickets: $12:00 for adults, free for children under 12
Greater Framingham Community Church, Franklin and Park Streets
For more information call the church administrator at (508) 626-2118 http://gospelfest.gfccnet.org

Radio Golf

The final play by Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson is at Boston’s Huntington Theater on its way to Broadway. Directed by Kenny Leonand and showing at Boston University’s Mainstage.

from 9/8/06 to 10/15/06
Boston University’s Mainstage
For more information call the box office at (617) 266-0800 www.huntingtontheatre.org/season/

Securing Africa: A One Day Conference on the Problems and Prospects for Socio-Economic Development and Poverty Alleviation in Africa

Presented by the United Nations Association of Greater Boston in cooperation with the British Consulate in Boston.

September 30, 8:45 am–5:00 pm
Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
For more information: www.unagb.org

Africans in South Asia:
The Siddis of India—History, Culture & Arts

Dr. Henry Drewal, University of Wisconsin.
Boston University African Studies Center and The African American Studies Program Fall 2006 lecture series on Persistence and Permutations in the African Diaspora.

October 4, 6:30 pm
The African Studies Center
270 Bay State Road, Room 416
Boston MA 02215
For more information, call 617-353-7311

Catch A Fire

The premiere screening of a new film by director Phillip Noyce, Catch A Fire is the powerful tale of a South African hero’s journey to freedom. After the screening, please join director Phillip Noyce (The Quiet American, Rabbit-Proof Fence) and screenwriter Shawn Slovo for Q&A.

Wednesday, October 18, 7:00 pm.
Regal Fenway Theatre, 201 Brookline Ave., Boston.

The Influence of African Languages on African-American Speech

Dr. Salikoko S. Mufwene, University of Chicago.
Boston University African Studies Center and The African American Studies Program Fall 2006 lecture series on Persistence and Permutations in the African Diaspora.

October 18, 6:30 pm
The African Studies Center
270 Bay State Road, Room 416
Boston MA 02215
For more information, call 617-353-7311

International Conference on the State of Affairs in Africa

The International Institute for Justice and Development (IIJD) welcomes participants to its first conference, exploring the challenges facing development in Africa. Keynote speakers include Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.

October 26–28,
Boston Quincy Marriott Hotel
For more information, contact the IIJD at (617) 541-9500
email: conference@icsaa.org

The Mediterranean/North African Diaspora

Dr. Chouki El Hamel, Arizona State University.
Boston University African Studies Center and The African American Studies Program Fall 2006 lecture series on Persistence and Permutations in the African Diaspora.

October 25, 6:30 pm
The African Studies Center
270 Bay State Road, Room 416
Boston MA 02215
For more information, call 617-353-7311

Making the African/African American Connection:
The New Genetic Research”

Dr. Fatimah Jackson, University of Maryland.
Boston University African Studies Center and The African American Studies Program Fall 2006 lecture series on Persistence and Permutations in the African Diaspora.

November 1, 6:30 pm
The African Studies Center
270 Bay State Road, Room 416
Boston MA 02215
For more information, call 617-353-7311

African Religious Communities in the United States

Dr. Jacob Olupona, Harvard University.
Boston University African Studies Center and The African American Studies Program Fall 2006 lecture series on Persistence and Permutations in the African Diaspora.

November 8, 6:30 pm
The African Studies Center
270 Bay State Road, Room 416
Boston MA 02215
For more information, call 617-353-7311