Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - Events

November 11, 2008

Tuesday

HISTORIC PAN-AFRICAN/BLACK CONFERENCE IN RIO!
Nov 11, 2008 to Nov 13, 2008
Location: UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO
Description: This conference is for all Black people including Continental and Diasporic Africans, Dalits, Tribals, Aboriginal Australians, and Pacific Islanders! Ibraheem O. Muheeb Centre for Black African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) National Theatre Iganmu, Lagos, Nigeria 2348077981151 2348023187605 234-1-4765635 TEACHING AND PROPAGATING AFRICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE TO THE DIASPORA AND TEACHING DIASPORA HISTORY AND CULTURE TO AFRICA, NOVEMBER 11-13 2008, STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS Africa has a very rich, vibrant and resilient culture. However, there is very little that is known by Africans at home and those overseas about themselves and the resultant linkages. The Atlantic slave trade marked the beginning of the dispersal of people of African descent to the new world. This has continued to have a debilitating effect on Africa and the African Diaspora's development. African history has for years been distorted in the same manner that
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November 12, 2008

Wednesday

The 2008 CIN Caribbean Lecture Series
Nov 12, 2008 all day
Location: The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Description: The 2008 CIN Caribbean Lecture Series will feature the young, outstanding Jamaican entrepreneur, Lowell Hawthorne O.D., Founder, President and CEO of Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill, the largest manufacturer, distributor and franchisor of Caribbean baked products in the United States. Hawthorne brings to this position a wealth of experience and a solid record of Achievement, both as an accountant and entrepreneur. Lowell Hawthorne graduated from Oberlin High School and Gratham College in Jamaica before migrating to the United States in 1981. He was employed as an accountant to the New York Police Department while pursuing studies leading to an Associate degree obtained at Bronx Community College. He later studied Business Administration at Baruch and Lehman Colleges and is a product of the City University of New York system. In 1989 he, with his close-knit family, opened his first baked goods retail outlet on East Gun Hill Road in the Bronx selling breads, buns and pastries.
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