Thursday, November 13, 2008 - Events

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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