97-11-13 Advisory: African Studies Conference

                           NEWS ADVISORY:
             OHIO STATE HOSTS AFRICAN STUDIES CONFERENCE

     Susan Rice, U.S. assistant secretary of state for African
affairs, and David Rubadiri, permanent representative of Malawi
to the United Nations, will speak on issues related to Africa at
the African Studies Association conference hosted by The Ohio
State University today (11/13) through Sunday (11/16) at the
Hyatt Regency Hotel, 350 N. High St.

     Following the theme of “African Studies Association and
Africa: The First Forty Years,” some 1,500 members of academia
will gather to discuss politics, economics, culture, the arts and
sociology of Africa during the conference.

     The conference opens today with a K-12 teachers workshop
from 9 a.m. to noon in the Fairfield Room.  Participants will
examine methods of teaching students about Africa.  Several
workshops will be held each day of the conference on varying
themes, such as human rights, reproductive welfare, democracy and
development.

     Rice will speak Friday (11/14) on “U.S. African Policy: A
Look Ahead,” from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. in the Fairfield Room.  Rice
formerly worked with the National Security Council as the
director of international organizations and peacekeeping, and as
special assistant to the president and senior director for
African affairs.

     On Saturday (11/15), Rubadiri will speak on “Yet Another
Song: Implications of Literature and Art on African Societies and
Politics” at 7 p.m. in the Union Ballroom.  A novelist and poet,
Rubadiri also serves as a university lecturer at Makerere College
in Uganda and at the University of Nairobi, Kenya.

     Founded in 1957 by Melville Herskovits, a cultural
anthropologist at Northwestern University, the African Studies
Association is the largest academic association devoted to the
study of Africa, with 2,000 members nationwide.

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Contact: John Conteh-Morgan, professor of African American and
African Studies, (614) 292-7643.


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
Thu, 13 Nov 1997 10:42:00 -0500 (EST)]
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