Campus-Wide Talks on Nov 3rd

The following events will be held at Columbia University this Wednesday and they are hosted by the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University:

"Reflections on Native Nostalgia and Contemporary Thoughts on the Future of South Africa" by Jacob Dlamini

Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: 754 Schermerhorn Extension, Columbia University
This event is co-sponsored by the University Seminar on Studies in Contemporary Africa and The Department of Anthropology. Dlamini is the author of the book "Native Nostalgia," a columnist for Business Day where he was formerly the Political Editor, and currently a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of History at Yale University

IFRIQIYYA Colloquium in association with IAS and the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies presents:

'ISLAMIC SLAVERY' OR SLAVERY IN MUSLIM SOCIETIES?
Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Time: 12:00 – 2:00pm
Location: Knox Hall, Room 207
A lecture by Professor Abdul Sheriff

Upcoming events

WEDNESDAY APRIL 21

Tapped: The Movie
New York, NY
Columbia University, Cowin Center at Teacher's College (between 120/121 st and Broadway)
Bottle Exchange: 4 PM - Trade in a plastic water bottle for a Klean Kanteen for the first 100 people there!
Screening: 5 PM

Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be
bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig's debut feature is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water.

From the producers of Who Killed the Electric Car and I.O.U.S.A., this timely
documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an
industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity: our water.

From the plastic production to the ocean in which so many of these bottles end up, this
inspiring documentary trails the path of the bottled water industry and the communities
which were the unwitting chips on the table. A powerful portrait of the lives affected by
the bottled water industry, this revelatory film features those caught at the intersection of big business and the public's right to water.

Tapped is a story of how one person really can make a difference. Each section of the
film tells the story of a David and Goliath battle in which a regular person, like you or
me, goes up against a big corporation in order to initiate change in the world, and
people should walk away from this film knowing that they can make a difference.

Tapped: The Movie
New York, NY
Columbia University, Cowin Center at Teacher's College (between 120/121 st and Broadway)
Bottle Exchange: 4 PM - Trade in a plastic water bottle for a Klean Kanteen for the first 100 people there!
Screening: 5 PM

To learn more, visit http://www.tappedthefilm.com/

FRIDAY APRIL 23

The Center for African Education and the African Studies Working Group are excited to stage a 3-part event, co-sponsored by the Teachers College Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs.

Student Writing Workshop
Friday, April 23rd, 12-2:30pm
Private Dining Room
Grace Dodge Hall

Representations of Africa
Panel discussion & reception
Thursday, April 29th, 7:00-9:30pm
Grace Dodge Hall 179

The goal of this event is to explore how Africa is represented in a number of
different spheres including fiction, academic writing, journalism, and. the
impact of these representations on public opinion of the continent.

This initiative endeavors to promote new knowledge, tolerance, and respect for
the diversity of linguistic, racial and ethnic differences that exist in Africa and
diasporic communities around the world and invites participants to critically
engage with representations of Africa.
For further information, please consult the Center website
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/centers/cae/

FRIDAY APRIL 23

'COMMITTING ANTHROPOLOGY'

April 23rd, 2010

10:00 am to 5pm
The New School
Wolff Conference Room
6 E. 16th Street
Rooms. 906/913

For more information please visit: http://commitanthro.wordpress.com/
Contact: commitanthro@gmail.com

Admission:
Free and open to the public. But please come early - seating will be limited.

The New School for Social Research Anthropology Department is pleased to announce our annual graduate student conference 'Committing Anthropology.' We have assembled an exceptional collection of speakers and participants to discuss the field of contemporary anthropology. Panelists include:

Stephen J. Collier, The New School

Didier Fassin, Institute for Advanced Study

Allen Feldman, NYU

Nicolas Langlitz, The New School

Neni Panourgia, Columbia University

Elizabeth Povinelli, Columbia University

Rayna Rapp, NYU

Sharika Thiranagama, The New School

Miriam Ticktin, The New School

Moderating these panels will be faculty members from The New School's Department of Anthropology. Our moderators include:
Hugh Raffles
Vyjayanthi Rao
Janet Roitman
Ann L. Stoler

THURSDAY APRIL 29-MAY 1

Rethinking Racial Capitalism Conference

FRIDAY APRIL 30- MAY 1

Building an African Presence Conference
Committee on Global Thought
http://cgt.columbia.edu/events/building_african_presence/

Democracy in Dakar Film Screening & Panel Discussion with Director

This event will take place in 702 Hamilton Hall from 4pm-6pm Monday 12th of April 2010.

Democracy in Dakar panelist bios:

Benjamin Herson, director and producer of "Democracy in Dakar," is the founder and director of Nomadic Wax, a global hip-hop record label and production company dedicated to recording, documenting and presenting hip-hop and underground music from around the world. Herson has a B.A. in African Studies and Anthropology from Hampshire College and studied Wolof at Columbia University. He is also an internationally celebrated producer and musician.

Timothy Mangin is a Ph.D. candidate in Ethnomusicology at Columbia University. His dissertation is entitled "Senegalese Urban Popular Music: Jazz, Mbalax, and Rap." Mangin holds a B.A, in music from Bowdoin College and a Certificate in African Studies from the Institute of African Studies at Columbia. He was also a pre-doctoral fellow in the Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar on Globalizing City Cultures at the Center for Comparative Literature and Society.

Baay Bia is an award-winning musician and MC from Dakar, Senegal. He began performing in 1991, and in 1993 he formed the group Black Face Productions. His first album, Nation, a collaboration with Bill Diakhou, won the Senegalese Hip Hop Awards in 2002. He released his first solo album, Le Messager, in 2004, and his second, Lilaay Wommat, in 2006. In 2009, Baay Bia and Nomadic Wax released the music video for "Liy Am Amna," directed by Nomadic Wax filmmaker and co-director of "Democracy in Dakar" Magee McIlvaine.

Lecture on Marriage in 1930s Ghana

DEBATING MARRIAGE IN THE LADIES' CORNER OF THE 1930s: THE FORMATION OF A CIVIC COMMUNITY AND CULTURE IN ACCRA, GHANA

Wednesday,March 31st, 2010, 6:30-8:30pm, at The Faculty House, 2nd floor (Room 2), Columbia University The speaker will be Dr. Jinny Prais, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Committee on Global Thought and the Institute of African Studies, Columbia University. If you have not done so already, please RSVP by 12noon on Wednesday, March 31st: caruso@columbia.edu or 212-854-8045 Seminar participants who wish to join the speaker and co-chairs for an after-session dinner at a nearby restaurant, please contact Yuusuf at caruso@columbia.edu

Africa Underground Film/Panel/Hip Hop Show

Don't miss the Meta and the Cornerstone's concert this Saturday following the screening of Fangafrika!

7pm Screening: Fangafrika: The Voice of the Voiceless

Hip Hop may have been born in America, but it is growing up in Africa. Fangafrika is a stylized look at the festival in Ouaga, in Burkina Faso, where Africa' s best and brightest rappers gather using hip hop to tackle the serious issues facing Africans everywhere. The film is a who's who in African hip-hop, from veterans like Pee Froiss, Daara J and PBS to up and coming hot acts.

8:30pm Panel Discussion: Marketing African Media in the New Millennium: A Panel discussion About the Intersection of Technology, Digital Media and its Impact on the African Continent. Panelists to be announced.

Moderated By:

Ngozi Odita http://www.SocietyHAE.com

Panelists:

Toni Blackman - http://www.toniblackman.com

Rebekah Frimpong - http://www.rwul.com/

Professor Sean Jacobs - http://africasacountry.com/

Larry Ossei-Mensah - http://www.myglobalhustle.com/

Ben Herson - http://www.nomadicwax.com

10pm Concert: Meta and the Cornerstones
Featuring members from across Africa, the Middle East and Asia, Brooklyn's Meta and the Cornerstones fuse Afropop, reggae, hip-hop and serious soul with a mixture of French, English, Wolof and Fulani vocals. With their powerful lyrics and feel good melodies, the band creates a sound that transcending borders and language barriers.

Date & Time: Sat, Feb 20, 2010, 7:00pm

Location: 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson Street

Venue: 92YTribeca Mainstage

Price: $10.00

To purchase tickets, please visit: http://www.92y.org/shop/92Tri_event_detail.asp?productid=T-MM5PF11

On Campus Talk with New Mayor of Accra

If you have any burning questions on the new development initiatives that are being taken in Accra, Ghana attend today's talk with the newly elected Mayor the Honorable Alfred Vanderpuije! The details of the event are as follows:

IAS Brown Bag: Discussion with Honorable Alfred Vanderpuije, Mayor of Accra, Ghana.

Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Time: 12:00-1:00pm

Location: Knox Hall, Room 208