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PROGRAM

THURSDAY, MARCH 7 AT THE ZIMMERLI MUSEUM
The Zimmerli Museum is locoated at 71 Hamilton Street in New Brunswick.
Visitors to Rutgers may park without a permit in Lots 1, 11, 8, and 16 on the College Avenue Campus.


6pm and 6:30pm
Shuttles from University Inn to Zimmerli Museum



OPENING RECEPTION AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Rokhaya Fall Diawara
(Early Childhood Development Programme Specialist, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Africa)
"Writing, Learning and Teaching Material for Early Childhood Cultures: from Africa to a Global Context"


7pm-7:30pm
Formal Welcome and Opening Remarks
Suzanne Delehanty (Director, Zimmerli Art Museum)
James Swenson (Dean of Humanities, School of Arts and Sciences)
Carole Allamand (Chair, Department of French)
Ousseina Alidou (Director, Center for African Studies)


7:30pm-8pm
Opening Reception
African cuisine buffet catered by Awujoh Enterprises
Kora (West African harp) music played by Malang Jobarteh (Griot, Gambia)


8pm-8:15pm
Introductory dance performance by Gnagna Gueye and Hardo Ka


8:15pm-9pm
Keynote Address by Rokhaya Fall Diawara (UNESCO BREDA)
"Writing learning and teaching material for early childhood cultures: from Africa to Global context"


9:15pm and 9:45pm
Shuttles from Zimmerli Museum to University Inn



FRIDAY MARCH 8 AT THE UNIVERSITY INN
The University Inn is located at 178 Ryders Lane in New Brunswick.
The Douglass Campus Center is located at 100 George Street in New Brunswick.
On March 8 and 9 visitors may use Lot 82 on the Douglass Campus without a permit.


8am-6pm
Book Sale in the University Inn's Scarlet Lounge and Scarlet APR
Photo exhibit by Kim Pernice: Ghana, Sri Lanka, South Sudan, and Zambia


8:30am-9am
Breakfast


8:45am-9am
Opening Remarks in Conference Room A
Renée Larrier (Associate Director, Center for African Studies)
Abena P. A. Busia (Chair, Women's and Gender Studies)
Alison Bernstein (Director, Institute for Women's Leadership)


9am-11am
SESSION 1

Conference Room A
Inscribing Popular Culture: from Recipes to Bandes Dessinées

Conference Room B
Transmuting Culture, (Trans)Forming Identities:
Literary, Graphic and Kinetic Dynamics in Francophone West Africa


11am-11:15am
Coffee/tea break


11:30am-1:30pm
SESSION 2

Conference Room A
Intersections of Text and Image: Haiti and Morocco

Conference Room B
Writing (On) the Body


1:30pm-2:45pm
Film "Manuscripts of Mali" and Luncheon in Dining Room


3pm-5pm
SESSION 3

Conference Room A
Documentary by Khardiata Pouye on skin bleaching,
“Cette couleur qui me dérange”

Conference Room B
Words, Scripts, Language


5pm-5:30pm
Coffee/tea break


6pm and 6:30pm
Shuttles from University Inn to Douglass Campus Center, Trayes Hall B


6:15pm-9:15pm
African Textile and Dance Showcase
Trayes Hall B, Douglass Campus Center


6:15pm-7:15pm
Dinner: Caribbean cuisine buffet


7:15pm-8:15pm
Fashion show featuring African textiles, modeled by RU-Wanawake


8:15pm-9:15pm
“Xessal”: Dance AnNotations and Interpretations
Performance by Senegalese dancers Gnagna Gueye and Hardo Ka
Jeff Friedman (Dance Department, Rutgers University)
will Chair a roundtable with the dancers at the conclusion of their performance.


9:30pm and 10pm
Shuttles from Douglass Campus Center to University Inn



SATURDAY MARCH 9 AT THE UNIVERSITY INN, FINALE AT LOREE DANCE THEATER
The University Inn is located at 178 Ryders Lane in New Brunswick.
The Loree Dance Theater is located at 70 Lipman Drive in New Brunswick.
On March 8 and 9 visitors may use Lot 82 on the Douglass Campus without a permit.


8am-12pm
Book Sale in the University Inn's Scarlet Lounge and Scarlet APR


8am-8:30am
University Inn hotel guests must check out (10am deadline)


8:30am-9am
Breakfast


9am-11:15am
SESSION 4


Conference Room A
Visual and Verbal Artistry: Text(ile)s as Epistemology


Conference Room B
Forming Caribbean Francophone Cultural Individualities and Identities


11:30am-12pm
Lunch


12:15pm and 12:45pm
Shuttles from University Inn to Loree Dance Theater


1pm-2pm
FANTASTIC FINALE at Loree Dance Theater
Poetry and Musical Performance by Sanoussy Diallo
Theatrical performance by Fatou Dangoura
and Dance performance by Gnagna Gueye and Hardo Ka


2:15pm and 2:45pm
Shuttles from Loree Dance Theater to University Inn


2:30pm-3pm
Pick up luggage at University Inn, arrange transportation to airport

 


 
     
     
 

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