Wednesday, March 26
12:30 Check In and Registration
1:30 Welcome
1:45 Reflections on Political Developments
in Northeast Africa
Bereket Selassie
Dept. of African and Afro-American Studies
UNC at Chapel Hill
2:45 Break
3:00 The Historical Roots of Contemporary Africa
Lisa Lindsay
Dept. of History
UNC at Chapel Hill
4:00 Concurrent Sessions I
1. School Language Policy and Student Performance
in South Africa
Derek Greenfield
Dept. of Sociology
Shaw University
2. Madagascar : Healing the Environment
Charlie Welch
Duke Lemur Center
3. Music and Public Health in Malawi
E. Jackson Allison
Former Peace Corps Volunteer
4.Globalization in Africa
Sylvain Boko
Wake Forest University
5. Women, Textiles, and the Global
Economy in Nigeria
Judith Byfield
Department of History
Cornell University
5:00 Reception at Phays' Residence
Immediately following last session
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Thursday, March 27
7:45 Coffee, Tea, and Pastries
8:30 Human Rights in Africa
Barbara Anderson
African Studies Center
UNC at Chapel Hill
9:30 Break
9:45 Concurrent Sessions II
1. Senegal (study visit participants only)
Regina Higgins
World View
2. Contemporary African Art
Carol Magee
Department of Art
UNC at Chapel Hill
3. Zimbabwean Mbira Music: A Lecture Demonstration
Cosmas Magaya
Zimbabwean Master Musician
Paul Berliner
Department of Music
Duke University
4. Empowering Young Women in Kenya:
Carolina for Kibera
Kim Chapman Page
Institute for Global Health
and Infectious Diseases
UNC at Chapel Hill
5. Fifty Years of Independence in Africa
Craig Brookins
Department of Psychology
NC State University
10:45 Classroom Application Sessions
K-8
1. Heifer International
Richard and Sue Richardson
Heifer International
Sue Elder
Johnson Street Global Studies
Guilford County Schools
2. African Studies Center Library Resources
Grade 6-8
3. Teaching Africa in Middle School
Penny Maguire
Center for International Understanding
Grades 6-12
4. Teaching Africa Through Geography
Steve Pierce
NC Geographic Alliance
Community College Session
5. Africa's Young Adults
Owen Kalinga
Department of History
NC State Unviversity
11:45 Lunch (Buffet provided in the Trillium Dining Room)
12:45 Global Health Challenges in Africa
Pape Amadou Gaye
IntraHealth
1:45 Education in Africa
Jonathan Charney, moderator
Visiting International Faculty
Teboho Nathane
Pine Forest Middle School
Cumberland County Schools
Betty Nzau
Harnett Central High School
Harnett County Schools
Vincent Pienaar
West Lee Middle School
Lee County Schools
3:00 Next Steps for Educators
Barbara Anderson
African Studies Center
UNC at Chapel Hill
Robert Phay
World View
3:45 Adjourn
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