- Talk @ Carleton – AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS : NIGERIA AS TIPPING POINT
- Talk @ Carleton: “Is AIDS Over?” with Prof. Alan Whiteside
- CIRECI- COLLOQUE (2015)- DIASPORA IVOIRIENNE DU CANADA
- Music event: KING OF MAKOSA SIR AWILO OF CONGO
- CanUgan Disability Support Spring Brunch
- Jamaican Ottawa Diaspora Group Fundraiser
- REMINDER: Event @ Carleton: Journeys of Survival, Resilience and Belonging
- REMINDER: “The Ask Her Talks: African women on philanthropy, change and power”
- REMINDER: Summer Institute @ Carleton: Doing Fieldwork in Africa
- Webinar: Breaking the Mold: How Mycotoxins Impact Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
- Call for Papers: African Nationalisms, History and Development
- Appel de propositions : Nationalismes africains : histoire et développement
- Call for applications for a Research Collaboration Conference @ The University of Rwanda
- IAS news: Video of Samuel Óghale Oboh’s Lessons from Architecture for Nigerian government
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1.
The Nigerian High Commission to Canada and the Institute of African Studies present the
Inaugural Edition of the Annual Democracy Day Public Lecture
Lecture Topic: AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS : NIGERIA AS TIPPING POINT
Guest Lecturer:
Professor Bola Akinterinwa
Director General, Nigeria Institute of International Affairs
Friday 29 May, 2015 at 11:00am
Venue: Lecture Theatre 5050 Minto Centre, Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
RSVP:
Tel: (613) 565-1983
Email: socialsecretary@nigeriahcottawa.ca
2.
THE INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES
presents
“Is AIDS Over?”
with
Alan Whiteside, CIGI Chair in Global Health,
Balsillie School of International Affairs & Wilfrid Laurier University
Monday, June 1, 4:30- 6:00 pm
2017 Dunton Tower (Arts Lounge), Carleton University*
Alan Whiteside OBE is an internationally recognized academic and CIGI Chair in Global Health at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and Wilfrid Laurier University. His main research interest is the economic and development impact of health and HIV/AIDS. He is a Professor Emeritus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban. Born in Kenya and raised in Swaziland, Alan holds a B.A. (Hons) in Development Studies and an M.A. in Development Economics, from the University of East Anglia and a D.Econ from the University of Natal (KwaZulu-Natal). He was an ODI Fellow in Botswana from 1980 to 1983. He joined the University of Natal (now University of KwaZulu-Natal) as a research fellow in the Economic Research Unit in 1983. In 1998 he established the Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division where he was the executive director up to the end of 2013. He was a Senior Research Fellow in the British Department of International Development from 2009 to 2012. He is the author, co-author and editor of numerous articles, op-eds and books. His major books include AIDS: The Challenge for South Africa (with Clem Sunter in 2000); AIDS in the Twenty-First Century: Disease and Globalisation (with Tony Barnett, 2002 and 2nd Edition in 2006) and HIV/AIDS: A Very Short Introduction, 2008″.
For more information, please contact the Institute of African Studies at 613-520-2600 ext. 2220 or African_Studies@carleton.ca
*For a campus map, please see: https://carleton.ca/campus/map/
3.
CIRECI- COLLOQUE (2015)- DIASPORA IVOIRIENNE DU CANADA
COALITION DE L’INTELLIGENTSIA POUR LA RÉCONCILIATION ET L’ÉMERGENCE DE LA CÔTE D’IVOIRE
COLLOQUE 2015
Les 22 et 23 Août 2015, à Ottawa (ON), Canada
THÉMATIQUE GÉNÉRALE
RÔLE ET VISION DE LA DIASPORA IVOIRIENNE DU CANADA DANS LE PROCESSUS DE PAIX, DE RÉCONCILIATION ET DE RECONSTRUCTION NATIONALE EN VUE DE L’ÉMERGENCE
APPORTER SA CONTRIBUTION À LA CONSTRUCTION ET À L’ÉMERGENCE DE L’ÉDIFICE NATIONAL
Plus d’information: https://www.inaedad-rieasda.net/comitescireci2015.htm
4.
KING OF MAKOSA SIR AWILO OF CONGO BROUGHT TO YOU BY SOME OF OTTAWA/GATINEAU AFRICAN PROMOTER’s:
i. Danceafrica islandparty Ent.
ii. Black Buddies Entertainment (BBE)
iii. Dolce Vita
iv. NP PROD
Come Out for a NIGHT OF MASSIVE ENTERTAINMENT all night until 2am, The King of Makosa himself; Awilo Longomba of Congo SHUTTING IT DOWN Victoria Day Long Weekend in Ottawa/Gatineau. Stretch those waist, dress to impress, and put on those dancing shoes because this is one stop you will not want to miss. Playing only the hottest music by some of the hottest Djs in town. Live performances and much more. VIP and Bottle services Available. For more details please contact one of the following:
Eddie—– 613-413-3644
Slim———613-2656119
landry——819-3287656
Lino——–613 869-5261
NP ———613-869-5742
VENUE: Ukrainian Auditorium
1000 Byron Avenue
Ottawa,ON, K2A 0J3
Ticket Price
$20 Early Bird
$25 Regular
$30 At Door
VIP (includes Line Bypass, Meet and Greet with Awilo)
$30 Early Bird.
$35 Regular.
$40 At Door.
TICKET LOCATION:
Suya Spot Restaurant
1319 Shillington Ave Ottawa, ON, K1K 8A3
(613) 695-7892
Djs—–
DJ Felix Nashito
DJ MBTIOUS
MORE TO COME…
5.
CanUgan Disability Support Spring Brunch
Sunday, May 24, 2015
11am – 1pm (presentation at noon)
Salt Dining, 345, Preston St., Ottawa (Little Italy)
Navin Parekh, president of CanUgan, will share the latest news about the organization’s projects in Uganda.
More about CanUgan at www.canugan.org
You must RSVP to: Margaret at 613-820-9595 or Ann at annflynn@rogers.com.
You can view brunch menu at www.saltottawa.ca
6.
Jamaican Ottawa Diaspora Group Fundraiser
The Jamaican Ottawa Diaspora Group, under the Distinguished Patronage of Her Excellency Janice Miller, High Commissioner for Jamaica to Canada
Invites you to join us for this special event:
Date: Friday, May 29th at 6:00 pm
Venue: The Ottawa City Hall, Jean Pigott Hall, 110 Laurier Ave W
Event: Fundraising Dinner to assist Future Leaders to attend the 2015 Conference. Guest Speaker: Ms. Valarie Steel, President for the Jamaica Diaspora Canada Foundation. Learn: •How you can participate and contribute to the 2015 Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference to be held June 13-18, 2015 in Montego Bay, Jamaica; about the Government of Jamaica’s Diaspora engagement thrust and how you can be a part of the process.
For more information and Tickets $40.00 please contact: Donette Grant-Anderson 613-291-4483; Chris Harris 613-596-1624; Stephanie Reid 613-862-1043; Andrea Green 613-671-6292, 613-233-9311 ext. 224 / jamaicanottawadiaspora@gmail.com
7.
REMINDER: Event @ Carleton: Journeys of Survival, Resilience and Belonging
Sahan Literary Forum and Institute of African Studies present
The Yibir of Las Burgabo
Carleton University
2017 Dunton Tower (Arts Lounge)
May 23, 2015
4 pm
Guest Speaker: Mohamoud Gaildon, Author
The Yibir of Las Burgabo is the story of fortitude, dignity and survival in the face of tragedy and rejection. It’s the story of Yibir, a Somali minority community in the Horn of Africa.
Mr. Gaildon is a medical physicist and radiation safety officer at St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Yibir of Las Burgabo is his first novel.
For more information: Sahanliteraryforum@gmail.com
8.
REMINDER: The Stephen Lewis Foundation presents
“The Ask Her Talks: African women on philanthropy, change and power”
We are delighted to invite you to attend the inaugural Ask Her Talks in Ottawa on May 28th.
Ottawa Ask Her Talks
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Kailash Mital Theatre
Carleton University
7:00 pm – Reception to follow
Tickets: $20
It’s time to shift the conversation — to challenge our understanding and beliefs about how philanthropy can truly improve the human condition.
There are remarkable leaders in Africa at the community level. Women are at the heart of the response to AIDS, are overwhelmingly the frontline health care workers, are tackling the epidemic of sexual violence — and yet we rarely, if ever, hear from them. African women are leading the way, and are experts on what works, what kind of support is most effective, and what challenges need to be met.
SPEAKERS & SPECIAL GUESTS:
* Jackie Richardson, Evening Host
Jackie Richardson is an award-winning actress and one of Canada’s foremost singers of gospel, blues and jazz.
* Jessica Horn
Jessica Horn is the Senior Advisor to the African Institute for Integrated Responses to Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS (AIR). She is a founding member of the African Feminist Forum and a board member of Urgent Action Fund–Africa. A published poet, she regularly hosts and facilitates initiatives that promote women’s rights and social justice through the arts. In 2012 she was named an African woman changemaker by ARISE Magazine and as one of Applause Africa’s 40 Africans Changemakers under 40.
* Mama Bachu Nyenyezi
Marie-Jeanne Bachu Bahati Nyenyezi (Mama Bachu) has been the head of the City of Joy programme in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since its inception in 2010. The City of Joy is designed to heal the emotional trauma of women survivors of violence, treating 90 women and girls during 6 month sessions with psychotherapy and supporting them with leadership and life skills training. She was a participant in the 2002 Nairobi Peace Negotiations and served as National Deputy during the 2003-2006 Parliamentary transition and as the Vice President for the Parliamentary Commission on Women, Family, and Children.
* Jennifer Ayot
Jennifer Ayot is the Senior Legal Officer for War Child Canada, where she works in Congolese and South Sudanese refugee settlements. Since graduating as a practicing Advocate in 2008, she has been working in post conflict Northern Uganda with a specialization in legal representation in courts of law for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, child abuse and human rights violations.
* SashOYA Simpson
SashOYA Simpson is a developing artist who embraces the principles of life while searching for her own truth through an exploration of art in its different forms, with a particular focus on storytelling in the various elements of theatre. She is currently the Associate Artistic Director and a PATI resident at Toronto’s holistic trans-disciplinary theatre institute The Watah School, where she is developing a solo show to present at the school’s upcoming festivals. She is also serving as the stage manager for Ssshe Mami Wata, written by d’bi young anitafrika and directed by Owen Blakka Ellis.
* Netty Musanhu
Netty Musanhu is the Executive Director of Musasa Project based in Harare, Zimbabwe. For over 20 years, Musasa Project has been working to confront gender-based violence, support women and children affected by domestic violence, and lobby nationally for legal and legislative reform. Netty has two law degrees from the University of Zimbabwe and 12 years of experience managing programmes for local, national and international non-governmental organizations including the Zimbabwe Women Lawyers’ Association, Child Protection Society and Actionaid Zimbabwe.
* Theo Sowa
Theo Sowa is Chief Executive Officer of the African Women’s Development Fund based in Ghana. She has extensive experience as an independent advisor on a wide range of international and social development issues. Her work on women’s rights has a special focus on their promotion and protection in armed conflict situations, the strengthening of women-focused development programmes in Africa, and advocacy related to women and HIV and AIDS issues. She is a member of the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s African Advisory Board and the board of the Graça Machel Trust.
More information: https://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/askhertalks
To purchase tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ottawa-the-ask-her-talks-african-women-on-philanthropy-change-power-tickets-15732057006
9.
REMINDER: Summer Institute @ Carleton: Doing Fieldwork in Africa
“Doing Fieldwork in Africa” will help researchers and practitioners visiting Africa to better comprehend the research, ethical and practical issues involved in making field trips to the continent, arming them with the critical tools for successful field trips, and putting them in better positions to make informed decisions.
This two day institute will provide participants with skills and insights in topics such as research and project ethics, engaging with stakeholders, gender dynamics, and more. The Institute is geared towards both those who are preparing for their first field trips to Africa and those who have more experience. Through a combination of hands-on exercises and seminar presentations, participants will enhance their preparedness for their upcoming trip to Africa.
Organized by Carleton University’s Institute of African Studies, the “Doing Fieldwork in Africa” Summer Institute is led by Professor Tim Shaw and Professor Jane Parpart, both of whom have decades of research experience in Africa. They will be complemented by professors from Africa and from the Institute of African Studies who will help facilitate the learning.
Date and time: 9:00am-5:00pm | Saturday, June 6 – Sunday, June 7, 2015
Location: 2017 Dunton Tower, Carleton University
DRAFT AGENDA can be found at: carleton.ca/africanstudies/wp-content/uploads/DoingfieldResearch-DRAFTagenda-1-May.pdf
More information: https://carleton.ca/fpa-professionalinstitute/fieldwork-africa/
10.
Webinar: Breaking the Mold: How Mycotoxins Impact Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
Wednesday, May 20
9:30 am – 11:00 am EDT
USAID amd Feed the Future present an Ag Sector Council Seminar
Mycotoxins are toxic by-products of naturally occurring fungi that have serious health implications in humans and livestock. Found on grains, fruits and vegetables, acute and long-term exposure is associated with childhood stunting, reduced nutrient absorption, organ failure and cancer. Because contamination begins in the field and propagates at various points during harvest, processing and storage, effective prevention requires a multidisciplinary approach and cross-sectoral solutions.
This month’s seminar will be an interactive discussion, providing participants with ample time to ask questions. This is an excellent opportunity for agronomists, nutritionists, sociologists and field staff to share their background and experiences. The dialogue will begin with a discussion of the science behind mycotoxins and their health impacts and shift towards integrating mycotoxin responses into agricultural development programming.
More information: https://agrilinks.org/events/breaking-mold-how-mycotoxins-impact-agriculture-nutrition-and-development?utm_source=USAID+Bureau+for+Food+Security+%2F+Agrilinks&utm_campaign=3ac0742296-MAY+ASC_Invite+%231&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8f8d227958-3ac0742296-56675049
To register: https://events-na11.adobeconnect.com/content/connect/c1/1092217718/en/events/event/shared/1092561567/event_registration.html?sco-id=1330471546&_charset_=utf-8
11.
Call for Papers: African Nationalisms, History and Development
A conference to be held at York University, Toronto Canada
November 5-7th, 2015
Preamble
National development hardly followed nationalists obtaining state power. However, long before the multiple changes brought through neoliberalism’s attempt to integrate, or subordinate, Africa to global markets, many nationalists believed that national development was about a political economy of integration and transformation. Despite the many chosen or enforced changes to the paths of development taken since the inception of African independence, its primary meanings, if not its hopes, remain. There continues to be the evocation of long historical processes of transformatory and rapid social change; intentional efforts aimed at improvement by various agencies, including governments, “markets”, and various kinds of organizations and social movements; and a description, vision and measure of a desirable society that has overcome poverty. For many, the benefits of the longue durée of historical transformation are not yet upon many African states and societies, while visions of a better society remain invisible. If the pervasive contestation over sites and agencies of development within and outside of the state continue because of the apparent collapse of the idea and practice of national development, their many sources and their legacies remain to be explored.
Presently, the distance from the initial historical political imagination of national development frequently persists because of the new challenges posed by both the revival of so-called development states and the numerous uses of the alternatives to state-centric initiatives of development. It is precisely because of this apparent detachment and the prima facie ideological demise of neoliberalism, that this conference aims to revisit the histories of nationalism and national development. Notwithstanding neoliberalism’s remaining ideological, institutional and economic vestiges, nationalism and national development are not exhausted.
This conference seeks neither to constantly render histories of national development to analogies from elsewhere, nor, as per the newer advances in the comparative economic history of development, to only attempt to account for Africa’s “great divergence” from other historical paths of development. Rather, the conference aims to understand both the general and specific historical roots entering into Africa’s heterogeneous nationalisms and the legacies that continue to shape or constrain their intended or unintended developmental trajectories.
While the themes of the conference are neither exhaustive nor exclusive, we would like participants to bear some of the following themes in mind.
Themes:
• The Historiography of African Nationalisms
• Gender, Nationalism & Development
• Inequality and Uneven Development
• Resurgent Developmentalism?
• African Populisms: Old and New
• Identity & (Sub)national development
• Eliding the Local/Rediscovery of the Local
• Theorizing the Post-Colonial African State
• African Nationalist Movements & Nationalist Thought
• Class, Labour & Nationalism
• Pan-Africanism
Convenors: Alex Caramento, J.P. Diamani, Pablo Idahosa, Uwafiokun Idemudia Merouan Mekouar, and Gertrude Mianda.
Please send a 200-300 word abstract in English or French to natdev1@yorku.ca by July 31st, 2015.
Invited Speakers:
Dr. Ama Biney, Pazambuka*
Gillian Hart, University of California, Berkeley*
Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill*
*Agreed to come
12.
Appel de propositions : Nationalismes africains : histoire et développement
Conférence qui aura lieu à l’Université York de Toronto (Canada),
Du 5 au 7 novembre 2015.
Description
En Afrique, la conquête de l’État par des forces nationalistes a rarement donné lieu à un véritable développement national. Or bien avant que le néolibéralisme ne bouleverse l’Afrique en l’intégrant – voire la subordonnant – au marché mondial, plusieurs nationalistes croyaient que le développement des pays africains passait par une politique d’intégration et transformation. Malgré les nombreux détours empruntés de gré ou de force dans les parcours de développement tracés depuis l’indépendance, son sens initial, sinon les espoirs qu’il suscite demeurent. Les évocations de longs processus historiques de rapides changements sociaux se répètent alors que les nombreuses agences, notamment gouvernementales, les « marchés », et une grande variété d’organisations et de mouvements sociaux déploient des efforts conscients d’amélioration qui reprennent une description, une vision et la mesure d’une société désirable qui aurait surmonté la pauvreté.
Pour plusieurs, les bénéfices des transformations historiques de longue durée n’ont pas encore atteint maints États et sociétés d’Afrique, et les aspirations d’une société meilleure demeurent insatisfaites. Malgré l’omniprésente contestation des sites et des agences de développement, qu’elles soient étatiques ou non, dans un contexte d’apparente implosion des idées et pratiques du développement national, les sources qui animaient ses idées et pratiques ainsi que leurs héritages demeurent un objet à explorer et étudier.
Actuellement, les imaginaires historiques et politiques d’origines sur le développement national demeurent enfouis sous les nouveaux défis posés tant par la renaissance d’États développementistes, que par les nombreuses tentatives de forger des alternatives au modèle de développement centré sur l’État. C’est précisément dans ce contexte de détachement apparent et par l’évidente faillite idéologique du néolibéralisme que cette conférence se propose de revisiter les histoires du nationalisme et du développement national. Car malgré la résilience de nombreux vestiges idéologiques, institutionnels et économiques du néolibéralisme, le nationalisme et l’idéal de développement national sont loin d’être épuisés.
Cette conférence ne cherchera pas simplement à dresser un portrait du développement national qui reposerait sur des analogies avec les histoires venues d’ailleurs, ni non plus à rendre compte de la « grande divergence » de l’Afrique relativement à d’autres parcours historiques telles que le suggèrent les dernières avancées en histoire économique comparée du développement. Cette conférence tentera plutôt de cerner autant le portrait général que les particularités historiques des racines qui pénètrent les différents nationalismes d’Afrique, dont l’héritage continue de teinter, voire de contraindre les trajectoires intentionnelles ou accidentelles de développement.
Bien que les sujets énoncés ne soient pas exhaustifs, ni ne se veulent limitatifs, nous invitons les participants et participantes à avoir les thèmes suivants en tête :
• Historiographie des nationalismes africains
• Relations sociales de sexe (ou genre), nationalisme et développement
• Inégalités et développement inégal
• Réémergence du développementisme?
• Populisme africain : anciens et contemporains
• Identité et développement national et local
• Omettre le développement local/redécouvrir le développement local
• Théorisation de l’État postcolonial en Afrique
• Les mouvements nationalistes africains et la pensée nationaliste
• Classes sociales, travail et nationalisme
• Panafricanisme
Organisateurs et organisatrices : Alex Caramento, J.P. Diamani, Pablo Idahosa, Merouan Mekouar, and Gertrude Mianda.
Les résumés d’entre 200 et 300 mots en français ou en anglais doivent parvenir à l’adresse natdev1@yorku.ca d’ici au 31 juillet 2015.
Présentateur Invité:
Dr. Ama Biney, Pazambuka*
Gillian Hart, Université de Californie à Berkeley*
Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, Université de Caroline du Nord à Chapel Hill*
* Ont accepté de venir
13.
Call for applications for a Research Conference, 7-9 October 2015 in Rwanda
The College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) of the University of Rwanda (UR) will host a three days conference on research collaboration in Rwanda from 7-9 October 2015. The main purpose of this research conference is to establish sustainable research partnerships between Rwandan and international scholars. The conference will be a platform for scholars with common research interests to initiate a process of sharing ideas, networking, co-authorships and future collaborations. The underlying purpose of this research conference is to achieve concrete research collaborations based on mutual interests between Rwandan and international scholars. Moreover the conference aims at bringing the debate to Africa with African scholars, as an attempt to reduce the existing research ‘divide/gap’ between the global north and south, in spite of their diverse views, skills and knowledge.
The areas covered by the CASS are wide: law, journalism and communication, political, social and public administration, and literature, hence will be the topics for research, such as mediation, peace, security, conflict, justice, history, and many more.
The CASS will host participants, providing accommodation, meals and transport during the conference. International participants will have to find for themselves means to travel to Rwanda.
The College of Arts and Social Sciences of the University of Rwanda is calling for applicants – individual scholars – who are willing to co-author on the basis of an expressed research idea or topic which he or she is interested to explore with other scholars. Applicants are invited to submit abstracts, expressing ideas or topics for research, including, if possible, what he or she is hoping to find in a collaboration with other Rwandan and international scholars.
On the basis of abstracts received, scholars will be invited to get in contact with others with similar topics, in order to discuss possible collaboration, including the organisation of the content for a workshop during the conference. Articles that are the result of the collaboration will be published.
Applications and abstracts will be assessed by a team including Prof. dr. Rianne Letschert (Professor of Victimology, University of Tilburg, the Netherlands), dr. James Nyawo (Researcher and Lecturer of Human Rights, School of Law, University of Khartoum), dr. Usta Kaitesi (Principal of the CASS of the University of Rwanda), dr. Alphonse Muleefu (Interim Director of Research and Post-Graduate Studies of the CASS of the University of Rwanda) and dr. Roelof Haveman (Expert Rule of Law and Development, the Netherlands/Mali).
More details are available at https://ur.ac.rw/?q=node/203 .
Applications and abstract are expected before 1 June 2015 and can be sent to dr. Alphonse Muleefu: alpfong@yahoo.com or a.muleefu@ur.ac.rw (+250 7 88 89 08 83)
14.
IAS news: Video of Samuel Óghale Oboh’s Lessons from Architecture for Nigerian government
The video of the Institute of African Studies and the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism talk by Samuel Óghale Oboh – “Nudging Stewardship + Good Governance + Excellence in Nigeria: Cues from Canada’s Architecture World” – from May 7th is now available on the IAS YouTube channel.
The video can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNIs7ayFPzk&feature=youtu.be .
