African & African Diaspora Studies Program Lecture Series

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  Religious Traditions and African Survival in the Diaspora Panel

  African New World Studies, Florida International University

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  Black Activism, Reparations, and the Demand for Social Justice, Distinguished Africana Scholars Lecture Series

  Sam Anderson and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  African New World Studies Lecture Series

  Black Activism, Reparations, and the Demand for Social Justice (From Mumia to WTO - Seattle and into the 21st Century)

  Speaker: Sam Anderson, Radical Black Congress, New York City

  Kovens Conference Center Center, Biscayne Bay Campus 7PM

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  On Being Black and Woman: a Celebration, Distinguished Africana Scholars Lecture Series

  Gloria Wade Gayles and African & African Diaspora Studies Program, Florida International University

  Distinguished Africana Scholars Lecture Series

  On Being Black and Woman: a Celebration

  Speaker: Gloria Wade Gayles, Storyteller, Poet, and Essayist

  Kovens Center, Biscayne Bay Campus, 7PM

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  2nd Annual Eric E. Williams Memorial Lecture Series, Orphans of Africa: the Ignored Casualties of AIDS

  Kenneth Kaunda and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  2nd Annual Eric Williams Memorial Lecture Series

  Speaker: Kenneth Kaunda, Former President of Zambia

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  Law, Life & Literature: A Critical Reflection of Life and Literature to Illuminate How Laws of Domestic Violence Race and Class Bind Black Women, Distinguished Africana Scholars Lecture Series

  Angela Mae Kupenda and African & African Diaspora Studies Program, Florida International University

  How Laws of Domestic Violence, Race and Class Bind Black Women

  Speaker: Angela Mae Kupenda

  Kovens Center, Biscayne Bay Center, 6PM

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  2nd Annual Ella Baker Malcolm X Civil Rights Lecture Series 2000

  Manning Marable and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  2nd Annual Ella Baker Malcolm X Lecture Series

  Distinguished Africana Scholars Lecture Series

  Crisis of the Black World

  Speaker: Manning Marable

  Kovens Conference Center, Biscayne Bay Campus

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  The Role of Race Policy Formation in America, Distinguished Africana Scholars Lecture Series 1999-2000

  Randall Robinson and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  Distinguished Africana Scholars Lecture Series 1999-2000

  The Role of Race and Policy Formation in America.

  Speaker: Randall Robinson, Founder of Transafrica

  Kovens Center, Biscayne Bay Campus

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  King Zulu's Two Bodies: Racial Masquerade in a Black New Orleans Carnival Performance, Distinguished Africana Scholars Lecture Series

  Felipe Smith and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  Distinguished Africana Scholars Lecture Series

  Introductions by Clarence Thomas and Jean Muteba Rahier

  Speaker: Dr. Felipe Smith

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  Shades of : I-She

  Eintou Perl Springer and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  Speaker: Eintou Perl Springer, Storyteller, Performance Poet, Trinidad & Tobago

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  Art, Culture and Politics of the African Diaspora, Distinguished Africana Scholars Lecture Series

  Saul Williams and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  1999 - 2000 Lecture Series - Art, Culture and Politics of the African Diaspora

  Speaker: Saul Williams

  Kovens Center, Biscayne Bay Campus

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  Carnival and the Caribbean Diaspora, African New World Studies Symposium, Part 1

  African New World Studies, Florida International University

  Carnival and the Caribbean Diaspora, African New World Studies Symposium, Part 1 of 3

  Panel 1

  Introduction by Michael Andrews, Caribbean Connection

  Christine Ho Globalisation

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  Carnival and the Caribbean Diaspora, African New World Studies Symposium, Part 2

  African New World Studies, Florida International University

  Carnival and the Caribbean Diaspora, African New World Studies Symposium, Part 2 of 3

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  Carnival and the Caribbean Diaspora, African New World Studies Symposium, Part 3

  African New World Studies, Florida International University

  Carnival and the Caribbean Diaspora, African New World Studies Symposium, Part 3 of 3

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  Teachers' Institute African American Experience

  African New World Studies, Florida International University

  First Teachers' Institute

  Teaching African American Experience through Literature

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  Inaugural Ella Baker Malcolm X Lecture Series, 1999

  Mary Frances Berry and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  1st Annual Ella Baker Malcolm X Lecture Series

  Distinguished Africana Scholars Lecture Series

  Disenfranchisement of African Americans via the Criminal Justice System

  Speaker: Dr. Mary Frances Berry

  Kovens Conference Center

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  From Local to Global: Rethinking Yoruba Religious Traditions for the Next Millenium, Edible, Audible and Visual Arts of the Yoruba-Inspired World

  Department of Religious Studies, Florida International University and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  A major international conference on Yoruba religious traditions organized by Professor Jacob K. Olupona and Professor Terry Rey, co-sponsored by the Florida International University Department of Religious Studies and African-New World Studies Program. December 9-12, 1999. Kovens Conference Center. Introductions by Carol Boyce Davies. Performers: Drum and Dance Performance by Ile Ife Afro-Cuban Dance and Music Ensemble; Miriam Alves; Adrian Castro; Eintou Pearl Springer; Charo Oquet.

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  From Local to Global: Rethinking Yoruba Religious Traditions for the Next Millenium, John Pemberton III Tribute (continued)

  Department of Religious Studies, Florida International University and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  A major international conference on Yoruba religious traditions organized by Professor Jacob K. Olupona and Professor Terry Rey, co-sponsored by the Florida International University Department of Religious Studies and African-New World Studies Program. December 9-12, 1999. Kovens Conference Center. Performance by Baba Oluntunji

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  From Local to Global: Rethinking Yoruba Religious Traditions for the Next Millenium, Section IIB Historicizing Yoruba Religion

  Department of Religious Studies, Florida International University and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  A major international conference on Yoruba religious traditions organized by Professor Jacob K. Olupona and Professor Terry Rey, co-sponsored by the Florida International University Department of Religious Studies and African-New World Studies Program. December 9-12, 1999. Kovens Conference Center. Moderator: Codjo Achode, National University of Benine, Cotonou/Fulbright Scholar, Florida International University. Speaker: Kamari M. Clarke, Yale University; Tracey Hucks, Haverford College; J. D. Elder, Temple University; J.D.Y. Peel, University of London, presented by Niyi Akinnasa, Temple University

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  From Local to Global: Rethinking Yoruba Religious Traditions for the Next Millenium, Session IIA Historicizing Yoruba Religion

  Department of Religious Studies, Florida International University and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  A major international conference on Yoruba religious traditions organized by Professor Jacob K. Olupona and Professor Terry Rey, co-sponsored by the Florida International University Department of Religious Studies and African-New World Studies Program. December 9-12, 1999. Kovens Conference Center. Moderator: Christopher Gray, Florida International University. Speaker: Sandra T. Barnes, University of Pennsylvania; Cornelius Oyeleke Adepegba, University of Ibadan; John Mason, Yoruba Theological Archministry; Djisovi Ikukomi Eason, Bowling Green State University.

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  From Local to Global: Rethinking Yoruba Religious Traditions for the Next Millenium, Session III Gender in Yoruba and Diasporic Yoruba Traditions

  Department of Religious Studies, Florida International University and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  A major international conference on Yoruba religious traditions organized by Professor Jacob K. Olupona and Professor Terry Rey, co-sponsored by the Florida International University Department of Religious Studies and African-New World Studies Program. December 9-12, 1999. Kovens Conference Center. Moderator: Christine Gudorf, Religious Studies, Florida International University. Speaker: J. Lorand Matory, Harvard University; Rachel Harding, Illif School of Theology; Rita Segato, Universidade Brasilia, Oyeronke Oyewumi, University of California, Santa Barbara.

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  From Local to Global: Rethinking Yoruba Religious Traditions for the Next Millenium, Session IV Performances and Representations of the Orishas and Session V Orisha Hermeneutics in the Americas

  Department of Religious Studies, Florida International University and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  A major international conference on Yoruba religious traditions organized by Professor Jacob K. Olupona and Professor Terry Rey, co-sponsored by the Florida International University Department of Religious Studies and African-New World Studies Program. December 9-12, 1999. Kovens Conference Center. Session IV, Moderator: Jean Muteba Rahier, African-New World Studies Program, Florida International University. Speaker: Olasope Oyediji Oyelaran, University of North Carolina; Jose Flavio Pessoa de Barros, Universidade Estadual de Rio de Janeiro; Elizabeth McAllister, Wesleyan University

  Session V, Moderator: Mei Mei Sanford, State University of New York, Purchase. Speakers: Joseph Murphy, Georgetown University; Mercedes Sandoval, Miami-Dade Community College; Reginaldo Prandi, Universidade de Sao Paulo; Eintou Pearl Springer, Trinidadian National Library.

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  From Local to Global: Rethinking Yoruba Religious Traditions for the Next Millenium, Session IX Orishas, Hegemony, and Resistance

  Department of Religious Studies, Florida International University and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  A major international conference on Yoruba religious traditions organized by Professor Jacob K. Olupona and Professor Terry Rey, co-sponsored by the Florida International University Department of Religious Studies and African-New World Studies Program. December 9-12, 1999. Kovens Conference Center. Moderator: Carol Boyce Davies, Florida International University. Speaker: Flora Kaplan, New York University; Leno; Karen McCarthy Brown, Drew University; Abiola Ogunsola, University of East London.

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  From Local to Global: Rethinking Yoruba Religious Traditions for the Next Millenium, Session VIII The Globalization of Yoruba and Yoruba-Based Religious Traditions and Session IX Orishas, Hegemony, and Resistance

  Department of Religious Studies, Florida International University and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  A major international conference on Yoruba religious traditions organized by Professor Jacob K. Olupona and Professor Terry Rey, co-sponsored by the Florida International University Department of Religious Studies and African-New World Studies Program. December 9-12, 1999. Kovens Conference Center. Moderator: Tejumole Olaniyan, Univeristy of Virginia. Speaker: Laennec Hurbon, Universite Quisqueya; George Brandon, City University of New York.

  Session IX, Moderator: Carol Boyce Davies, Florida International University. Speaker: Flora Kaplan, New York University; Leno; Karen McCarthy Brown, Drew University; Abiola Ogunsola, University of East London.

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  From Local to Global: Rethinking Yoruba Religious Traditions for the Next Millenium, Session VII Yoruba Arts, Religion, and Rituals (continued) and Session VIII The Globalization of Yoruba and Yoruba-Based Religious Traditions

  Department of Religious Studies, Florida International University and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  A major international conference on Yoruba religious traditions organized by Professor Jacob K. Olupona and Professor Terry Rey, co-sponsored by the Florida International University Department of Religious Studies and African-New World Studies Program. December 9-12, 1999. Kovens Conference Center. Moderator: Guinette Ba-Curry, Florida International University. Speaker: Rowland Abiodun, Amherst College; Marta Vega, Baruch College; Jose Jorge Carvalho, Universidade de Brasilia; Mikelle Omari-Tunkara, University of Arizona.

  Session VIII, Moderator: Tejumole Olaniyan, Univeristy of Virginia. Speaker: Laennec Hurbon, Universite Quisqueya; George Brandon, City University of New York.

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  From Local to Global: Rethinking Yoruba Religious Traditions for the Next Millenium, Session VI The Practice of Orisha Tradition in the New World: Insiders' Perspectives and Session VII Yoruba Arts, Religion, and Rituals

  Department of Religious Studies, Florida International University and African New World Studies, Florida International University

  A major international conference on Yoruba religious traditions organized by Professor Jacob K. Olupona and Professor Terry Rey, co-sponsored by the Florida International University Department of Religious Studies and African-New World Studies Program. December 9-12, 1999. Kovens Conference Center. Session VI, Moderator: Jacod Olupona Speaker: Iyalorisha Maria de Oxala; Oba Ernesto Pirchardo, Church of the Lukumi Babalu; Chief Adenibi Ajamu, Oyotunji;

  Session VII, Moderator: Guinette Ba-Curry. Speaker: Rowland Abiodun, Amherst College; Marta Vega, Baruch College; Jose Jorge Carvalho, Universidade de Brasilia; Mikelle Omari-Tunkara, University of Arizona.