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Announcements and Calendar of Events

African Section


Upcoming Library of Congress Events:


March 7, 2001 (LJ 119)

"Life Lines: The Literature of Women's Human Rights," second in the annual poetry series. Participants include, Leila Ahmed, Professor of Women's studies at Harvard Divinity School, Goli Taraghi, Iranian novelist, Abena Busia, Professor of English at Rutgers University, Marjorie Agosin, Professor at Wellesley College, Emma Sepulveda, Professor University of Nevada.

 The Liberian Senate drawn by Robert K. Griffin, Monrovia, Liberia Watercolor and graphite on paper, ca. 1856 Prints & Photographs Division Reproduction numbers: LC-USZC4-4908; LC-USZ62-117300
March 13,2001(Mumford Room, 12:30-1:30 p.m.)

As part of Library of Congress 2001 Women's History Month Observance, "Inspiring Stories of Vision of Courage,"Marieta Harper, Area Specialist-African, AMED, will introduce the authors of "In praise of Black Women," Volume 1: Ancient African Queens, by Simone Schwarz-Bart with Andre Schwarz-Bart; translated by Rose-Myriam Rejouis and Val Vinokuro with a foreword by Howard Dodson, Director of the Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture (New York). More information...

Upcoming Outside Events:


March 30-31,2001

"Africana Libraries and Resources in the Information Age," a conference at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City.

April 4-8, 2001

African Literature Association, 27th annual meeting, Richmond, Virginia.
More information...

April 6, 2001

"Literacy, Women: an Intercontinental Collaboration" workshop at West Virginia State College (WVSC), 10:00-3:00 p.m.

April 19-22, 2001

"Islam and Africa," a conference hosted by the Institute of Global Studies at Binghamton University, NewYork. More information...

April 25-28,2001

2001 Symposium: Technology and Development in Africa. More information...

April 26-28, 2001

Africana Librarians Council Spring 2001 meeting in Bloomington, Indiana.
More information...

May 3-6, 2001

"Black Plague: Health, Population & AIDS in the African Diaspora," the Second Conference of the Middle States African Studies Association, to be held on the campus of the West Virginia State College, Institute, Virginia.More information...

July 16-18, 2001

Post-Colonial Sudan: Options for Elite participation, Civil Re-construction and Development," Cambridge University Center, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Please contact: Mahjoub Conference,SCF House, 37 Monkswell, Cambridge CB2 2JU, United Kingdom, Tel +44 1223 504393, Fax+44 1223 501125, E-Mail

November 15-18,2001, 2001

Africa and the African Diaspora, past, present, future," the 44th annual meeting of the African Studies Association, Houston, Texas. More information...

Past Events:



February 28, 2001

"Foods of the African Diaspora," Presenter: Doreen Thompson, co-sponsored by the African Section and the LC Cooking Club.


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