Africana Center Conference:

Talking about Freedom,

From Emancipation to the Present

Thursday, March 7th, 2013

9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Constitution Room, Memorial Hall

Join the International & Area Studies Program and the Center for Africana Studies as we explore the topic "Talking about Freedom, From Emancipation to the Present" with a series of presentations throughout the day.

The schedule of the day's events are as follows:

9:00 a.m.
Conference begins; continental breakfast served.

10:00 a.m.
Dr. Chinekwu Obidoa, "The Impact of Globalization on Youth Sexual Risk in Nigeria"

11:00 a.m.
Dr. Daniel O. Sayers, "Centuries of Deliberate Liberation: Great Dismal Swamp Maroons, their Communities, and their Material World, 1660-1860"

1:15 p.m.
Dr. Rosalyn Howard, "Resistance, Redefinition, and Reconnection: The African and Native American Cultural Heritage of the St. David's Islanders of Bermuda."

1:50 p.m.
Dr. Olga Davis, Freedom Ain't Nothing But A Word: Crafting a Discourse of Freedom Through Lived Experience of Black Women

In addition, we are planning a program by local high school students from Windsor.

For more information about the Center for Africana Studies, please visit their website here.