ATTENTION: Leitner Family Student Fellowships for Language Study and Research in Africa: Instructions | Application
What is an African: Oxford-Style Debate
Date: Postponed
Where: TBD
Organized by the Center for African Education, Teachers College
Our final event will take place in the form of an Oxford-Style debate. In this event, we will be discussing claims versus reality in cultural, philosophical and aesthetic expressions of African identity. Specifically, we will be asking the following questions:
"Why do some blacks in the Americas claim to be African while others do not?"
"Who supports and who denies these claims and to what end?"
SISTAS: The Musical
A Musical Journey and Joyous Celebration of African American Women from Bessie Smith to Mary J. Blige
Performance Schedule: Thurs 7pm, Sat and Sun 4:30pm, beginning March 17th Sat will be at 1:30pm and 4:30pm
SISTAS, tells the story of the struggles, the joys and the triumphs of being Black and being a woman in America, as told through the life of one woman and the women in her family. It's a story of family, of the history that binds us, and the love we share that transcends social and racial differences. A new play by Fullbright Scholar Dorothy Marcic, presented by 3-time Tony winner Hinton Battle and Jen Kay, SISTAS uses the lyrics of songs made famous by artists like Ma Rainey, Billie Holiday, Lena Horn, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Mary J. Blige and more. Hit Songs include: "Oh, Happy Day", "Mama Said", "I Will Survive", "Tain't Nobody's Business", "God Bless the Child", "Respect", "My Man", "Baby, I'm Yours", "Say a Little Prayer", "Stop in the Name of Love", "All the Single Ladies", "We Are Family"
*TICKETS JUST $39.50 (reg $69.50) with discount code SIFLYER39 (call or buy online)
*Special Student Rate $29.50 - Available day of performance, 2 hrs before @ Box Office only w/valid Student ID.
For more information visit: www.sistasthemusical.com
Subject to availability. Regular service charges apply to phone and internet orders. May not be combined with any other offer or discount. No refunds or exchanges. Blackout dates may apply. Offer may be revoked at any time. Limit 8 tickets.
- Watch a video of our recent panel on rebellion and elections in Mali
- See a video of an interview with Mamadou Diouf at the 9th Annual Agence Française de Developpement (AFD) and the European Development Research Network (EUDN) Conference
- Gregory Mann comments on what the French elections will mean for French-African relations in this post on the "Africa is a Country" blog.
- Gregory Mann asks "Why is so much outside coverage of the Mali crisis so bad?" on the Africa is a Country blog
- Mali: Democracy, the Coup and the Anti-globalization Left - Right Questions, Wrong Answers?" is the latest article on Mali by Columbia historian Gregory Mann
- New post on "The war in Mali's North - to what effect?," written by Gregory Mann, is available on the Africa is a Country blog
- Gregory Mann writes from Paris, where a march for peace took place on Saturday, on the "Africa is a Country" blog
- The Foreign Policy website features "The Mess in Mali," the latest article by historian Gregory Mann
- Gregory Mann, professor of African History at Columbia, discusses the Malian coup with colleagues in "Mali: How Bad Can it Get?" on African Arguments Online
- African Arguments Online features "Hungry for Democracy: The Malian Peasantry and the Coup," by Brandon County, PhD candidate in history at Columbia and Brian Peterson, Associate Professor of History at Union College
- Gregory Mann, associate professor of history at Columbia, writes a guest post for Africa is a Country on the coup in Mali.
- Mamadou Diouf comments on the Senegalese run-off elections on France 24
- The new book "The Time of Youth Work, Social Change, and Politics in Africa" by visiting scholar Alcinda Honwana will be released in August 2012 by Kumarian Press. Learn more on the publisher's website.
- Committee on Global Though research fellow Etienne Smith writes on "Lessons from Senegal's Democracy" on the Baraza Ijtihad blog
- Graduate students of Columbia's department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies launch new online forum dedicated to making academic scholarship relevant to current realities. Visit the Baraza Online homepage, and learn how to contribute on our Opportunities page.
- Mamadou Diouf comments on the first round of the Senegalese presidential elections and Wade's legacy in an interview with University of Cheikh Anta Diop (Dakar) instructor Ibrahima Sarr
- MIA candidate Foday Sackor speaks at the 13th annual Committee on Teaching About the United Nations Conference on "Education IS a Human Right."
- Graduate students of Columbia's department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies launch new online forum dedicated to making academic scholarship relevant to current realities. Learn how to contribute on our Opportunities page.
Dual Certificate in African Studies (Universite Paris 1-Columbia University)
A year-long program to examine critical issues and perspectives about Africa and its relationship to its past as well as its place in today's global world. More info
Letter from the Director
Read the Letter from IAS Director, Mamadou Diouf.
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