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Rutgers: West Africa and the Caribbean in the snow!

Shortly after the opening ceremony of “Writing Through the Visual/Virtual… in Francophone Africa and the Caribbean” until the next day, it snowed in New Jersey.
It was in the snow and the sparkling atmosphere it creates that scholars, researchers, artists, and students discussed on contemporary ritual celebrations in Benin and Togo, traditional wrestling and griot in Senegal, painting in Haiti, translation and cultural context in Egypt and so forth.

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Conference on Law and Religion in Africa — University of Ghana, 14-15 January 2013

A conference on Law and Religion in Africa: Comparative Practices, Experiences, and Prospects was held 14-15 January 2013 at the University of Ghana in Legon, Ghana. Scholars, legal professionals, and religious leaders from Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierre Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, the United Kindgom, and the United States gathered in Legon for the two-day event.

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USA: African Studies Association 55th Annual Meeting

Another important moment of the Meeting was the Awards Ceremony in the Grand Ballroom at the Marriott Hotel, November 29th 2012. Among the Awardees some scholars, Africanists, writers and the ASA Presidential Fellows who are this year 2012: Gbemisola Adeoti from Nigeria, Jamima Anderson from Ghana and Jean-Baptiste Sourou from Benin/Tanzania.

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Rutgers University:Africa in the heart at the Center for African Studies

I was also very fascinated by students interested in African cultures and ritual celebrations. I had a friendly conversation in Professor Barbara Cooper’s course in History of Ancient Africa. The main argument was on the relationship between culture and history. Students asked many questions.

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Ghana: Launch of the 2013 African Humanities Program Fellowships

The university of Ghana in Accra-Legon has hosted from 20th to 22nd of June 2012 the launch meeting of 2013 African Humanities Fellowships Program.

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Conference: The Cultural Images in and of Africa, Uppsala – Sweden

We were about sixty scholars and researchers at the international conference organized by The Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) of Uppsala, Sweden from the 15th to 18th June 2009 on What’s Culture got to do with it ? The central idea was about African images today. The NAI was created in 1962 by the Nordic nations: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden to promote African studies in their area through seminars, conferences, research in the field, etc. It has a big and specialized library.

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« John Paul II: White and African Pope»

Jean Paul II n’a cessé, lors de ses nombreux voyages sur le continent africain, d’encourager chaque africain à être acteur de son propre développement et à l’Église d’être toujours plus un signe prophétique, porteuse de l’Évangile de la paix et de la réconciliation.

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The Second African Synod – 4th to 25th October 2009 – I week

The first African Synod, convoked by John Paul II in 1994 with the theme Church as Family of God has clarified the African churchs present needs: justice, peace, and reconciliation. These are the key words of the second synods theme, which will be held this October in the Vatican. Just a few days before the second synod, Jean-Baptiste Sourou, a journalist for Vatican Radio, evaluates these 15 years of the Church as a Family…

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The Second African Synod – 4th to 25th October 2009 – II week

(Français) Cette deuxième semaine des travaux du synode a été caractérisée par trois moments importants : la poursuite des interventions, l’exposé du deuxième invité spécial et la présentation du Rapport après la discussion (la Relatio post disceptationem), et donc les amendements pour aboutir aux propositions à faire au Pape suivis de la présentation de l’ébauche du Message du synode.

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The Second African Synod – 4th to 25th October 2009 – III week

(Français) Au cours du repas qu’il a offert à la fin des travaux du synode aux participants, le Pape a manifesté son intention de nommer le cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson (voir Photos), archevêque de Cape Coast au Ghana pour succéder au cardinal Raffaele Renato Martino, à la tête du Conseil pontifical Justice et Paix. C’est sans doute un signe fort qu’à la fin d’un synode consacré à la justice, à la paix, la réconciliation en Afrique, un fils du continent prenne en charge ce Dicastère.
Cette dernière semaine aura été celle des conclusions. On a travaillé plus en carrefours linguistiques et entre rapporteurs pour les différents amendements au Message et aux Propositions qu’en congrégations.

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