The Summit is being hosted by the city of Chicago and will take place September 23-27, 1998. Sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation, the National Summit on Africa is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. The conference is presented by MSU in collaboration with Historically Disadvantaged Institutions Forum, Committee on Technikon Principals, and South African Universities' Vice Chancellor's Association. The conference is limited to 250 participants from universities, educational associations, donors, and government agencies from South Africa, Europe, and North America. In their papers, speakers will identify major issues of higher education in South Africa and how they can be addressed through linkages with partner institutions.
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The conference will offer valuable insights into the working structure of the film industry. This conference is designed for all film-makers, experienced and up and coming, as well as academics and students in media and film studies. A special season of Black British films will be screened at the National Film Theatre in London on October 23 and 24, 1998. The conference theme offers the Africanist scholarly community an opportune moment, a year before the close of the century, to take intellectual stock of the salient transformations that Africa and the study of Africa have undergone in the twentieth century. The ASA is the largest and most widely recognized international association for African Studies.