Preliminary drafts of the three and four-page essays will be due in October. The essays in Crossing Boundaries reflect the international dimensions, commonalties, and discontinuities in the histories of diasporan communities of color. The objective of the workshop is to introduce college faculty to quality films and videos with African subject matter and provide strategies for including these materials into introductory, interdisciplinary social science curricula. This workshop is made possible by the support of a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. There is opportunity for 40 eligible participants from the greater Atlanta area to receive materials and meals free.
Registration is free to all.
Tillers' Fall Open House Learn about Tillers' International projects. The gathering will recognize the achievements of African languages and literature's in the 20th century and promote their continued growth and development into the 21st century. The conference will bring students, scholars, researchers, artists, activists, business leaders and politicians together to discuss the relation of African languages to issues such as global publishing, telecommunications, and broadcast systems. The registration deadline is November 1, 1999. Students may study for a semester or an academic year in a university setting in either Legon, Ghana or Cape Town, South Africa.