The Africa Program:Upcoming Events

International Conference on The United States and West Africa

April 28 - 30, 2005
Program

Venue: RED RIVER/CONCHO ROOM, E. H. HEREFORD UNIVERSITY CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON

Thursday, 28 APRIL	Friday, 29 APRIL	Saturday, 30 April

SESSION V	AFRICAN AMERICANS AND WEST AFRICA II
9:00 am -11:00 am	Chair: Juliet E. K. Walker, University of Texas at Austin “Ships at Permanent Anchor: The Gold Coast ( Ghana) and Castles as Frontiers of African and African –American Encounter through Tourism/Heritage Activities” Edmund Abaka, University of Miami “Ghanaian Perspectives on African Americans” Harold Harris, University of Texas at Arlington “Contributions of African Americans to Nation Building in Ghana, 1985-Present” Kwame Essien, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign “The Chasm is Wide: Unspoken Antagonisms Between African Americans and West Africans” Fred L. Johnson III, Hope College Discussant: W. Marvin Dulaney, College of Charleston

SESSION V

AFRICAN AMERICANS AND WEST AFRICA II

9:00 am -11:00 am

Chair: Juliet E. K. Walker, University of Texas at Austin

“Ships at Permanent Anchor: The Gold Coast ( Ghana) and Castles as Frontiers of African and African –American Encounter through Tourism/Heritage Activities”
Edmund Abaka, University of Miami

“Ghanaian Perspectives on African Americans”
Harold Harris, University of Texas at Arlington

“Contributions of African Americans to Nation Building in Ghana, 1985-Present”
Kwame Essien, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

“The Chasm is Wide: Unspoken Antagonisms Between African Americans and West Africans”
Fred L. Johnson III, Hope College

Discussant: W. Marvin Dulaney, College of Charleston

SESSION VI	UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY IN WEST AFRICA II
11:00 am– 1: 00 pm	Chair: Steven G. Reinhardt, University of Texas at Arlington “American Interventions in Africa: Between State Recuperation and Nation-Building” Ridwan Agboluaje, University of Cambridge “United States and the Quest for Peace in West Africa: A Policy of Engagement or Benign Neglect ?” Abdul Rahim Lamin, University of the Witwatersrand “United States and Africa: The Institutionalization of Foreign Relations in an Age of Ideological Ferment” Peter A. Dumbuya, Fort Valley State University “United States and France’s Relationship Towards West African Francophone Countries ( Senegal): Foreign Policy, Cooperation, and Conflicts” Alassane Fall, University of Kansas Discussant: Andrew I. E. Ewoh, Prarie View A & M University

SESSION VI

UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY IN WEST AFRICA II

11:00 am– 1: 00 pm

Chair: Steven G. Reinhardt, University of Texas at Arlington

“American Interventions in Africa: Between State Recuperation and Nation-Building”
Ridwan Agboluaje, University of Cambridge

“United States and the Quest for Peace in West Africa: A Policy of Engagement or Benign Neglect ?”
Abdul Rahim Lamin, University of the Witwatersrand

“United States and Africa: The Institutionalization of Foreign Relations in an Age of Ideological Ferment”
Peter A. Dumbuya, Fort Valley State University

“United States and France’s Relationship Towards West African Francophone Countries ( Senegal): Foreign Policy, Cooperation, and Conflicts”
Alassane Fall, University of Kansas

Discussant: Andrew I. E. Ewoh, Prarie View A & M University

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm – BREAK

SESSION VII	UNITED STATES – WEST AFRICA RELATIONS: DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES
2:00 pm– 4: 00 pm	Chair: Cynthia Schmidt, University of North Texas “ United States Economic Policy in Colonial West Africa” Hakeem I. Tijani, Henderson State University “ United States Economic Assistance to West Africa: Interests, Process, Type, and Level" Abdul K. Bangura, American University “The West African Enterprise Network: Networking West Africa’s Business Globalists” Anita Spring, University of Florida “Diaspora West Africans and the Relevance of Indigenous Institutions in Africa’s Development” C. Magbaily Fyle, Ohio State University “Feminist Theory in the United States and West Africa” Rakhmatou Kane, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Discussant: Bessie House, Kent State University

SESSION VII

UNITED STATES – WEST AFRICA RELATIONS: DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES

2:00 pm– 4: 00 pm

Chair: Cynthia Schmidt, University of North Texas

“ United States Economic Policy in Colonial West Africa”
Hakeem I. Tijani, Henderson State University

“ United States Economic Assistance to West Africa: Interests, Process, Type, and Level"
Abdul K. Bangura, American University

“The West African Enterprise Network: Networking West Africa’s Business
Globalists”
Anita Spring, University of Florida

“Diaspora West Africans and the Relevance of Indigenous Institutions in Africa’s Development”
C. Magbaily Fyle, Ohio State University

“Feminist Theory in the United States and West Africa”
Rakhmatou Kane, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Discussant: Bessie House, Kent State University

SESSION VIII	UNITED STATES POLICY IN WEST AFRICA
4:00 pm– 6: 00 pm	Chair: David Buisseret, University of Texas at Arlington “Developing a ‘Sense of Community’ : US Cultural Diplomacy and the Place of Africa During the Early Cold War, 1953-1968” Karen Bell, United States National Archives “The United States and Educational Development in West Africa: Case Study of the Phelp Stokes Commission Report” A. O. K. Noah, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education “A Matter of Urgency: U.S. Foreign Policy in West Africa and Global War on Terror” Fred L. Johnson III, Hope College “Post-Cold War U. S. Foreign Policy Towards Liberia and Sierra Leone” Osman Gbla, University of Sierra Leone Discussant: Okechukwu Iheduru, Arizona State University

SESSION VIII

UNITED STATES POLICY IN WEST AFRICA

4:00 pm– 6: 00 pm

  Chair: David Buisseret, University of Texas at Arlington

  “Developing a ‘Sense of Community’ : US Cultural Diplomacy and the Place of Africa During the Early Cold War, 1953-1968”
    Karen Bell, United States National Archives

“The United States and Educational Development in West Africa: Case Study of the Phelp Stokes Commission Report”
A. O. K. Noah, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education

“A Matter of Urgency: U.S. Foreign Policy in West Africa and Global War on Terror”
Fred L. Johnson III, Hope College

“Post-Cold War U. S. Foreign Policy Towards Liberia and Sierra Leone”
Osman Gbla, University of Sierra Leone

Discussant: Okechukwu Iheduru, Arizona State University

End of Day 2

Thursday, 28 APRIL	Friday, 29 APRIL	Saturday, 30 April