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
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Welcome |
Dr. Alusine Jalloh, Founding Director,
The Africa Program, University of Texas at Arlington
Dr. Dana Dunn, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs,
University of Texas at Arlington
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SESSION I |
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND WEST AFRICA I |
| 9:30 am -11:30 am |
Chair: Stephen E. Maizlish, University of Texas at Arlington
“Richmond, Virginia Black Families and the Problem of African Colonization in the 19th Century ”
John Wess Grant, Michigan State University
“The Garvey Aftermath: Reverberations, 1924-1940”
Ibrahim Sundiata, Brandeis University
“The Liberian Exodus Revisited”
M. Alpha Bah, College of Charleston
“Double Consciousness and Home-Coming: African Americans and the Promotion of African Culture”
Adebayo A. Lawal, University of Lagos
Discussant: Nemata Blyden, George Washington University
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SESSION II |
OIL IN WEST AFRICA |
| 11:30 am– 1: 30 pm |
Chair: Mark Baxter, Southern Methodist University
"Oil Production in West Africa: Trends, Variables, and Implications for the United States”
Nicolas Cook, United States Congressional Research Service
“Multinational Oil Companies ‘Scrambles’ in West Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Cold War and Post- 9/11 Tactics”
Karin A. Klieman, University of Houston
“West Africa’s Oil, America’s Interests and the Implications for Regional Development”
Okechukwu Iheduru, Arizona State University
“Undoing Oil’s Curse? An Examination of the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project”
Kenneth Vincent, Texas A & M University
Discussant: Wumi Iledare, Louisiana State University
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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm – BREAK
SESSION III |
UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY IN WEST AFRICA I |
| 2:30 pm– 4: 30 pm |
Chair: Sonya Y. Ramsey, University of Texas at Arlington
“ U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda: Why West Africa Barely Features”
Christopher Ruane, London School of Economics
“ U.S. Foreign Policy Toward West Africa: Issues on Democracy, Economic Development , and Security”
Andrew I. E. Ewoh, Prairie View A & M University
“The Changing Realities of ‘Godfather’ Commitments: the United States and Conflict and Security Management in West Africa ”
Ismail Olawale, University of Bradford
“Radical Islam in the West African Sahel: Implications for U.S. Policy and Democratization Trends”
Steve Harmon, Pittsburgh State University
Discussant: Abdul K. Bangura, American University |
SESSION IV |
UNITED STATES - NIGERIA RELATIONS |
| 4:30 pm– 6: 30 pm |
Chair: Robert L. Bing, University of Texas at Arlington
“Economic Relations Between Nigeria and the U.S. in the Era of British Colonial Rule”
Ayodeji Olukoju, University of Lagos
“The United States and Economic Change in Nigeria, 1960-1962”
Chidiebere Nwaubani, University of Colorado-Boulder
“Secular Missionaries in Nigeria: American National Builders and Economic Planners During the First Republic”
Larry Grubbs, University of Georgia
“Winning their Minds: the United States Information Service and the Development of Nigeria-U.S. Cultural relations, 1958-1988”
Michael M. Ogbeidi, University of Lagos
“West African Leader of Christian/Islamic Dialogue: Francis Cardinal Arinze of Nigeria”
Tom Watts, University of Texas at Arlington
Discussant: Hakeem I. Tijani, Henderson State University |
End of Day 1
