5-0345 AFRICAN (POST)COLONIES AND RACIAL LEGACIES

Saturday, November 19, 2011: 10:15-12:00

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

Organizers: Bayo Holsey (Duke University)

Chairs: Jemima Pierre (VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY)

10:15

“There Are African Mercenaries In Libya!”Configuring Race In Contemporary Africa

Jemima Pierre (VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY)

10:30

Race, Risk and the Humanitarian Politics of Life

Adia Benton (Dartmouth College)

10:45

Slavery-Speak: Africa and the Racial Politics of the Past In American Political Discourse

Bayo Holsey (Duke University)

11:00

Do Race, Culture and Heritage Point to a Similar Referent?: Exploring the Monumentalization and Cultivation of the Colonial Past In Multicultural Mauritius

Candice M Lowe-Swift (Vassar College)

11:15

discussion

11:30

discussion

11:45

Discussion

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