August 20, 2019                                                            Fall #1

 
This semester concludes the Year of Global Africa Initiative

The Year of Global Africa explores MSU's rich history and connection with our ma ny partn ers across Africa and throughout the African Diaspora through diverse scholarship, engagement, and activities. The weekly Newsletter provides a list of upcoming events, speaker presentations, tea times, conferences, jobs and other exciting opportunities related to the Year of Global Africa. Although the initiative ends December, 2019, the programming will continue!

To learn more about the Year of Global Africa,  http://globalafrica.isp.msu.edu
For more on the African Studies Center,  http://africa.msu.edu
Alliance for African Partnership
To learn more about the Alliance for African Partnership,
Eye On Africa Speaker Series
To learn more about Eye on Africa, http://africa.isp.msu.edu/programs/eye-africa/

 Eye on Africa Seminars are livestreamed at http://eyeonafrica.matrix.msu.edu/watch-live/
AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Save the Date!
Year of Global Africa Grand Finalé
Tuesday, December 3 2019, 5:00-8:00pm
MSU Ballroom, Student Union

Retirement Celebration for Dr. John Metzler
32 Years in the African Studies Center!!

August 27, 2019
3:30 - 6:00 pm
International Studies Center, Room 303
427 N Shaw Lane
East Lansing, Michigan 48824
RSVP: fruge@msu.edu

Eye on Africa
( Seminars are live-streamed at  http://eyeonafrica.matrix.msu.edu/watch-live/ )

Thursday, September 5, 2019 
12:00-1:30pm-Room 201 International Center

"Excavating Histories of African Food Security"
Eye on Africa with Amanda Logan; Archaelogy, Northwestern University

Thursday, September 12, 2019
12:00-1:30pm-Room 201 International Center

"The Significant Impact of Arts, Culture and Female Empowerment in Senegal"
Eye on Africa with Maimouna Dembele, Music in Africa

                             Recent Seminars can be watched at
       https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZRR96_6EJqFfSPlZq0mdng/



African Tea Time- Open To Everyone
An opportunity to learn about and share first hand knowledge of the African continent
Learn, Share, Engage !

Thursdays-4:00-6:00pm
427 N. Shaw Lane, Room 303 International Center


September 12: Zimbabwe & Ghana

September 26: Nigeria & Uganda

You can see the complete 2019- 2020 Tea Time calendar here.
MSU ANNOUNCEMENTS
MSU PRESS NEW BOOK ALERT!
EDWARD W. BLYDEN'S INTELLECTUAL TRANSFORMATIONS
by (MSU Alumnus) Harry N. K. Odamtten now available!


Distinguished by its multidisciplinary dexterity, this book is a masterfully woven reinterpretation of the life, travels, and scholarship of Edward W. Blyden, arguably the most influential Black intellectual of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It traces Blyden's various moments of intellectual transformation through the multiple lenses of ethnicity, race, religion, and identity in the historical context of Atlantic exchanges, the Back-to-Africa movement, colonialism, and the global Black intellectual movement.

      Panel and Book Launch
 
  with MSU Alumnus Harry N. K. Odamtten

Thursday, September 5, 2019

      Panel discussion

Publishing Africa and Africans: Myths and Realities
 4:00-6:00 pm

       Book Launch and Reception
6:00 - 8:00 pm

Venue: Room 303 International Center
(427 N Shaw Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824)

         Free and open to the public


Improving Food Security in Africa: Pros and Cons of Tech Transfer
A Panel Discussion & Networking Event

Panel Discussion: Monday, September 9, 2019, 3:00pm at 273 Giltner Hall
Networking Reception: 4:30pm (follows the panel discussion)

This panel discussion and networking event features five food security experts --- Drs. Jeffrey Andresen, Bruno Basso, Barry Pittendrigh, David Tschirley, and Leo Zulu --- at MSU. During the panel discussion, the panelists will discuss the challenges of feeding current and future population in Africa, the state of art of agricultural technologies in improving food security, and promises and obstacles for technology transferring. The networking event follows the panel discussion. This event is free and open to the public. Snacks, food and beverage are provided. Register to avoid food waste.

 Funding for this event was made possible in part through a mini-grant provided by the Year of Global Africa at Michigan State University. For more information please visit  globalafrica.isp.msu.edu.
Please RSVP below to reduce food waste!
https://bit.ly/2KonCwT

Mobilizing Data in the Transformation to a Knowledge Society
Year of Global Africa Public Lecture
 Radiology Building Auditorium and Atrium
Monday, Sept. 16th, 2019


Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, the Vice Chancellor of University of Cape Town (UCT), will visit MSU on September 16th and 17th, 2019. Prof. Phakeng's visit will focus on research collaboration opportunities in Africa and the role of data curation and repositories therein. She will engage MSU leadership on the broader question of a coordination framework for collaborative research between scholars from MSU and UCT.


All are welcome to her broad-audience lecture open to the public, on "Mobilizing data in the Transformation to a Knowledge Society".

* Venue: Radiology Building Auditorium and Atrium
* Date: Monday, Sept. 16th, 2019
* Gathering: 3:15pm-4:00pm
* Lecture: 4:00pm-5:00pm
* Reception: 5:00pm-6:30pm
* RSVP: staff@stt.msu.edu


African & Africanist Community Fall Welcome Picnic
Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 3:30 to 7:00pm 
Cherry Lane South Field (West Side of Holden Hall )

 Students, faculty, visitors and members of the community from and with interest in Africa are invited to this fun-filled event to welcome new students, faculty and visitors to the MSU community.

Plan to come and connect with new and old friends; enjoy African food, fun games & activities for adults and children and African music by DJ Mussa Maingu


Other Announcements
University of Zanzibar Book Drive
Donations Collected from November 15- December 15

Books for Africa and the library at the State University of Zanzibar are teaming up to deliver a container of books (22,000 donated volumes!) to Zanzibar.

Please help build the university's collection!  Africana is a Priority but all subjects and areas welcome But PLEASE only send quality items (and no journal runs.)

Due to warehouse limitations, donations can only be mailed from November 15-December 15.
The container will ship by the end of December. But if you are looking to reduce your own book collection, box up useful items for the SUZA library now and mail them later.

Mail To:
Books For Africa GA Warehouse 
3655 Atlanta Industrial Drive, Bldg. 250
Atlanta, GA 3033
Phone: (404) 603-8680

Label all sides of the boxes: SUZA ZANZIBAR

Tracking number for the shipment should be sent to erin@booksforafrica.org

Books for Africa is a 501(c)3 organization. Your shipping costs and book donations are tax-deductible. Keep records of your costs and number of items. Donors should email bfa@booksforafrica.org and request a book donation receipt.

Questions? Send an email with the subject line: SUZA Donations: 
General inquiries to Laura Fair: fair.laura@gmail.com
Tax and Shipping inquiries: Erin Yates erin@booksforafrica.org 
SUZA library needs Mohammed Khamis Kombo mohamedkombo08@gmail.com



Conferences
DIVERSITY, RELIGION, AND MIGRATION IN WEST AFRICA
Fully-Funded Faculty Development Seminar in Senegal
for Community College and MSI Faculty

January 6-22, 2020
Application Deadline:  September 30, 2019


This seminar will grapple with the complexities of diversity, religion, and migration in contemporary West Africa.
As these issues attract greater attention across the globe, it is critical that American educators be able to interpret them for students eager to understand the rapid changes taking place in both the larger world and their own communities.

CAORC is pleased to be partnering with the West African Research Center (WARC) on an upcoming faculty development seminar in Senegal.
To support community colleges and minority-serving institutions, CAORC offers fully-funded overseas seminars that help faculty and administrators gain the requisite first-hand experience n

The program is only open to faculty members and administrators at U.S. community colleges or minority-serving institutions. Awarded faculty to this competitive program will receive round-trip travel, accommodation, and meals.
Applications, eligibility, and more information available at the link below.

https://bit.ly/2ZlUhrQ