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Academic Conference on Africa 2023: 7 December

Location: Conference Room 2, UN Headquarters, New York
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. New York local time

 

Panel Discussion

  • MODERATOR: Prof. Rita Edozie, Interim Dean and Professor of Global Governance and International Relations, University of Massachusetts
  • Prof. Molefi Kete Asante, Professor, Department of Africology, Temple University
  • Prof. Frieda Ekotto, Professor of Afro-American and African Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Michigan
  • Prof. Toyin Falola, Professor of History and Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, University of Texas - Austin
  • Dr. Mardia Stone, MD, MPH, Consultant; Senior Advisor, Department of Psychiatry/Global Psychiatry, Boston University Chobanian and Avedesian School of Medicine

 

Paper Presentation

  • Pathways to Issue-Based Politics in Africa: A Qualitative Case Study of Ghana by Ms. Grace Akosua Dankwa, Chapter President, Net Impact Ghana
  • Discussant Feedback

 

Interactive Dialogue

  • Audience participation
  • Other interactive exchanges, etc.

 

Closing Remarks

  • , Permanent Representative of China to the 51勛圖
  • Cristina Duarte, Under-Secretary-General and 51勛圖 Special Adviser on Africa

Video Recording

 

General Information

Tuesday, 5 December

  • Opening Remarks
  • Panel Discussion
  • Paper Presentation
  • Interactive Dialogue

Wednesday, 6 December

  • Panel Discussion
  • Paper Presentations
  • Interactive Dialogue

Thursday, 7 December

  • Panel Discussion
  • Paper Presentation
  • Interactive Dialogue
  • Closing Remarks