Teach-in: "Against the Empire: Frantz Fanon & Pan-Africanism"
Speaker: Ikechukwu Okafor-Newsum
Date: Thursday, February 14 Time: 5:00 p.m. Location: 115 Stillman, OSU 1947 College Rd., Columbus, OH
About the Speaker: Ikechukwu Okafor-Newsum is a professor of literature and political economy in the African-American and African Studies at the Ohio State University. (Dr. Newsum is adjunct associate professor in the Department of English and faculty associate in the Centers for African Studies and Folklore Studies and in the Department of Women's Studies at the Ohio State University as well.) His publications include _Class, Language and Education: Class Struggle and Sociolinguistics in an African Situation_ (1990), _The Use of English_ (with Adebisi Afolayan, 1983), and _United States Foreign Policy Towards Southern Africa: Andrew Young and Beyond_ (with Olayiwola Abegunrin, 1987). He serves as the principal editor of _Working Papers: The Black Woman, Challenges and Prospects for the Future_ (with Carlene Herb Young et al, 1991). His work as a visual artist has been widely acclaimed.
*** Devastating critique of the violence of colonialism. Searching examination of the master-slave dialectic. Fierce commitment to anti-colonial struggles. Prophetic analysis of the pitfalls of national consciousness. The revolutionary theory and practice of Frantz Fanon constitute an essential part of the rich and complex political and intellectual legacies of the Left that we seek to reclaim today, as we confront both explicit and implicit calls for a "new colonialism" -- a "humanitarian imperialism" -- issued by liberals and conservatives alike. ***
Cf. Frantz Fanon on the Net: <http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/Bahri/Fanon.html>.
Sponsors: the Student International Forum and Social Welfare Action Alliance. OSU Campus map: <www.osu.edu/map/linkbuildings/stillmanhall.html>. For more info, contact Yoshie Furuhashi at <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> or 614-668-6554; or Keith Kilty at <kilty.1 at osu.edu> or 614-292-7181.
The flyer for the teach-in is available at <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/fanon.doc>. The flyer for other upcoming SIF/SWAA events is available at <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar5.doc>. -- Yoshie
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