Noon Talk Series
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Tuesday Noon Talk Series, Spring 2013
Woodburn Hall 218, Noon-1:00pm
January 29 |
Maize and the Making of Food Insecurity in Ghana: A Long-Term View from Archeology | Amanda Logan, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Food Studies |
February 5 |
Bread and Freedom: Democracy and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa | Kirk Harris, Political Science |
February 12 |
Ivorian Immigrant Performance in a Globalized World | Daniel Reed, Folklore and Ethnomusicology |
February 19 |
The Second Hand Clothing Trade in Kumasi, Ghana | Gracia Clark, Anthropology |
February 26 |
Establishing a Digital Scanning Center with Liberian National Archives: Digitizing Land Records | Verlon Stone and Megan MacDonald, Liberian Collections Project |
March 5 |
Cancelled | |
March 12 |
Spring Break – No Noon Talk | |
March 19 |
When Pedagogies Collide: Dogon Women's Pottery Associations and Bamako's Institut National des Arts | Jessica Hurd, Art History |
March 26 |
Poetry Reading and Discussion | Assefa Dibaba, Folklore and Ethnomusicology |
April 2 |
'Haba na Haba: Step by Step, We Reach the Goal’ – The Making of a Documentary | Logan “Reynolds” Whalen, African Studies |
April 9 |
The Politics and Policy of Decentralization in Mali | Elizabeth Pollard, SPEA and African Studies |
April 16 |
The New Toyi-Toyi: a Southern African Women’s dance on paper: Six Women Writers’ response to the 'Inyandzaleyo' Cry for help | Betty Dlamini, African Studies |
Monday Noon Talk Series, Fall 2012
Woodburn Hall 218, Noon-1:00pm
September 24 |
State of an Art: Traditional Wall Painting in Contemporary Northern Ghana | Brittany Sheldon, Art History |
| October 1 | Youth Portrayals of Coloured Identity and Reactions in South Africa |
Fileve Palmer, Anthropology |
| October 8 | Exogenous and Endogenous Factors in the Origins and Course of the Liberian Civil War |
David Brown, Overseas Development Institute, London |
| October 15 | The University of Liberia Health and Life Sciences Project |
Charles Reafsnyder, IU Office of International Affairs |
| October 22 | Revisiting Indigenous Genres and Foreign Labels: The example of Akan 'EbE' (Proverb) and ‘Abebuo’ (Proverb Quotation) |
David Adu-Amankwah, African Studies |
| October 29 | Who decides what democracy looks like?: decontextualizing the Arab Spring |
Lewis Addison Bradford, Anthropology |
| November 5 | Patterns of History, Patterns of Musical Construction: The Dagara Gyil of Ghana and the Mande Bala of Mali. |
Bernard Woma, African Studies & Ethnomusicology |
| November 12 | "Now I will Tell you Something that Will Come as a Surprise": Reproduction in the context of Disease |
Julie Johnson-Searcy, Anthropology & Communication and Culture |
Spring 2012
| January 31 | Supporting Small Business Initiatives in Ghana | Emmanuel Akorli and David Ketchum (Mission Resource International) Mr. Akorli and Mr. Ketchum are participants in the MBA Global Business and Social Entrepreneurship program-Ghana, IU Kelley School of Business. |
| February 7 | Symbolic Cloth in Dogon Contemporary Art | Jessica Hurd (Art History) |
| February 14 | African Women’s Political Leadership: A Case Study of Mali | Amadou Beidy Sow (African Studies) |
| February 21 | Teaching Cultural and Historical Topics Using Songs and Dance: A Case of Swaziland | Betty Dlamini (African Studies) |
| February 28 | Education vs. Schooling in Tanzania. | Justin Wild (Public Affairs and African Studies) |
| March 6 | Archiving Africa outside the Continent | Sarah Keil (Library and Information Science and African Studies) |
| March 13 | NO TALK | Spring Break |
| March 20 | Discourses on African Literature and Postcolonial Criticism | Muhammed al-Munir Gibrill (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures) |
| March 27 | The Malian Family Law Controversy: A Critical Sociocultural Analysis | Abdoul Diakite (African Studies) |
| April 3 | Shopping for a 'World-Class City': Soweto's Maponya Mall and the Politics of Consumption | Casey Bushman (African Studies) |
| April 10 | Performances of Self among Contemporary Johannesburg Youth | Steffan Horowitz (African Studies) |
| April 17 | Fighting for New Nations? A Research Agenda for the 1979 Tanzania/Uganda War | Michelle Moyd (Department of History) |
Fall 2011
| October 4 | Bangime, A Secret Language Revealed | Abbie Hantgan (Linguistics) |
| October 11 | African Workers and Industrial Citizenship in South Africa, 1973-1979 | Alex Lichtenstein (History) |
| October 18 | Cahier de route / Road Journal | Djibril Sy (visiting photojournalist from Senegal) |
| October 25 | Photojournalism in the Transitional Period of Kenya | Jacob Otieno (visiting photojournalist from Kenya) |
| November 1 | Environments and Early Hominid Subsistence Activities at Olduvai Gorge | Jackson Njau (Geology) |
| November 8 | I Sit and I Stand: Women’s Market Work in Mauritania | Katherine Wiley (Anthropology) |
| November 15 | Combating Indifference in the Metropole: Great Britain’s ‘Colonial Weeks’ of 1949. | Fred Pratt (History) |
Spring 2011
| February 15 | Apprenticeship in Malian Wasulu Hunters’ Music | Cullen Strawn (Ethnomusicology) |
| February 22 | The Conservation and Utilization of Coastal Wetlands in Ghana” | Francis Gbogbo (Exchange Scholar, University of Ghana, Legon) |
| March 1 | Fear Not: Public Danger, Public Safety, and the Culture of Driving in Late-Colonial Ghana | Jennifer Hart (History) |
| March 8 | African Consumption, Slave Trading and the Creation of Oceanic Zones of Exchange, 1650s-1850s | Pedro Machado (History) |
| March 29 | The Elision of Local Names in the Study of African Epics | Adrien Pouille (Comparative Literature) |
| April 5 | Africans Organizing in America: The Story of the Alliance for Progressive Africa and How They Want to Change Cincinnati, Ohio | Julie Rawe (African Studies) |
| April 12 | Postage Stamps in Somalia 1960-1980: Findings from a Unique Form of Material Culture | Heather Akou (Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design) |
| April 19 | Linguistic Documentation of Nubian Languages in Sudan | Khaleel Ismail (Dalanj University, Sudan) |
Fall 2010
| September 28 | Modalities of Literacy and Non-formal Interventions in West African Madrasas and Koranic Schools | Ousmane Gueye, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar |
| October 5 | Peripheries of the Jewish Diaspora: Establishing Heritage and Identity amongst West African Jewries | Janice Levi, African Studies |
| October 12 | Surrogates for Government? NGOs and the State in Kenya | Jennifer Brass, School of Public and Environmental Affairs |
| October 10 | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs about HIV/AIDS among Sudanese and Bantu Somali Immigrants | Shinga Feresu, Public Health |
| October 26 | Music Performance, Cultural Ideologies and African Descent: Findings from Afro-Brazil | Colleen Haas, Folklore and Ethnomusicology |
| November 2 | Simplifying but Becoming More Complex: Colloquial Bambara vs. the Urban Standard in Bamako, Mali | Christopher Green, Linguistics |
| November 9 | HIV/AIDS and Risk Reduction: Understanding the Cultural Contexts of Women's Vulnerabilities in Western Kenya | Elizabeth Pfeiffer, Anthropology |
Spring 2010
| October 21 | Geographic Thinking: Édouard Glissant, Philosopher. | Patrice Nganang (SUNY, Stony Brook) |
| October 28 | Cosmopolitan Disconnect: Fanon, Xenophobia and Post-Apartheid Political Culture. | Harry Garuba (African Studies & English, UCT) |
| November 4 | Anachronism and Primitivism: Timeliness, Abstraction and the Cultural Politics of Form in Aimé Césaire and Wifredo Lam. | Natalie Melas (Comparative Literature, Cornell) |
| November 11 | Lessons from Bolano-Land: The Death of the Postcolonial, The Ugly Birth of the Transnational. | Grant Farred (English & Africana Studies, Cornell) |
| December 2 | The Morality of Ritual in Soyinka’s Drama. | Abiola Irele (African and African American Studies, Harvard University) |
Fall 2009
| October 6 | Dialogic Processes in Asante: Sister Abena Resolves Conflict with Narrative | Beverly Stoeltje, Anthropology. |
| October 13 | The Disabled Child in African Cinema: La petite vendeuse de soleil (The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun) | Abdou Yaro, African Studies. |
| October 20 | Why I Wrote About A Bird Dance & Why It Was So Hard For Me | Patrick McNaughton, Art History. |
| October 27 | "Wrapped in Power: The Socio-Religious Value of Ritual Wrapping in Dogon Artistic Traditions | Jessica Hurd, Art History. |
| November 3 | Travels with Mae: Scenes from a New Orleans Girlhood | Eileen Julien, Comparative Literature / French / African American and African Diaspora Studies. |
| November 10 | The Experience of Writing in Africa Today : A Personal Itinerary | Femi Osofisan, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. |
Spring 2009
| February 3 | The regulation of the private security sector in Africa | Sabelo Gumedze, Abo Akademi University, Finland and Institute of International Security, South Africa |
| February 10 | African literature - From the oral tradition to the current trends | Djeneba Traore, African Studies, Fulbright Scholar (Mali) |
| February 17 | Kumasi Muslims talk for the Web | Gracia Clark, Anthropology, IU |
| February 24 | Subversions and identity reclamation: Swazi women in song | Betty Dlamini, African Studies, IU |
| March 3 | Voices from the graves: Words of wisdom and caution from the departed | Samuel Obeng, African Studies and Linguistics, IU |
| March 10 | Musical inculturation and theological transformation: The construction of Black nationalism in South African choral music tradition | Austin Okigbo, Ethnomusicology, IU |
| March 24 | Issues of Leadership and governance in the novels of Chinua Achebe | Kishor Kumar das, Zakir Husain College, University of Delhi, India |
| March 31 | The Afro-Arab intersection in the African novel | Nana Aba Bentil-Mawusi, African Studies, Exchange Scholar (Ghana) |
| April 7 | Musical translations among Ivorian immigrant performers in the US | Daniel Reed, Ethnomusicology, IU |
| April 14 | Dance, sexuality, and Christian praise among Presbyterian women in southern Malawi | Clara Henderson, Ethnomusicology, IU |
| April 21 | 'All die be die?': A lesson for HIV/AIDS research and intervention in Ghana | Emmanuel Asampong, African Studies, Exchange Scholar (Ghana) |
Fall 2008
| September 23 | The IUB-African Studies Collection in the 21st Century - Resources, Services, and other News | Marion Frank-Wilson, Africana Library, IU |
| September 30 | The Plague of Pebbles/Stones: The River Goddess, the Stool, and Re-Writing Adawso-Akuapem History | Ebenzer Ayesu, History, IU |
| October 7 | Language and literacy issues in Rwanda: A case study | Beth Samuelson, School of Eduction, IU |
| October 14 | The importance of speaking mother-tongue languages while conducting fieldwork | Abbie Hantgan, Linguistics, IU |
| October 21 | Capacity building of competition? The role of African virtual university in African higher education | Atieno Adala, School of Education, IU |
| October 28 | Building an Askari way of way: African soldiers and military training in German East Africa | Michelle Moyd, History, IU |
| November 4 | 'Aseresem' or 'Nsenkwaa' or none of the above: An ethnographic contribution to the terminology debate regarding an Akan speech genre | David Adu-Amankwah, African Studies, IU |
| November 11 | Praise Names in Dagbon, Northern Ghana | Abdulai Salifu, Folklore, IU |
| November 18 | Linking farmers to markets: A case study from Senegal | Roos Willems, VECO Senegal |
Spring 2008
| February 19 | "Stopping Genocide in Darfur" | John Prendergast - Co-Founder of the "Enough Campaign", a joint initiative of the International Crisis Group and the Center for American Progress. |
| February 26 | Understanding the Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa: Connections between Information Access and National Development. | Summer Tritt (IU-SLIS) |
| March 4 | Ghanaian Political Criticism through Hip-Life: Textuality, Contextuality,and Intertextuality | Samuel Obeng, African Studies, Linguistics |
| March 24 | Education in Africa | Paul Zeleza, University of Illinois, Chicago |
| March 25 | Assemblilng a Livelihood from Regional Options | Gracia Clark |
| April 1 | Linguistic Features of Oral History of the Dagomba: Planned Discourse, and the Differences Between Speech and Writing | Tristan Purvis, Linguistics Department, |
| April 8 | Selecting Digital Equipment for Field Work: Video, Photo and Audio | Verlon Stone, Indiana University Liberia Collections |
| April 15 | Childcraft: The Biopolitics of Human Capital and National Development in Senegal | Kathryn McHarry, University of Chicago |
| April 21 | TBA | Adewale Maja-Pearce, writer/publisher (Nigeria) |
Fall 2007
| September 18 | Contemporary Zulu Ceramics: Kusempondo zankomo kuze kube Ukucwebezela (From the early hours until the shining) | Elizabeth Perrill, Art History |
| September 25 | Research on HIV-Related Mental Health in Kenya: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations' | Michael Reece, HPER |
| October 2 | Legislating Race and Marriage in German Südwest Afrika' | Kate Schroeder, Library |
| October 9 | Traders Talk: A Collaborative Workshop | Gracia Clark, Anthropology |
| October 16 | mpowering Women? Passing Domestic Violence Legislation in Ghana | Takyiwaa Manuh, African Studies, University of Ghana |
| October 30 | The Power is in the Pot: Exploring Themes Addressed in Dogon Artist Amahinguere Dolo's Recent Installation, "Les Ceramiques" | Jessica Hurd, African Art History |
| November 6 | Ruth Stone, Folklore/Ethnomusicology, and Verlon Stone, , Liberia Collections | War, Wealth and Music in Liberia: The Dynamics of Digital Research Processes |
| November 20 | Development Issues | Stephen Ndegwa, World Bank |
| November 27 | 'The HIV Epidemic in Nigeria | Laura Arntson, Senior Global Health Specialist, US-AID Nigeria |
| December 4 | Curriculum for Community Integration for Children with Developmental Disabilities in Tanzania | Angela Stone-MacDonald, Education |
Spring 2007
| February 6 | Qualitative Research and the Human Subjects Review Process | Cybil Cole and Peter Finn, Human Subjects Review Committee |
| February 13 | South Africa in Africa: Hegemon, Partner, or Just Another Kid on the Block? | Prof. Maxi Schoeman, Political Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa |
| February 20 | Kunfè Ko: Uncertainty in Malian Wasulu Hunters’ Music Performance and Hunting | Cullen Strawn, Folklore/Ethnomusicology |
| February 27 | ’It is no longer the same thing’: Burkinabe Repatriation to Burkina Faso Following Conflict in Cote d’Ivoire. | Kathryn Boswell, Anthropology |
| March 6 | African Atlantic Migrations after the Slave Trade: The Case of Gabon, ca: 1860-1914 | Jeremy Rich, Middle Tennessee State University, History |
| March 20 | Forests are for Whom? Dissecting Conflicting Interests in Uganda | Bryn Bakoyema, Anthropology |
| March 27 | Pleading for Clemency through Poetry: Discursive Issues in the 1906 Poll Tax Rebellion | Muziwandile Moses Hadebe, History |
| April 3 | Performing Zimbabwean in North America: An Ethnography of Mbira and Marimba Performance Practice in the United States | Sheasby Matiure, Folklore/Ethnomusicology |
Fall 2006
| September 19 | Amos Sawyer, IU Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis | |
| September 26 | Christine Mathenge, IU Geography Dept. | |
| October 3 | Negotiating Nationalism: Performance, Power and Representation in the Ghana Dance Ensemble | Paul Schauert, IU Folklore/Ethnomusicology |
| October 10 | Qererto and Fukkera: Two Favourite Poetic Forms for the Rural People in Ethiopia | Getie Gelaye, African Literature, Hamburg University |
| October 17 | Nathan Plageman, IU History Dept. | |
| October 24 | Social Activiism in South African Religious Choral Music: A Historical and Cultural Analysis | Austin Okigbo, IU Folklore/Ethnomusicology |
| October 31 | Craig White, IU History Dept. | |
| November 7 | David Goodman, IU History Dept. | |
| November 14 | Khalfan Mohammed, IU Political Science Dept. | |
| November 21 | Liz McMahon, University of Illinois, History Dept. | |
| November 28 | Shifts in the Landscape: South African Media After Apartheid | Herman Wassermann (visiting Fulbright scholar), Journalism, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa |
Spring 2006
| February 14 | The Historical, Cultural, and Linguistic Linkages Between Yorubas of West Africa, and Ancient Egyptians | Abdul Salau, Visiting Scholar |
| February 21 | The State of Human Rights and the Challenge of Democratic Self-Governance in Nigeria 's Fourth Republic: An overview | Mahmoud Lawan, Visiting Scholar |
| February 28 | How They See It: Politics in Videofilms | Akin Adesokan, Comparative Literature |
| March 7 | Pamela Jagger, Political Science Department/SPEA | |
| March 21 | Matatus in Nairobi: Aesthetic Strategies in Action | Kitty Johnson, IU Art History Department |
| March 28 | -Learning and the African Virtual University | Atieno Adala, IU, School of Education |
| April 4 | Semba is Our Flag: Music in Postcolonial Angola | Marissa Moorman, IU History Department |
| April 11 | rchdemon or Archdeacon of Kavirondo? Walter Edwin Owen of the Church Missionary Society in Kenya, 1918-1945 | Hannington Ochwada, IU History Department |
| April 18 | Islam in Early 20th Century Gold Coast: the Origins of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Among Akan Speakers | John Hanson, IU History Department |
Fall 2005
| September 15 | The Travels of Mungo Park Adapted for Children | Elizabeth Johnson, IU Lilly Library |
| October 4 | Cultural Commuters: African Employees in Late Colonial Tanzania | Andreas Eckert, University of Hamburg |
| October 11 | Scholarly Publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences | Dee Mortensen, IU Press |
| October 18 | Ecology, History and the Northern Uganda Conflict: A Perspective | Cyprian Adupa, IU History Department |
| October 25 | Forms of Poetry: The Amharic Couplet | Fekade Azeze, Department of Ethiopian Languages and Literature, Addis Ababa University - Visiting Fulbright Scholar |
| November 1 | ocal Songs, Global Circuits: Berber Culture on a World Stage | Jane Goodman, IU Communications and Culture |
Spring 2005
| February 15 | 'The Walkman' As a Hunger Beater: The Politics of Shaming and Blame During the 2001-2003 Food Shortage in Malawi. | Linda Semu |
| February 22 | Mediating Ethnic Conflict at the Grassroots in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. | Lauren Morris MacClean |
| March 1 | Riwruok e Teko: Cultivating Luo Identity in 20th Century East Africa | Matthew Carotenuto |
| March 8 | The Aetiology, Diagnosis and Management of Mental Disorders: The African Traditional Healer's Perspective. | Samuel Atindanbile |
| March 22 | Indices of Wisdom in Yoruba and English Poetry. | Joseph Opefeyitimi |
| March 29 | Constitutional Order and Patterns of Associational Life among The Yoruba of Nigeria. | Kunle Oyerinde |
| April 5 | Religion, A Factor of Deomcracy Strengthening: The Case of Mali. | Paul Diakite |
| April 12 | TBA | Eileen Julien |
| April 19 | Narrative and Culture in Swahili: The Case of the Oriental Seminar in Berlin. | Jack D. Rollins |
| April 26 | TBA | Stephanic Santos |
Fall 2004
| September 28 | Ruining the Country: The Aesthetics of Somali Dress, 1960-1991. | Heather Akou, IU Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design |
| October 5 | The Heritage Project: Background and Future Plans. | Chalmer Thompson, IU School of Education |
| October 12 | The Search for a National Symbol: The Case of Liberia. | Yekutiel Gershoni, Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University, Israel |
| October 19 | Ghana's Education Reform: Voices from the Field. | Kwame Dwamena Dakwa, IU School of Education |
| October 26 | The Path to Armed Conflict: The Case of Northern Uganda. | Cyprian Adupa, IU School of History |
| November 2 | The Church Missionary and Maps of Englishness: New Trades among Abaluyia and Joluo, 1900-1960. | Hannington Ochwada, IU History |
| November 9 | Beyond the Indian Diaspora: Bollywood in South Africa. | Haseenah Ebrahim, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa |
| November 16 | Emerging Men and Composing Women: Masculinities and Highlife Music in Urban Gold Coast, Ghana, 1930-1970. | Nathan Plageman, IU History |
Spring 2004
| January 20 | The Influence of African American Religious Music Models on the Ghanaian Church. | Alexander Agordoh University of Ghana, Legon |
| February 17 | We are a People because we have Land: Gender, Identity and Survival in a Changing Matrilineal Malawi. | Linda Semu Sociology Department |
| February 24 | Ethnicity, Citizenship and Democracy in post-Mobutu Congo: The Case of the Banyamulenge. | Osita Afoaku African Studies and SPEA |
| March 2 | Teacher Responses to a New Bilingual Education Policy in Niger. | Ibro Chekaraou School of Education |
| March 9 | Sank) fa Site: Cape Coast and its Museums as Memorials. | Ann Reed Anthropology |
| March 23 | Constructing Sexuality: Schooling and Sex Education in Ghana. | Angela Bratton Anthropology Department |
| March 30 | Muslim Women's Associations in Urban Mali. | Dorothea Schulz Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany |
| April 6 | The Church Missionary Society and 'Proper Marriage' among Abaluyia and Joluo in Colonial Kenya. | Hannington Ochwada History |
| April 13 | The Public, Private and Unseen: Civil Society Institutions on Pemba during the Protectorate Period. | Elisabeth McMahon History Department |
Fall 2003
| September 16 | What Lies Beneath? Truth, Reconciliation and the Media. | Sonja Verwey Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa |
| September 23 | African Studies Publishing: Perspectives and Practical Advice from an Insider. | Dee Mortensen Indiana University Press |
| September 30 | Study of Dry-Habitat Chimpanzee Behavior in Western Uganda and its Implications for Human Evolution. | Kevin Hunt Anthropology |
| October 7 | There are Two Worlds Out There: Education Reform in South Africa. | Nolutho Diko School of Education |
| October 14 | Magical Realism in Africa and the Black World: A Question of Power. | Theodore Bouabre Comparative Literature |
| October 21 | Radio Talk Shows, Political Participation, and Democratization in Uganda. | Peter Mwesige Journalism |
| November 4 | Thirteen Years of Missionary Life in the South Sudan: Eleanor Vandevort's Nuer Field Notes. A Digital Library Project. | Marion Frank-Wilson Library |
| November 11 | Cultural Dimensions of Human Rights: An Igbo Case. | Obioma Nnaemeka IUPUI |
| November 18 | Echoes of Societal Norms in SeTswana Wedding Songs. | Rosaleen Nhlekisana Folklore and Ethnomusicology |
Spring 2003
| January 21 | The Language Question in Cameroon. | George Echu, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon |
| January 28 | Beyond the Language Choice Debate: Leadership and Advocacy in Ghana's Education. | Alexina Arthur, University of Ghana, Legon |
| February 4 | Word Heads and New Dreads: The Scene of Spoken Poetry in Contemporary South Africa. | Kgafela oa Magogodi, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa |
| February 18 | Corruption and Governance in Nigeria: Recent Developments. | Alex Gboyega, University of Ibadan, Nigeria |
| February 25 | Global Voices in Song: Using Technology for Oral Transmission of South African Music in Classrooms and Choirs. | Mary Goetze, School of Music |
| March 4 | Hypnotized by their Offices: Clerks, Social Conflict, and the Production of Colonial Knowledge in the Gabon Estuary, 1920-1945. | Jeremy Rich, Cabrini College |
| March 11 | Brokering Peace on the Horn: New Roles for NGOs in Africa. | Emily Frank, Anthropology |
| March 25 | Power and Ethnic Relations in Kaduna State of Nigeria. | Toye Asabe, University of Jos, Nigeria |
| April 1 | The Cultural Context of Economic Development in Ghana. | Kodzo Gavua, University of Ghana, Legon |
| April 8 | 'New Agenda' for Russia-Africa Relations: From International Relations Theory to Journalism. | Alexina Arthur, University of Ghana, Legon |
| April 15 | Ghana's Educational Reforms: A Challenge for Excellence in Delivery of Quality Education for All. | Kwame Dakwa, School of Education |
| April 22 | Educational Reform in Nigerian Bilingual Pilot Schools. | Ibro Chekaraou, School of Education |
Fall 2002
| September 10 | Now South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission Challenges the Modern Discipline of History and its Civics. | David Thelen, IU History |
| September 17 | Women in Senegalese Social and Political History: Perspectives from Life Histories. | Babacar Fall University of Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal |
| September 24 | Elections in Emerging Democracies. | Baffour Agyeman-Duah, Center for Democracy and Development, Accra, Ghana |
| October 1 | A Visual Perspective on Pastoralist Festivals in Niger. | Gaston Combasset, Independent Sociologist and Videographer |
| October 8 | Stylistics, Voice, and Construction Choice in the Grammar of Gen (Togo/Benin). | Marshall Lewis, West African Languages Institute |
| October 15 | Body Politic: Transformation and Contestation in Mozambican Healing. | Tracy Luedke, IU Anthropology |
| October 22 | Land Tenure and Environmental Change in Zambia. | Jon Unruh, CIPEC |
| October 29 | The Politics of Institutional Change: Property Rights Transitions in Kenya's Maasailand. | Esther Mwangi, IU SPEA |
| November 5 | Beyond(?) the Western Norms: Towards a Postmodern Theory of a Stable African Democratic Practice. | Olayinka Agbetuyi, IU Comparative Literature |
| November 12 | Dan Ge Performance: Identity and Resistance in Contemporary Côte d'lvoire. | Daniel Reed, IU Folklore and Ethnomusicology |
| November 19 | The Language Situation in Zimbabwe: Making a Case for Computer-Assisted Language Learning. | Juliet Thondlana, University of Zimbabwe |
