Calendar of Events
(as of April 11, 2003)

Semester-long and Ongoing Events |April & May l
Still to be Scheduled | Passed Events (Jan.-March 2003) |

Scholar Residency:
August 2002 - July 2003:
Dr. Fatima El-Tayeb (Historian), with the Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures
To contact Fatima El-Tayeb, send an e-mail to feltayeb@utk.edu

Jazz Musician Residency:
Spring Semester 2003
Zim Ngqawana, with the School of Music
Check out Zim Ngqawana's web page: http://www.zimology.com
To contact Zim Ngqawana, send an e-mail to zngqawan@utk.edu

Invited Sculptor:
El Anatsui, 1st week of March 2003, with the School of Art
For more information on El Anatsui's visit at UT, contact Bill Dewey at wdewey@utk.edu, of Jennifer Odem at jodem@utk.edu

Semester-long and Ongoing Events

ART EXHIBIT
February 1– July 2003
"Images of Human Rights Portfolio" from South Africa
College of Law Building (first-floor corridor).
(During the month of Jan. 2003, this exhibit was shown in the University Center, Concourse)

ART EXHIBIT
January 10 – May 18
The World Moves — We Follow: Celebrating African Art
McClung Museum

POSTCARD EXHIBIT
February 3– May 2003
Africa at Home: European Postcards 1890-1950
Black Cultural Center

PHOTO EXHIBIT
March 17 - April 7
Robert Lyons’ Photo Exhibit Another Africa
Supported by the Central Program Council, and presented by the Visual Arts Committee
University Center Concourse, UT Campus

April 2003

FILM SERIES: Films from Africa and the Diaspora
April 1
Cuban Roots / Bronx Stories (Pam Sporn, USA, 2000, 57 min.)
A Family Called Abrew (Maureen Blackwood, Sankofa Film and Video Collective, UK, 1992, 42 min.)
Hodges Library Auditorium, 6 p.m.

LECTURE
April 3
Paul Stoller (West Chester University, Pennsylvania)
"Cultural Globalization: The African Diaspora in West Africa and New York."
University Center, Room 221, 7:30 p.m.
Funded by the Global Studies Initiative at UT.
For more information contact Cory Blad at cblad@utk.edu.

McCLUNG MUSEUM LECTURE SERIES
April 6
dele jegede, Contributor to the exhibition catalogue "The World Moves - We Follow: Celebrating African Art," and Chair of the Art Department at Indiana State University
- Expert on Contemporary Arts of Nigeria -
"This is African Art? Now You Confuse Me"
Frank H. McClung Museum Auditorium, 2:00 p.m.

Click here (= pdf-file) to view the poster for dele jegede's lecture. [You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print the file. You may download the viewer here.]

LUNCHTIME LECTURES
IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXHIBIT "IMAGES OF HUMAN RIGHTS" FROM SOUTH AFRICA AT UT'S COLLEGE OF LAW
April 7
Ebrahim Moosa, Department of Religion, Duke University; formerly of University of Cape Town, South Africa
"Struggling for Human Rights: Muslims and Constitutionalism in South Africa." The talk will be followed by a light lunch reception (no reservation necessary).
College of Law, Room 135, 12:20-1:20 p.m.

Please note: This lecture and the lunch reception is sponsored by the UT College of Law. For more information contact Rosalind Hackett at rhackett@utk.edu or 974-2466.

FILM SERIES: Films from Africa and the Diaspora
LECTURE, FILM SCREENING & RECEPTION
April 7
Joseph Opala (James Madison University)
"Crosing the Sea on a Sacred Song: A Gullah Family Finds its Roots in Sierra Leone"
In connection with a film screening of:
The Language You Cry In (Documentary, 1998, 53 min.)
Mary Moran and her son Wilson Moran will be our special guests to discuss this documentary.
Hodges Library Auditorium, 6:30 p.m.

Please note: This lecture and film screening will be followed by a reception in 258 Hodges Library.

This event is sponsored by the University of Tennessee Libraries, the Black Cultural Programming Committee, the African and African American Studies Program, and the Africa Semester Committee.
For more information contact Bill Dewey at wdewey@utk.edu

Click here (= pdf-file) to view the poster for this lecture/screening event with Joe Opala, Mary Moran, and Wilson Moran. [You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print the file. You may download the viewer here.]

COMMUNITY EVENT
April 10 - April 27
Dogwood Arts Festival
Will include events that are thematically linked to the Africa Semester at UT
Different locations in Knoxville. For more information visit the Dogwood Arts Festival web site.

INTERNATIONAL FAIR
April 11
UT - International Fair
Outside the University Center (upper deck of UC parking garage), 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS AND EDUCATIONAL POLICY LECTURE SERIES
April 11
Robert Fullinwider, University of Maryland, School of Public Affairs: "Variety is the Spice of Life: What Multiculturalist Policy Says and What it Doesn't"
1210-11 McClung Tower, UT, 3:30-5:00 p.m.

CONCERT
April 11
Concert with Bernard Woma, Master of the Ghanaian Xylophone. Bernard Woma is an acclaimed West African percussionist, Assistant director for Ghana's National Theatre, and the Director of Woma's Dagara Music Center in Ghana.
University Center, Crest Room, 7:30 - 9 p.m.
Everyone welcome! Free and open to the public.

Click here (= pdf-file) to view the poster for Bernard Woma's concert. [You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print the file. You may download the viewer here.]

McCLUNG MUSEUM LECTURE SERIES
April 13
Karen Milbourne, University of Kentucky
-Expert on Arts of the Lozi of Zambia -
"King Lewanika and the Invention of Lozi Style"
Frank H. McClung Museum Auditorium, 2:00 p.m.

Click here (= pdf-file) to view the poster for Karen Milbourne's lecture. [You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print the file. You may download the viewer here.]

FILM
April 13
Faat-Kine (Ousame Sembene, Senegal, 2000, 118 min.)
Supported by the Central Program Council, and presented by the Film Committee
Clarence Brown Theatre, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Admission fee: $2 with UT ID, $4 general public

ON-CAMPUS INTERNATIONAL LITERARY COLLOQUY
FOR UT STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF MEMBERS
April 14
Book to be discussed: Essential Encounters by Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury. Discussion Leader: Mary McAlpin, Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures.
Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury will join the discussion!
International House, Great Room, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
The luncheon buffet will be available from 11:30 onwards.

--> Please note: The On-Campus International Literary Colloquy Series is sponsored by the Center for International Education, and it is open to UT students, faculty and staff members. The books and lunches are provided free of charge through the CIE. For more information and/or to register contact Dave Lawson (CIE Associate Director) at dplawson@utk.edu or 974-4453

WRITER'S VISIT: INFORMAL DISCUSSION
April 14
Discussion with Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury (Cameroon, author of Essential Encounters) on Négritude and Women. The discussion will be introduced and facilitaded by Mary McAlpin (Dept. of MFLL). Light refreshments will be serverd.
Everyone welcome. Free and open to the public.
UT Campus, HSS 203, 3:15 p.m.

Click here (= pdf-file) to view the poster for this event with Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury. [You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print the file. You may download the viewer here.]

FILM SERIES: Films from Africa and the Diaspora
April 15
Mama Africa (Briget Pickering, Ngozi Onwurah & Zulfah Otto-Sallies, Namibia / Nigeria / South Africa, 2001, 89 min.)
Hodges Library Auditorium, 6 p.m.

WRITER'S VISIT: LECTURE
April 15
Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury (Cameroon, author of Essential Encounters) will give a lecture on Women in French-Speaking Areas in Africa. The lecture will be introduced Mary McAlpin (Dept. of MFLL). A reception will follow this lecture.
Everyone welcome. Free and open to the public.
Black Cultural Center, Multi-Purpose Room, 3:30 p.m.

Click here (= pdf-file) to view the poster for Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury's lecture. [You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print the file. You may download the viewer here.]

LUNCHTIME LECTURES
IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXHIBIT "IMAGES OF HUMAN RIGHTS" FROM SOUTH AFRICA AT UT'S COLLEGE OF LAW
April 16
Amancio Alicante, JD, Southern Migrant Legal Services
"Equatorial Guinea: Oil and Human Rights - Do They Mix?" The talk will be followed by a light lunch reception (no reservation necessary).
College of Law, Room 135, 12:20-1:20 p.m.

Please note: This lecture and the lunch reception is sponsored by the UT College of Law. For more information contact Rosalind Hackett at rhackett@utk.edu or 974-2466.

COMMUNITY EVENT
April 17
"Africa Day" (as part of the Dogwood Arts Festival)
Market Square, Downtown Knoxville
(details t.b.a.)

LUNCHTIME LECTURES
IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXHIBIT "IMAGES OF HUMAN RIGHTS" FROM SOUTH AFRICA AT UT'S COLLEGE OF LAW
April 21
Ndiva Kofele-Kale, Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University
"An Inquiry into the Legitimacy of Global Community Response to Domestic Violations of the Right to Freedom of Choice in Sub-Saharan Africa." The talk will be followed by a light lunch reception (no reservation necessary).
College of Law, Room 135, 12:20-1:20 p.m.

Please note: This lecture and the lunch reception is sponsored by the UT College of Law. For more information contact Rosalind Hackett at rhackett@utk.edu or 974-2466.

INTERNATIONAL LITERARY COLLOQUY
Outreach Project in the Knox County Public Library
April 22
Book to be discussed: Essential Encounters by Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury . Discussion Leader: Mary McAlpin, Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures at UT
Knox County Public Library, West Knoxville Branch, 100 Golf Club Road, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

--> Please note: Participation in the International Literary Colloquy is free of charge. Registration is required and the group is limited to 45. Books may be checked-out at the Circulation Desk of the West Knoxville Branch of the Knox County Public Library. For more information call the West Knoxville Library at 865-588-8813, or the UT Arts and Sciences Office of Academic Outreach at 865-974-4676.

FILM SERIES: Films from Africa and the Diaspora
April 22
Home Away From Home (Maureen Blackwood, Sankofa Film and Video Collective, England 1994, 11 min.)
Dirt For Dinner (Branwen Okpako, Germany, 2000, 75 min.)
Hodges Library Auditorium, 6 p.m. (details t.b.a.)

CONCERT WITH ZIM NGQAWANA (ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE)
April 22
Concert with Zim Ngqawana and members of the UT Jazz Faculty Ensemble
8:00 p.m., UT Music Auditorium

ON-CAMPUS INTERNATIONAL LITERARY COLLOQUY
FOR UT STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF MEMBERS
April 23
Book to be discussed: Changes: A Love Story by Ama Ata Aidoo. Discussion Leader: Rosalind Hackett, Department of Religious Studies.
International House, Great Room, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
The luncheon buffet will be available from 11:30 onwards.

--> Please note: The On-Campus International Literary Colloquy Series is sponsored by the Center for International Education, and it is open to UT students, faculty and staff members. The books and lunches are provided free of charge through the CIE. For more information and/or to register contact Dave Lawson (CIE Associate Director) at dplawson@utk.edu or 974-4453

LECTURE PRESENTED BY THE UT LIBRARY FRIENDS
April 23
Wally Koehler,
"Library Collaboration: The Africa Initiatives"
Hodges Library Auditorium, 6 p.m.

LECTURE
April 25
Allen Buchanan (Member of the Duke University Department of Philosophy and Professor of Public Policy at the Sanford Institute) "Self-Determination, Nationalism, and Secession in the Global Justice/Human Rights Context"
1210 McClung Tower, 3:30 PM
Funded by the Global Studies Initiative at UT.
For more information contact Cory Blad at cblad@utk.edu.

AFRO-POP EVENT
April 25
Hosted by the African Student Association
University Center, Ball Room, Time t.b.a.
Please check for further announcements, or contact Manza Agovi (aagovi@utk.edu) or Dick Kawooya (dkawooya@utk.edu) for more information.

CONCERT WITH ZIM NGQAWANA (ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE)
April 26
Concert with Zim Ngqawana and members of the UT Jazz Faculty Ensemble
Chattanooga, Jazz Junction, 8:00 p.m.

McCLUNG MUSEUM LECTURE SERIES
April 27
Kim Miller, Art & Women's Studies, Transylvania University, KY
- Expert on contemporary Arts of South Africa -
"Visualizing Violence: Memory, History, and Healing in South African Art"
Frank H. McClung Museum Auditorium, 2:00 p.m.

LUNCHTIME LECTURES
IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXHIBIT "IMAGES OF HUMAN RIGHTS" FROM SOUTH AFRICA AT UT'S COLLEGE OF LAW
April 28
Kim Miller, Art & Women's Studies, Transylvania University, KY
"Visualizing Violence: Memory, History, and Healing in South African Art." The talk will be followed by a light lunch reception (no reservation necessary).
College of Law, Room 135, 12:20-1:20 p.m.

Please note: This lecture and the lunch reception is sponsored by the UT College of Law. For more information contact Rosalind Hackett at rhackett@utk.edu or 974-2466.

FILM SERIES: Films from Africa and the Diaspora
FILMMAKER'S VISIT
April 29
A day with Angelina Maccarone, acclaimed German Filmmaker (Kommt Mausi raus?, An Angel's Revenge, and Everything will be Fine)

• 4:00-5:00 p.m.: Lecture by Angelina Maccarone: "Hollywood and its Others: Minorities and the Mainstream Form," Hodges Library Auditorium.
  
• 5:00-6:00 p.m.: Reception. Hodges Library Faculty Lounge (2nd floor)
• 6:00- 8:00 p.m.: Screening of Everything Will Be Fine, (Germany 1997, 90 min.) followed by a Q & A with Angelina Maccarone, Hodges Library Auditorium.
  
  For more information on these events with Angelina Maccarone, contact Fatima El-Tayeb at feltayeb@utk.edu

  Click here (= pdf-file) to view the poster for Angelina Maccarone's lecture. [You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print the file. You may download the viewer here.]

CD-RELEASE PARTY WITH ZIM NGQAWANA (ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE)
April 30
Release Party for Zim Ngqawana's newst CD:
Concert with Zim Ngqawana and members of the UT Jazz Faculty Ensemble
4620 Club, 4620 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, 9:30 p.m.

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May 2003

McCLUNG MUSEUM LECTURE SERIES
May 4
Babatunde Lawal, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Expert on Arts of the Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria -
"Art and Life in Yoruba Culture"
Frank H. McClung Museum Auditorium, 2:00 p.m.

FILM SCREENING
May 4
Amandla! A Revolution In Four Part Harmony (Lee Hirsch, 2002). The film will be introduced by Zim Ngqawana (Jazz-Musician-in-Residence with the UT School of Music)
Clarence Brown Theatre, 7 p.m.

"The power of song to communicate, motivate, console, unite and, ultimately, beget change: that ideal, gloriously realized, lies at the heart of director Lee Hirsch's inspiring feature film documentary Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony. Winner of the Audience Award and Freedom of Expression Award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, Amandla! tells the story of black South African freedom music and reveals the central role it played in the long battle against apartheid." Excerpt from the movie's offical webpage. To read more go to:
http://www.amandla.com/movie/filmbio.php

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Still to be Scheduled

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
Lectures, Concerts, Storytelling Events, Dance Performances, Workshops . . . involving schools and the community

LUNCHEON TALKS ON CAMPUS

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

ADDITIONAL LECTURES ON AND OFF CAMPUS

ADDITIONAL CUTURAL EVENTS ON AND OFF CAMPUS

AFRO-POP DANCE EVENT
(tentatively scheduled for April 25)

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Passed Events (January - March 2003)

January 2003

CONCERT WITH ZIM NGQAWANA (ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE)
January 27 (at UT Martin)
2:00 p.m.: Masterclass
8:00 p.m.: Concert with UTK Jazz Faculty Ensemble, Harriet Fulton Theatre

February 2003

McCLUNG MUSEUM LECTURE SERIES
February 2
William Dewey, Curator of the Exhibition "The World Moves - We Follow: Celebrating African Art," will give an illustrated talk on selected objects from the exhibition and follow up with a gallery tour.
Frank H. McClung Museum Auditorium, 2 p.m.

OPENING CEREMONY
February 4 (Afternoon/Evening)
Parade starting at the Black Cultural Center and ending at the University Center Ballroom where there will be music, food and a chance to meet and greet.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
February 6-9
International Conference at UT
Cultures in Motion: The Africa Connection
Black Cultural Center, International House, Hodges Library & University Center

THEATRE PLAY
February 6-22
Wole Soyinka’s The Bacchae of Euripides:
A Communion Rite
For ticket information go to http://theatre.utk.edu/boxoffice or call 974-5161

• February 6
  Preview – Clarence Brown Theatre, 8. p.m.
• February 7
  Opening Night – Clarence Brown Theatre, 8 p.m.
• February 8 , 11-15 & 18-22
  Clarence Brown Theatre, 8 p.m.
• Tuesday, February 11
  Dinner Theatre Night
• Sunday, February 16
  Matinee performance, Clarence Brown Theatre, 2 p.m.

THEATRE TALK
February 9
In connection with the African play at UT:
Theatre Talk: "International Theatre"
Barnes & Noble Booksellers (Kingston Pike) at 2 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

FILM SERIES: Films from Africa and the Diaspora
February 11
Lumumba (Raoul Peck, Haiti, 2000. 115 min.)
Hodges Library Auditorium, 6 p.m.

FILM
February 16
Genesis (Cheick Oumar Sissoko, France / Mali, 1998, 100 min.)
Supported by the Central Program Council, and presented by the Film Committee
Clarence Brown Theatre, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Admission fee: $2 with UT ID, $4 general public

McCLUNG MUSEUM LECTURE SERIES
February 16
Rosalind Hackett, Contributor to the exhibition catalogue "The World Moves - We Follow: Celebrating African Art" will present a talk, "Connecting Worlds: Art and Religion in Africa"
Frank H. McClung Museum Auditorium, 2:00 p.m.

FILM SERIES: Films from Africa and the Diaspora
FILMMAKER'S VISIT
February 18
A day with Haile Gerima, acclaimed Ethiopian Filmmaker (Sankofa, Bush Mama) and Professor at Howard University. Everybody is welcome! All of the following events with Haile Gerima are free and open to the public:

• 1:30-2:30 p.m.: Informal Discussion with Haile Gerima, Hodges Library Room 251
• 3:00-4:30 p.m.: Lecture by Haile Gerima: "The Roots of Independence: Opposing Hollywood trhough Black and African Film"
• 5:00-6:00 p.m.: Reception. Hodges Library Faculty Lounge (2nd floor)
• 6:30-9:30 p.m.: Screening of Sankofa (1993, 125 min., in English). Introduction by Haile Gerima. Hodges Library, Room 213.
  
  For more information on these events with Haile Gerima contact Chris Holmlund at cholmlun@utk.edu
  
  

COMMUNITY EVENT
February 20 - 23
"Africa Semester" Information Booth at the Knoxville House & Garden Show.
Knoxville Convention - Exhibition Center (under Holiday Inn)
Opening Hours:
Thursday, Feb. 20, 12 - 9 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 21, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 22, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 23, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Admission fee for the House and Garden Show: $ 5 (Children 11 and younger are free. Senior discount: $ 1 on Feb. 21-23; $ 2 on Feb. 20) Knoxville Convention Center

INTERNATIONAL LITERARY COLLOQUY
Outreach Project in the Knox County Public Library
February 25
Book to be discussed: Changes: A Love Story by Ama Ata Aidoo. Discussion Leader: Rosalind Hackett, Department of Religious Studies at UT
Knox County Public Library, West Knoxville Branch, 100 Golf Club Road, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

--> Please note: Participation in the International Literary Colloquy is free of charge. Registration is required and the group is limited to 45. Books may be checked-out at the Circulation Desk of the West Knoxville Branch of the Knox County Public Library. For more information call the West Knoxville Library at 865-588-8813, or the UT Arts and Sciences Office of Academic Outreach at 865-974-4676.

FILM SERIES: Films from Africa and the Diaspora
February 25
The Adventures of Felix / Drole de Felix (Olivier Ducastel and Jasques Martineu, France, 2001)
French with English subtitles
Hodges Library Auditorium, 6 p.m.

TALK WITH THE COLLECTORS
February 27
Talk with the Collectors of the "Many-Splendored" African Art Exhibit (Feb. 9 - March 4, 2003)
Ewing Gallery (Art & Architecture Building), 7 -9 p.m.
Sponsored by the Student Art History Association.

OUTREACH WORK WITH ZIM NGQAWANA (ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE)
February 27
Concert and Clinic with Zim Ngqawana and members of the UT Jazz Faculty Ensemble
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. at Vine Magnet Middle School.
Funded by the East Tennessee Foundation's Art Fund.

PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS AND EDUCATIONAL POLICY LECTURE SERIES
February 28
Charles Mills, Professor of Philosophy, University Scholar and Fellow with the Institute for Humanities, University of Illinois-Chicago: "Philosophy and Race: The Whiteness of Being."
(followed by a reception)
1210-11 McClung Tower, UT, 3:30-5:00 p.m.

March 2003

CONCERT
March 2
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Supported by the Central Program Council, and presented by the Cultural Attractions Committee
Alumni Memorial Auditorium, 8 p.m.
An admission fee will be charged.
For more information see: http://www.mambazo.com

LECTURE
March 3
El Anatsui, visiting artist/sculptor from Ghana, will be presenting a lecture on his art work
7 pm., Hodges Library Auditorium, Room 101
A reception will follow at 8:30 p.m. in the Ewing Gallery of Art, in the Art and Architecture Bldg.

WORKSHOP WITH EL ANATSUI (VISITING ARTIST)
March 3 - 4
El Anatsui, visiting artist/sculptor from Ghana, be giving a workshop at the School of Art on Monday, March 3 and on Tuesday, March 4. (details t.b.a.)
For more information contact Jennifer Odem at jodem@utk.edu

CONCERT WITH ZIM NGQAWANA (ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE)
March 4 (at UT Chattanooga)
Masterclass, UT Chattanooga Music Dept. (time t.b.a.)
8:00 p.m.: Concert with UTK Jazz Faculty Ensemble, UT Chattanooga Music Department

FILM SERIES: Films from Africa and the Diaspora
March 4
Le Grand Blanc de Lambaréné / The Great White Man of Lambaréné (Bassek ba Kobhio., Cameroon/France, 1995, 93 min.)
Hodges Library Auditorium, 6 p.m.

CONCERT
March 6
Soweto Street Dance Company: Dance and Music from South Africa presenting Zulu Kingdom
Supported by the Central Program Council, and presented by the Cultural Attractions Committee
Clarence Brown Theater, 8 p.m.
An admission fee will be charged.
For ticket information call Tickets Unlimited at (865) 656-4444 or (877) 995-9961 toll free during normal business hours Monday-Saturday, or go to their web-site at

McCLUNG MUSEUM LECTURE SERIES
March 9
Eli Bentor, Appalachian State University
- Expert on Arts of the Igbo -
"Why Masks? Masks and Death among the Igbo of Southeastern Nigeria"
Frank H. McClung Museum Auditorium, 2:00 p.m.

CONCERT & PERFORMANCE
March 11
ADAAWE
Adaawe is a group of 7 women percussionists and vocalists from all over the world. Their music is an international fusion of African Diaspora music and rhythms, R&B/pop vocals, arresting Gospel vocal harmonies, and funky original creations.
University Center, Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Women's Coordinating Council
For more information see: http://www.adaawe.com

FILM SERIES: Films from Africa and the Diaspora
March 11
Girls Still Dream / Ahlam El Banat (Ateyyat El Abnoudy, Egypt, 1995, 24 min.)
Woubi Cheri (Philip Brooks & Laurent Bocahut, France / Ivory Coast, 1998, 62 min.)
Hodges Library Auditorium, 6 p.m.

OUTREACH WORK WITH ZIM NGQAWANA (ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE)
March 12
Concert and Clinic with Zim Ngqawana and members of the UT Jazz Faculty Ensemble
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., at Vine Magnet Middle School and at Austin East Highschool (details t.b.a.).
Funded by the East Tennessee Foundation's Art Fund.

LECTURE PRESENTED BY THE UT LIBRARY FRIENDS
March 17
William Dewey, Curator of the Exhibition "The World Moves - We Follow: Celebrating African Art," will give an illustrated talk on selected objects from the exhibition and follow up with a gallery tour.
Frank H. McClung Museum Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.

INTERNATIONAL LITERARY COLLOQUY
Outreach Project in the Knox County Public Library
March 25
Book to be discussed: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Discussion Leader: William Dewey, UT School of Art
Knox County Public Library, West Knoxville Branch, 100 Golf Club Road, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

--> Please note: Participation in the International Literary Colloquy is free of charge. Registration is required and the group is limited to 45. Books may be checked-out at the Circulation Desk of the West Knoxville Branch of the Knox County Public Library. For more information call the West Knoxville Library at 865-588-8813, or the UT Arts and Sciences Office of Academic Outreach at 865-974-4676.

FILM SERIES: Films from Africa and the Diaspora
March 25
Bye-Bye Africa (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Chad, 1999, 86 min.)
Hodges Library Auditorium, 6 p.m.

ON-CAMPUS INTERNATIONAL LITERARY COLLOQUY
FOR UT STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF MEMBERS
March 27
Book to be discussed: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Discussion Leader: William Dewey, UT School of Art
International House, Great Room, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
The luncheon buffet will be available from 11:30 onwards.

--> Please note: The On-Campus International Literary Colloquy Series is sponsored by the Center for International Education, and it is open to UT students, faculty and staff members. The books and lunches are provided free of charge through the CIE. For more information and/or to register contact Dave Lawson (CIE Associate Director) at dplawson@utk.edu or 974-4453

LECTURE
March 27
Ela Troyano, Award Winning Director / Writer / Producer
Everybody is welcome! All of the following events with Ela Troyano are free and open to the public:

• 2 - 3 p.m.: Informal Discussion with Ela Troyano, Hodges Library Room 213
• 3:30-5 p.m.: Lecture by Ela Troyano: "La Lupe, Queen of Latin Soul: The Making of a Documentary," Hodges Library Auditorium
• 5:00-6:00 p.m.: Reception. Hodges Library Faculty Lounge (2nd floor)
  
  For more information on these events with Ela Troyano contact Chris Holmlund (Chair, Cinema Studies Program) at cholmlun@utk.edu
  
  Sponsored by Africa Semester, the American Studies Program, the Cinema Studies Program, the Latin American Studies Program, the Department of Modern Foreign Languages, the Women's Coordinating Council, and the Women's Studies Program.

  Click here (= pdf-file) to view the poster Ela Troyno's lecture. [You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print the file. You may download the viewer here.]
  

LECTURE
March 27
Bill Fletcher, President of TransAfrica Forum, Co-founder of United for Peace and Justice, and Former Assistant to the President of the AFL-CIO
"Africa and the New World Order: AIDS, Globalization, and 'The War on Terror'"
Black Cultural Center, Multi-Purpose Room, 7 p.m.

Funded by Africa Semester, UTK Department of African and African-American Studies, Sincere Seven, Tennessee Industrial Renewal Network, Philosophy Club (UTK)
For more information on the TransAfrica Forum see:
http://www.transafricaforum.org

Click here (= pdf-file) to view the poster for Bill Fletcher's lecture. [You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print the file. You may download the viewer here.]

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