They Won’t Budge: African Diaspora in Europe

Robert — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:54:48 +0000

Panel Discussion & Film Screenings Exploring African Migration in Europe

The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts & The Africana Studies Program at New York University proudly present:

Sunday, November 15, 2009

PANEL DISCUSSION 10am—1pm

PART I: “Multivocal Identities of Africans in Europe”

PART II: “Metropolis: Africans and Mass Urbanization”

MEMBERS OF THE PANEL INCLUDE:

Awam Amkpa
Associate Professor, Drama/Social and Cultural Analysis (NYU)
Co-curator of They Won’t Budge: Africans in Europe

Annalisa Butticci
Research Fellow, University of Padua, Italy
Postdoctoral Fellow (08-09) Social and Cultural Analysis, Africana Studies Program (NYU)
Co-curator of They Won’t Budge: Africans in Europe

Rich Blint
PhD Candidate, American Studies Program (NYU)
Coordinator of Special Projects, Ctr. for Labor, Community & Policy Studies, CUNY

FILM SCREENINGS 2pm—6pm

FILMS INCLUDE:

Africa: Le Cri de la Mer (The Cry of the Sea) [Senegal, 2008]
Dir. Aicha Thiam

Dirty, Pretty Things [UK, 2002]
Dir. Stephen Frears

Africa Underground: Democracy in Dakar [USA, 2009]
Nomadic Wax & Sol Productions

Yes I Am! [Germany, 2006]
Dir. Sven Halfar [FILMTANK Germany]

Special Book Signing with Manthia Diawara, Author of We Won’t Budge

New York University
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They Won’t Budge: African Diaspora in Europe