This study half day aims to present and revisit a part of African scholarship and contribution to knowledge. The speakers involved in this event will each introduce a prominent African thinker or political leader and analyse both their biographies and political thought/action in a didactic but critical way. The event will be an opportunity for all participants to reflect on the conditions in which African scholarship and leadership has emerged. It will also provide an opportunity for researchers to discuss and compare the often complex trajectories and legacies of these figures during Q&A sessions.
PROGRAMME
University of Portsmouth, School of Languages and Area Studies
Wednesday 31st January 2018, 1-5pm
Park Building, Lecture Theatre 3.23
All welcome
1pm Welcome and introduction (Tony Chafer, Portsmouth)
1.15pm Panel 1: Resistance and decolonisation
. Chair: Ed Naylor (Portsmouth)
. Olivia Rutazibwa (Portsmouth): Thomas Sankara
. Walid Benkhaled (Portsmouth): Fatma N’Soumer
. Margaret Majumdar (Portsmouth): Frantz Fanon
. Short Q&A
2.30pm Short break
2.35pm Panel 2: Memory and Identity
. Chair: Fabienne Chamelot (Portsmouth)
. Andrew Smith (Chichester): Keita Fodeba
. Dieunedort Wandji (Portsmouth): Mobutu Sese Seko
. Jeremy Allouche (Sussex): Ivoirité
. Short Q&A
3.45pm Tea and coffee break
3.55pm Round Table Discussion (All Panellists)
. Chair: Camille Jacob (Portsmouth)
4.55pm Closing remarks (Dieunedort Wandji, Portsmouth)
Contacts: fabienne.chamelot@port.ac.uk; dieunedort.wandji@port.ac.uk