Kwame Nkrumah International Conference

From Colonization to Globalization: The Intellectual and Political Legacies of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Africa's Future

Kwantlen Polytechnic University invites you to participate in the Kwame Nkrumah International Conference: August 19-21, 2010 at its beautiful Richmond campus in British Columbia, Canada.

The Conference will commemorate the centenary of the birthday of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Africa's Man of the Millennium, and bring scholars and students from Canada and from the around the world to share research and ideas on Africa's place in the global community, and to discuss the life, achievements and shortcomings of Africa's foremost Pan-Africanist. Molefi Kete Asante, USA-based Temple University Professor Molefi Kete Asante—one of one of the most distinguished contemporary scholars, as well as the author/co-author and editor of no less than 68 books and scholarly articles—will provide a keynote address in celebration of the conference with other scholars of similar calibre and talent in the context(s) of Pan-Africanism, post/neo-colonialism and globalization via a cross-disciplinary, multi-centric, and international perspectives.

Topics to be discussed include, (but not limited to) the following:

• Perspectives on African Decolonization and Development
• African Intellectuals and Decolonization and Development
• Leadership, Democracy, Citizenry, and African Development
• Armed Struggle and Decolonization in Africa and the "International War" on Terrorism
• Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Pan-Africanism
• The Intellectual Traditions and the Many Stands of Pan-Africanism
• The 5th Pan-African Congress and the First All-African Peoples Conference: Continuity and Change
• The Architects and Pioneers of Pan-Africanism and Global (Pan) African Unity
• Liberation Wars and Contemporary Forms of Armed Resistance and the US-led "War on International Terrorism"
• AFRICOM, Militarization and African Security
• Failed Unions: The Cases of the Soviet Union, India and Pakistan
• The Creation of "The Perfect Union": Lessons from Canada, Europe, and the USA
• Dafur and Other Internecine Conflicts as a Test for the African Union's Trans-Saharan Unity
• Global African Unity in the Age of Globalization: Strategies and Tactics
• Fifty years of Political Independence in Africa: Independent Africa in the Global Context
• The Obama Presidency and Africa's Destiny
• African Youth, African Women, and Africa's Future
• The African Personality and Identity in Continental and Trans-Continental/Diasporic Contexts
• Global African Dialogues: Factionalism as a Source of Strength
• Globalization: A Curse or a Nirvana- Breaking Africa's Cycle of Underdevelopment

Paper Abstract Submission

Abstracts of approximately 250 words for papers of 20 minutes duration, and suggestions of panels consisting of 3 panelists each are welcome and should be e-mailed, with a short bio-note (50 words) contact address, and one to three keywords related to the area of research to Dr. Charles Quist-Adade, knic@kwantlen.ca no later than March 15, 2010 , final notification of selection to be communicated by April 30, 2010.

Although efforts are being made to secure some funding to assist participation by scholars from outside North America and Europe, and especially young scholars, the organizers are unable at this time to offer financial support, and participants are responsible for their own expenses. Participants from countries requiring a visa to enter Canada must make their own arrangements.

For More Information, Contact

Dr. Charles Quist-Adade
Department of Sociology

Kwantlen Polytechnic University
12666 72nd Avenue
Surrey, British Columbia
V3W 2M8, Canada