Program - College of Arts and Sciences

Humanities Division Conference
“MORAL REVOLUTION IN AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA”
Wednesday, 19 March 2014 Blackburn Center, Hilltop Lounge
8:30 am – 6:00 pm
Greetings: Representative from the Office of the Dean
College of Arts and Sciences
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Greg Carr, Dept. of Afro-American Studies
Presenters:
Dr. Sandra Shannon “Evolution or Revolution in Black Theater: A Look at the Cultural Nationalist Agenda
in Select Plays by Amiri Baraka”
Dr. Lorraine Henry “Moral Revolution: United States Colored Troops ‘Marching As To War’”
Dr. Ana-Lucia Araujo “Public Memories of Slave Rebels in the Americas”
Dr. Sheila Walker “The Immorality of Ignorance and the Morality of Knowing the Global African
Diaspora”
Prof. Antonio Murillo “The African Diaspora in Colombia”
Prof. Mkamburi Lyabaya and Prof. Francis Wangendo “Revisiting the Uprising of Mau Mau in Kenya”
Prof. Araba Johnston-Arthur “(Re)membering Resistances in the African Diaspora in Austria”
Prof. Verny Varela “African Music in the Construction of Afro-Colombian Identities: Case of the
Champata in Cartagena de Indias, and Currulao in the Pacific Coast”
Prof. Kenny Wesley “Cultural Disconnect in the Translation of Spanish Songs and Poetry”
Dr. Annette Ivory Dunzo “Identity Formation and Civil Rights as Change Agents in the African Diaspora
Within the Hispanic Cultural Context”
Dr. Kola Abimbola “Democracy and Morality: Africana Perspectives”
Dr. Darryl Harris “Moral Imperatives in the Black Freedom Movement”
Order of Presentation
8:30 am Continental Breakfast
9: 00 am Official Greetings followed by Keynote Presentation by Dr. Carr
Question/Answer Period
Session I
Moderator: Dr. Santiago Mauer
9:40 am “The Immorality of Ignorance and the Morality of Knowing the Global African Diaspora”
Dr. Walker
10:00 am “Moral Revolution: United States Colored Troops ‘Marching As To War’” – Dr. Henry
10:20 am “Revisiting the Uprising of Mau Mau in Kenya” –Prof. Lyabaya and Prof. Wangendo
10:50 am “Public Memories of Slave Rebels in the Americas” – Dr. Araujo
11:15-11:30 Question/Answer Period
11:35 am Panamanian Folkloric Dance
12:00 pm Panel Discussion: “Music and Dance as Agents of Resistance and Revolution in Latin America
and the Caribbean”
Panelists: Prof. Edvan Brito, Prof. Algris Xiomara Bolton, Prof. Mesi Walton,
Prof. Edilberto Galvan
12:45 – 2:00 BREAK
Session II
Moderator: Dr. Cerue Diggs
2:00 pm
“Evolution or Revolution in Black Theater: A Look at the Cultural Nationalist Agenda in Select
Plays by Amiri Baraka” – Dr. Shannon
2:20 pm
“(Re)membering Resistances in the African Diaspora in Austria” – Prof. Johnston-Arthur
2:40 pm
“The African Diaspora in Colombia” – Prof. Murillo
3:00 pm
“African Music in the Construction of Afro-Colombian Identities: Case of the Champata in
Cartagena de Indias, and Currulao in the Pacific Coast” – Prof. Varela
3:20-3:30 Question/Answer Period
BREAK
Session III
Moderator: Dr. Clement Akassi
3:45 pm
“Cultural Disconnect in the Translation of Spanish Songs and Poetry” – Prof. Wesley
4:05 pm
“Identity Formation and Civil Rights as Change Agents in the African Diaspora Within the
Hispanic Cultural Context” – Dr. Dunzo
4:25 pm
“Democracy and Morality: Africana Perspectives” – Dr. Abimbola
4:45
“Moral Imperatives in the Black Freedom Movement” – Dr. Harris
5:05-5:30 Question/Answer Period

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