Exploring the Back to Africa Exodus and Settlement of the African Hebrew Israelites and the African-African American Communities in Elmina, Ghana”

Date: Mar. 12, 2012

Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Location: Kirkhof Center 2215/2216 – Allendale Campus

De-Valera N. Y. M. Botchway is a lecturer in the Departments of History and African Studies at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. His research interests are African and African Diaspora cultures, Colonial and Post-colonial history, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, biographies, popular culture, African Nationalism and Pan Africanism. He was a Research Fellow in African Studies (History) at the University of Cambridge, England, UK and Global Academic Partner and Fellow at the University of South Florida.

“Atlantic Slavery: Lost in Trans-lation: How Ghana’s Schools Address the Transatlantic Slave Trade”

Date: Mar, 14, 2012

Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Location: Kirkhof Center 2270 – Allendale Campus

Professor Owusu is a graduate of the University of Cape Coast where she currently works as a lecturer in the Department of History. She was the elected Cadbury Fellow at the Center for West African Studies, University of Birmingham, UK. Her research interests cover issues related to Asante history, environmental history and the history of the oil palm industry in Ghana. She is currently a Fulbright scholar-in-residence at Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio.

Professor Stabler’s research focuses on post-Civil War governmental policy and race. Currently in his eighth year in the Department of History at Grand Valley State University, he has most recently taught at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana on a Fulbright Scholarship in 2011.

ALL PART OF THE ‘INDIGENOUS VOICES’ COLLOQUIM:

‘Many Mexicos: Indigenous Music and its Impact on Regional Styles of Mexican Folk Music’

Date: Mar. 14, 2012

Time: 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Location: 107 Manitou Hall – Allendale Campus

Sones de Mexico, Chicago’s premier folk music ensemble, specializes in Mexican ‘son’ including the regional styles of huapango, gustos, chilenas, son jarocho, and more.

The group formed in 1994 to keep the tradition of Mexican ‘son’ alive in its many regional forms. The ensemble has developed and popularized many original arrangements of Mexican traditional tunes touring mostly in the Midwest, East Coast and Southern U.S. Some of its original work has experimented cross-culturally with symphonic, Irish, folk, C&W, jazz, and rock music, though never abandoning its roots in Mexican son.

“Voices of Our People: The MAM People in Our Community, Mayan Languages and Cultures”

Date: Mar. 14, 2012

Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Location: 107 Manitou Hall – Allendale Campus

Do you know how many Mayan languages are spoken? Have you ever heard them? We invite you to learn about Mayan cultures, traditions and languages.

Come, join us… and taste a ‘tamal’!

Our Guests are:

Maria and Francisco de Pablo (MAM Community Members)

Moderator: Prof. Mike Vrooman (MLL)

“La Voz Mapuche: One Nation, One People – Undivided by the Andes”

Date: Mar. 15, 2012

Time: 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Location: Cook DeWitt Center – Allendale Campus

Directed by Pablo Fernandez and Andrea Henríquez

2008 – 113 min

The Mapuche defeated the Spanish Crown invaders, and do not recognize the border that Chile and Argentina have tried to impose. Presently, the struggle is focused on maintaining the identity as a people, and stopping the encroachment of multinational corporations in Mapuche ancestral territory. In an effort to increase profits, logging, hydroelectric, oil, mining, and tourist companies among others cause destruction and pollution on both sides of the Andes Mountains.

“From Violins to Vicunas: Industrious Indigenous Communities in the Andes”

Date: Mar. 15, 2012

Time: 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Location: Cook DeWitt Center – Allendale Campus

Dr. Veronica Salles-Reese, Associate Professor of Spanish at Georgetown University and the Director of Latin American Studies Certificate will be presenting the keynote address.

Her research focuses on Colonial Latin America, the Andean region, especially the daily life in colonial Peru, and cultural Hybridization. She is the author of From Viracocha to the Virgin of Copacabana: History of the Representation of the Sacred and the editor of numerous books including, Authors and Actors of the Colonial World: New Multidisciplinary Approaches and Remembering the Past, Retrieving the Future.

For more information, or special accommodations, please contact the Area Studies office, [email protected] or 331-8110.