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02-22-2009, 03:29 AM
The 2009 Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures on Africa
February 27 - 28, 2009
African Creative Expressions: Mother Tongue & Other Tongues
University of Florida (http://www.ufl.edu/)
Gainesville
Preliminary 2009 Carter Conference Program
(Download PDF version)
Friday, February 27 (Reitz Union Room 282)
8:00-8:45 Coffee & Tea
8:45-9:00 Opening Remarks
9:00-10:15 Keynote Address: Karin Barber (University of Birmingham, UK)
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:30
I - African Creative Writing and the Language Question
Chair: Avraham Balaban (University of Florida)
Boubacar Boris Diop (Dakar, Senegal)
“African Languages and Literary Creation”
Akinwumi Isola (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
“The Purpose of Literature in Africa”
Mariètou Mbaye Bileoma (Ken Bugul) – (Cotonou, Benin Republic)
“French Writing”
Tanure Ojaide (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
“I no go Sidon Look: Dialoguing with my People”
12:30-2:30 Lunch
2:30-4:30 II – Issues in African Literature and Cinema
Chair: Alioune Sow (University of Florida)
Eckhard Breitinger (Bayreuth University, Germany)
“Cultural Diversity, Linguistic Multiplicity, and National Unity: Rose Mbowa’s Mother Uganda and Her Children”
Robert Simon (Kennesaw State University)
“Angolan Poetry in a Postcolonial Context”
Rose Sau Lugano (University of Florida)
“Voicing the Silenced through African-Language Texts: A Case Study of Moolade and Tumaini”
Claudia Hoffmann (University of Florida)
“Negotiating the Transnational Discourse: Undocumented Immigrants and Identity Formation in Nigerian Cinema”
4:30-4:45 Break
4:45-6:15 Presentation of the documentary “Against All Odds: African Languages into the 21st century” (Charles Cantalupo, Pennsylvania State University)
7:00 Welcome Reception
Saturday, February 28 (404 Grinter Hall)
8:30-9:00 Coffee & Tea
9:00-11:00 III - Translating African Literature/African Literature in Translation
Chair: Eileen Julien (Indiana University)
Christiane Fioupou (Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, France)
"Translating African Literature into French: Texts, Contexts, and Palimpsests"
Akinloye Ojo (University of Georgia at Athens)
“Abínibí produces the best Ability: Yoruba Language splendor and the Poetry of Akinwumi Isola”
Charles Cantalupo (Pennsylvania State University)
“The Story on Who Needs a Story”
Thomas Hale (Pennsylvania State University)
“Preserving the Mother Tongue: Toward a Symbiotic Relationship Between Performer and Researcher”
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-1:15 IV - Language and the Media in Africa
Chair: Michael Leslie (University of Florida)
Charles Bwenge (University of Florida)
“Operating Globally, Speaking Locally: Billboard Advertisements in Dar es Salaam”
Taiwo Olunlade (Lagos State University, Nigeria)
“The Role of Language in the Print Media in Nigeria”
Kole-Ade Odutola (University of Florida)
“Yoruba language on the Internet: State of Affairs and Stating the Fears”
Adesola Olateju (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
“Language Engineering in Yoruba News casting on the Electronic Media”
1:15-2:30 Lunch
2:30-4:30 V - Popular Culture, Language, and Creativity
Chair: Fiona McLaughlin (University of Florida)
Graham Furniss (SOAS, University of London, UK) “Hausa Popular Culture”
Onookome Okome (University of Alberta, Canada)
“The Language of Nollywood”
Katrina Daly Thompson (University of California, Los Angeles)
“Representing Ethnicity through Language in Bongoflava”
Matthew H. Brown (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
“The Dialogic Imagination of Lágbájá”
Info about UF and Gainesville
Hotel Information
The Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures on Africa
The Carter Lectures on Africa were established in 1986 to honor the achievements of the late Professor Gwendolen M. Carter, who served as Professor Emeritus in African Politics.
The lectures honor Carter's distinguished and dedicated work on the politics of inequality in Southern Africa and her efforts to foster African Studies. Her service to the cause of Africa's welfare and progress spanned over four decades. The Carter Lectures strive to bring important issues and points of view from Africanist scholars to the attention of educators and the public - continuing the tradition of Gwendolen M. Carter's many contributions to African Studies.
The 2009 Carter Conference is organized by Associate Professor Akintunde Akinyemi (http://www.aall.ufl.edu/faculty/bios/akinyemi.htm), the 2008-09 Gwendolen M. Carter Faculty Fellow.
February 27 - 28, 2009
African Creative Expressions: Mother Tongue & Other Tongues
University of Florida (http://www.ufl.edu/)
Gainesville
Preliminary 2009 Carter Conference Program
(Download PDF version)
Friday, February 27 (Reitz Union Room 282)
8:00-8:45 Coffee & Tea
8:45-9:00 Opening Remarks
9:00-10:15 Keynote Address: Karin Barber (University of Birmingham, UK)
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:30
I - African Creative Writing and the Language Question
Chair: Avraham Balaban (University of Florida)
Boubacar Boris Diop (Dakar, Senegal)
“African Languages and Literary Creation”
Akinwumi Isola (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
“The Purpose of Literature in Africa”
Mariètou Mbaye Bileoma (Ken Bugul) – (Cotonou, Benin Republic)
“French Writing”
Tanure Ojaide (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
“I no go Sidon Look: Dialoguing with my People”
12:30-2:30 Lunch
2:30-4:30 II – Issues in African Literature and Cinema
Chair: Alioune Sow (University of Florida)
Eckhard Breitinger (Bayreuth University, Germany)
“Cultural Diversity, Linguistic Multiplicity, and National Unity: Rose Mbowa’s Mother Uganda and Her Children”
Robert Simon (Kennesaw State University)
“Angolan Poetry in a Postcolonial Context”
Rose Sau Lugano (University of Florida)
“Voicing the Silenced through African-Language Texts: A Case Study of Moolade and Tumaini”
Claudia Hoffmann (University of Florida)
“Negotiating the Transnational Discourse: Undocumented Immigrants and Identity Formation in Nigerian Cinema”
4:30-4:45 Break
4:45-6:15 Presentation of the documentary “Against All Odds: African Languages into the 21st century” (Charles Cantalupo, Pennsylvania State University)
7:00 Welcome Reception
Saturday, February 28 (404 Grinter Hall)
8:30-9:00 Coffee & Tea
9:00-11:00 III - Translating African Literature/African Literature in Translation
Chair: Eileen Julien (Indiana University)
Christiane Fioupou (Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, France)
"Translating African Literature into French: Texts, Contexts, and Palimpsests"
Akinloye Ojo (University of Georgia at Athens)
“Abínibí produces the best Ability: Yoruba Language splendor and the Poetry of Akinwumi Isola”
Charles Cantalupo (Pennsylvania State University)
“The Story on Who Needs a Story”
Thomas Hale (Pennsylvania State University)
“Preserving the Mother Tongue: Toward a Symbiotic Relationship Between Performer and Researcher”
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-1:15 IV - Language and the Media in Africa
Chair: Michael Leslie (University of Florida)
Charles Bwenge (University of Florida)
“Operating Globally, Speaking Locally: Billboard Advertisements in Dar es Salaam”
Taiwo Olunlade (Lagos State University, Nigeria)
“The Role of Language in the Print Media in Nigeria”
Kole-Ade Odutola (University of Florida)
“Yoruba language on the Internet: State of Affairs and Stating the Fears”
Adesola Olateju (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
“Language Engineering in Yoruba News casting on the Electronic Media”
1:15-2:30 Lunch
2:30-4:30 V - Popular Culture, Language, and Creativity
Chair: Fiona McLaughlin (University of Florida)
Graham Furniss (SOAS, University of London, UK) “Hausa Popular Culture”
Onookome Okome (University of Alberta, Canada)
“The Language of Nollywood”
Katrina Daly Thompson (University of California, Los Angeles)
“Representing Ethnicity through Language in Bongoflava”
Matthew H. Brown (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
“The Dialogic Imagination of Lágbájá”
Info about UF and Gainesville
Hotel Information
The Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures on Africa
The Carter Lectures on Africa were established in 1986 to honor the achievements of the late Professor Gwendolen M. Carter, who served as Professor Emeritus in African Politics.
The lectures honor Carter's distinguished and dedicated work on the politics of inequality in Southern Africa and her efforts to foster African Studies. Her service to the cause of Africa's welfare and progress spanned over four decades. The Carter Lectures strive to bring important issues and points of view from Africanist scholars to the attention of educators and the public - continuing the tradition of Gwendolen M. Carter's many contributions to African Studies.
The 2009 Carter Conference is organized by Associate Professor Akintunde Akinyemi (http://www.aall.ufl.edu/faculty/bios/akinyemi.htm), the 2008-09 Gwendolen M. Carter Faculty Fellow.