AFRICAN CHILDREN AND AFRICAN MEDIA
The conference program is now available on-line! We have an exciting conference planned for June 15-18! The conference begins on June 15 with pre-conference workshops during the day. The pre-conference workshops are: "Programming for Young Children: Co-Production of Barney and Friends" by Mary Ann Dudko; "Digital Story-Telling" by Firdoze Bulbulia; "The Sister School Project: Defining Youth Media's role in Education and Advocacy" by Nicole Opper; "Animated Media Tools for 21st Century K-12 Education" by Clifford Cohen and "Education, Public Broadcasting and Children's Media" by Michael Cohen. Space is limited in these Master Class workshops, sign up early! A credit option is available.
The conference kicks off with a keynote address by Ian Smith on Thursday at 6:30 PM in Walter Hall, Room 135. Ian Stewart, the former AP bureau chief for West Africa, is the author of Ambushed: A War Reporter's Life on the Line. During his ten-year career, Stewart has worked and lived in more than 40 countries, including Afghanistan, the former Zaire, Sierra Leone, and Cambodia. A sought-after commentator on Africa and war reporting, Stewart has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC's Primetime Thursday, and CNN's Crossfire. His reporting in Africa has been cited as a finalist for numerous writing awards, inclding the French-based Bayeux Award for war correspondents. In October 2000 he won the Associated Press Managing Editors (APME) Award for feature Writing.
Conference sessions continue on Friday and Saturday, June 16 & 17 with panel discussions on Violence and Trauma; Media and Education; Media, Institutions and Politics; Media, Storytelling and Literacy; Media and New Spaces; and a special storytelling session. Fredrick Nnoma-Addison, President and CEO of Africa Image TV will give the closing keynote address.
Summer Courses
Space is still available in the Summer Courses sponsored by the African Studies Program. Courses are: Disease and Development:
Focus on Africa, INST 610D, Dr. Bill Romoser
Children and Broadcasting in Africa, INST 610L, Firdoze Bulbulia
The Girl Child in Africa, INST 625, Dr. Asma Abdel Halim
Sport, Politics and Development in Afirca, INST 610N, Dr. Martha Saavedra
Contact Acacia Nikoi for more information.
