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A night celebrating Africa Week
Kobina Annan, Jr.


Founded in 1957, with the mission of promoting African studies and culture, the African Studies Association held its 50th Anniversary Meeting, named “Africa Week”, in New York at the Sheraton Hotel, October from 18-21, 2007.

The African Studies Association is a non-profit organization of scholars, administrators and other specialists on Africa.

For four days the conference brought to New York over 200 scholar specialists on Africa, from all academic fields; development officials, government representatives, artists, linguists, language teachers, performers, and technicians. The event gave the public an unprecedented opportunity to have access to expertise on Africa.
 

The ASA reception attendees and speakers, including Dr. Abena Busia of Rutgers University 
 

Present among the guests was Mora Mclean, President and CEO of the African American Institute. The Africa-America Institute (AAI) was founded in 1953 to help Africans build human capacity through education and training programs. Today, AAI continues to pursue this vision through a portfolio of programs aimed at both educating Africans and educating Americans about Africa.

Scholars from China also came to participate in “Africa Week’s” event. Wenping He and Naiyu Liu, who are Africa specialists at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, were present to represent China and strengthen educational relations between Asia and Africa. They discussed how Asian students and African students should collaborate in international study programs to learn about the cultures.

The president of the African Studies Association, Pearl T. Robinson, opened the ceremony stating, “This year’s annual meeting theme is 21st century Africa”.


With that said, participants began discussing matters to creating a new vision of development in Africa.


Included in “Africa Week’s” activities, was a gala in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Republic of Ghana which was held at a reception featuring a Durbar of Ghanaian Chiefs from Ghana.


The National Council of Ghanaian Association secretary general, Mohammed Mardah was present amongst the guests. Invited guests included city, local, and national politicians, UN representatives and representatives from the African immigrant organizations in New York City.


Dr. Abena Busia of Rutgers University thanked the participants for attending and showing support to Africa during the durbar. She stated, “We are here to recognize and make an effort in tackling issues in Africa such as hunger, education, health and poverty through open dialogues and hands on initiatives. It is an on going process but, progress in being made on many levels.”


The evening closed with a march of Ghanaian chiefs from New York City greeting guests, as the celebration of “Africa Week” continued with music and networking amongst the participants.

 

Kobina Annan, Jr. New York City, December 3, 2007

 

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