Students for Africa presents

 

AfriFEST 2012 

 

Come learn to cook an African dish….

 

Come learn to play a game from an African country…

 

Come learn some dance moves from several African countries…

 

Come hang out and meet new people ….

 

Come EAT …!

 

 

 

What do you have to do? One thing: just show up.

When? Sunday May 6, 2012, 2- 5PM

Where? Fahey First Floor Lounge 



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Africa Week 2012

Contemporary African Narratives: Not just a story, but “OUR STORIES 

May 6th – 11th

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Sunday May 6th

AfriFEST!

(Food, music, games, cultural exhibitions)

FAHEY FIRST FLOOR

2:00– 5:00PM

 

Monday May 7th

Emerging Africa: How 17 Countries are Leading the Way

(Public lecture by Dr. Steven Radelet, Chief Economist at the US Agency for International Development, USAID, and author of Emerging Africa)

HALDEMAN 041

5:30– 7:00PM

 

Tuesday May 8th

Diaspora Engagement

(Panel discussion led by undergraduate and professional students with experience working in African countries)

CLASS OF 1930 ROOM, ROCKEFELLER CENTER

4:00 - 5.30PM

 

Wednesday May 9th

Who We Are: Telling Our Stories

(African students tell their stories and their journeys to Dartmouth)

FUEL

6:30-7:30PM

 

Thursday May 10th

Many Stories, Many Faces

(Discussion on the importance of having many different stories about Africa, inspired by Chimamanda Adichie’s TED Talk, “The Danger of a Single Story”).

CUTTER SHABAZZ LOUNGE

6:00-7:00PM

 

Friday May 11th

Africa Night

(Dance, music, fashion, food, trivia, FUN!)

COLLIS COMMONGROUND

8:30-10:00PM

 

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