Symposium: April 7 - 8, 2006
Public Service Programs Center, rooms C, E & F

The new African diaspora: assessing the pains and gains of exile
This symposium focuses attention on the post-colonial migration of African and African-descended peoples and the particular dynamics of the experiences that shape their lives in the new environments in the developed societies of the West (mostly the United States and Europe).

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    Conference overview
    Conference program
    Organizers and key partners
    Conference poster


Past events

Conferences, workshops and colloquia:

    The African diaspora: African origins and new world self-fashioning (an international conference)

    Motherhood as verb (a regional conference)


Campus-wide Dean’s Workshops

    Cultural epistemologies of motherhood >additional information

    Globalization, democratization and transition in the developing world >additional information

    Globalization interdisciplinary knowledge

    Africana studies workshop

:: Staff ::

Chair of Africana Studies:
Nkiru Nzegwu
panap@binghamton.edu

Undergraduate Director:
Michael West
mwest@binghamton.edu

Department Secretary:
Barbara Kumiega
bkumiega@binghamton.edu

Webmaster:
Nkiru Nzegwu
panap@binghamton.edu

Africana's address
Binghamton University
Department of Africana Studies
POB 6000
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000

Telephone & fax
Phone: (607) 777-2635
Fax: (607) 777-6547

Inquires about undergraduate studies should be directed to Professor Michael West. Inquires about the department should be directed to Professor Nkiru Nzegwu. All other inquires should be directed to the Department Secretary, Barbara Kumiega.