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Conferences and New PublicationsBlack and Asian Studies Association (BASA) Conference: Black and Asian Pioneers of Stage, Screen and Sport - Camden Town Hall, London, Saturday 18 May 2002. The conference programme includes the following presentations: Phil Vasili - The stories of Black footballers in Britain; Mike Marquese - Cricket in war and peace; Ron Shillingford - How boxing has evolved through Muhammad Ali's influence; Stephen Bourne - Secrets and Lies: Black Histories and British Historical Films [video extracts will include David Lean's Great Expectations (1946) and The Sailor's Return (1978)]; Pearl Connor-Mogotsi - The Pearl Connor Afro-Asian-Caribbean Theatrical Agency 1956-1976; Vayu Naidu - The way we are: a synopsis of multiple identities of British Asian Theatre today; Leon Robinson - Echoes of the Ballet Nègres, 1946-1952. The conference will be held at Camden Town Hall, Council Chamber, Civic Floor, Judd Street entrance, London WC1 (Nearest Tube/Rail: King's Cross/St Pancras), from 10.00am-c.4.00pm. Fee, including sandwich lunch: Institutions, £20; Individuals, £12; BASA members, £10; Concessions, £7; Concessions, BASA members, £6. Click HERE for a copy of the conference programme and booking form (word document). For further details please contact Black and Asian Studies Association, c/o Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 28 Russell Square, London WC1 5DS, or email H.Adi@mdx.ac.uk or tel: Hakim Adi 0208 411 6244. 26th Society for Caribbean Studies Conference - University of Warwick, 1-3 July 2002. Provisional panels: Nationalism or Racism? Pride and Prejudice in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean; Visuality in the Caribbean: Histories, Art and Media; Caribbean Voices: Writing the Caribbean and its Diaspora; The Reproduction of Gender in the Caribbean; Pan/Trans/Inter-Caribbean Links; Innocent Pleasures: Postcolonial Tourism in the Caribbean; Governance in the Caribbean: Small Islands, Globalising World; Migration and Return; The Reparations Debate - A Roundtable Discussion; Methodological Considerations in Caribbean Research- A Roundtable Discussion. For further information please contact: Dr Sandra Courtman, Chair of the Society for Caribbean Studies, Staffordshire University, School of Humanities and Social Science, College Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2DE, UK / Tel: 01782 294666 / E-mail: mailto:s.e.courtman@staffs.ac.uk/ Web site: http://www.scsonline.freeserve.co.uk/carib.htm. African And African Descendant Follow-Up to the U.N. World Conference Against Racism, 2-6 October 2002, Sherbourne Conference Centre, Two Mile Hill, St. Michael, Barbados. The CONGRESS AGAINST RACISM (BARBADOS) INC. is hosting a follow-up conference to the U.N. World Conference Against Racism (2001) at the Sherbourne Conference Centre, Two Mile Hill, St. Michael, Barbados, 2-6 October 2002. The purpose of the 5-day conference will as follows: (a) To scrutinize the inter-governmental Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and to identify and prioritize those demands, measures and proposed projects that are of critical importance to the nations, communities and people of Africa and the African Diaspora; (b) Having recourse to the Durban N.G.O Declaration And Programme of Action, to work out and agree upon detailed strategies that are designed to achieve the implementation of such demands, measures and proposed projects; and (c) To establish and launch a permanent global Pan-African N.G.O. organization, the mandate of which will be to pursue and operationalise the agreed upon implementation strategies. Presentations at the conference will be structured around the following ten themes: (1) Reparations for the Nations, Communities and People of Africa and the African Diaspora; (2) A Response to Globalization and its Negative Impact on Africa and the African Diaspora; (3) National and International Affirmative Action and Special Economic Developmental Programmes for the Nations, Communities And People of Africa and the African Diaspora; (4) A Response to the Public Health Crisis Facing Africa and the African Diaspora; (5) Reform Of Judicial, Penal And Police Systems and the Provision of Legal Remedies for African and African Descendant Victims of Racism; (6) The Role of Religion, Culture and Spirituality in Memorializing the African Maafa and Telling the African Story to the World (7) The Application of Gender-based Perspectives, Mechanisms and Measures to the Issues Facing Africans and People of African Descent; (8) Critical Youth Programmes and Initiatives for Africans and People of African Descent; (9) Education Initiatives and Programmes Designed to Combat Anti-African Discrimination and to Promote Justice And Development for Africans and African Descendants; (10) The Development of National and International Oversight and Enforcement Measures, Structures and Programmes. A conference website with the name " Africanconference.com" will be available from 22 April 2002 onwards. Further information is also available from conference documentation circulated by Rev. Aaron Larrier (President, Congress Against Racism (Barbados) Inc.) Please click HERE for a copy (in Word format). If you would like to attend and/or contribute to this conference, or would like further information, please contact the conference secretariat c/o: Congress Against Racism (Barbados) Inc., Pan-African Conference Secretariat, 2nd Floor Thomas Daniel Building, Hincks Street, Bridgetown, Barbados / Tel: (246) 228-8757/8/9 / Fax: (246) 228-8817 / Email: carbarbados2002@hotmail.com / Web-page: http://home.caribsurf.com/carbarbados. New Publications:Recently published and forthcoming books about Black and Asian history in Britain:
Claude McKay (1890-1948) - Request for information:Jamaican-born poet, novelist and essayist Claude McKay was a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Throughout his life he wrote about the social, political and economic causes and effects of racism and campaigned against all forms of oppression. His poetry was published in several volumes, including: Songs of Jamaica (1912), Constab Ballads (1912), Spring in New Hampshire (1920) and Harlem Shadows (1922). His autobiography, entitled A Long Way from Home was published in 1937. Currently US research colleagues are trying to contact the following people, who are all relatives of Claude McKay, known to have lived in London some ten years ago:
If you have any information about the above-mentioned family members, please contact: Marika Sherwood (Black and Asian Studies Association) c/o 13 Church Road, Oare, Kent, ME13 0QA, United Kingdom.
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