Ananse's Web - Promoting African and African Diasporic studies in virtual environments

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Promoting African and African Diasporic studies in virtual environments

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Ananse’s Web is a community of educators, educational support personnel and others interested in using virtual environments to expand and enhance learning in the fields of African and African Diasporic studies. We will establish a Speakers’ Bureau, organize a Black History Month event, and seek out grant opportunities to facilitate an expanded virtual Africana educational presence. Our formal launch took place October 4th.

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Conference announcement: eLearning Africa

The following conference announcement may be of interest to some of you:

eLearning Africa is delighted to announce that next year’s conference, the fifth in the highly successful series of pan-African gatherings, will take place in Zambia. From May 26th–28th, 2010, the Continent’s largest annual assembly of eLearning and education professionals from Africa and beyond will convene in the capital, Lusaka. Moving to Zambia in 2010, eLearning Africa continues to build and expand a world

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Posted by Chris Hutchison on October 9, 2009 at 6:55am

Ananse's Web busts loose with a Saminaka African Festival in Second Life

Saminaka's African Festival
A four day festival starting Oct. 1 at 5:00 p.m. SLT - Oct. 4 after 8:00 p.m. will be filled to the brim with dancing, exhibits, special events, demos, music, speakers, contests and prizes spanning all four days.

Scheduled Events
Thurs, Oct. 1.
5 pm slt Fireworks on the beach, masquerades, stilt walkers
5:15-7:15 slt Kickoff dance with first DJ

Fri, Oct. 2
5 slt - African music--talk & performance-“Are drums a family Event?”- by Oliha… Continue

Posted by Firery Broome on September 24, 2009 at 4:30pm

African Studies Association UK conference 2010, St Antony’s College Oxford

African Studies Association UK conference 2010, St Antony’s College Oxford

Copied below is the first announcement and Call for Papers of the 2010 African Studies Association UK conference. I've written to David Kerr to propose "Promoting African and African Diasporic studies in virtual environments" as a conference theme, and would like to hope that some among you may be interested in participating.

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Dear All,

The ASAUK Biennial conference will be held in Oxford in 2010, at St Antony’s Co… Continue

Posted by Firery Broome on September 23, 2009 at 2:59pm