Greetings! I wish to invite the online community to participate in the
upcoming 3rd annual Independence conference in Washington DC. I hope some of
you will be able to come and interact with conference participants in a
healthy exchange of ideas for the good of Gambia and all of us.
Best wishes,
Latjor
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THE GAMBIA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE PRESENTS …
THEME: THE GAMBIA: CHALLENGES IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Plenary
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr. Sulayman Nyang
Department of African Studies, Howard University,
Washington DC
(Topic to be announced)
Session I Politics and Governance
Speaker 1: Dr. Abdoulie Saine
Professor of Political Science - Miami University of Ohio
"It is Time to Heal: Toward Truth Telling, National
Reconciliation and Justice in The Gambia."
Speaker 2: Dr. Amadou Janneh
Professor of Political Science - University of
Tennessee
"Recent developments in the Senegambian sub-region
and their potential impact on the political landscape"
Session II Literature, Culture and Education
Speaker 1: Dr. Tijan Sallah
Economist - World Bank, Washington DC
"The Old and New African Poetry & the Gambia's role in
It;"
Speaker 2: Dr. Sukai Prom-Jackson
Education Specialist - World Bank, Washington DC
"Linkages: The intellectuals abroad and the University of
The Gambia"
Session III: Health and Gender Issues
Speaker 1: Veronica P.S. Njie, RN, MSN
Assistant Professor - Baltimore Community County
College
"The Continuing Fight Against HIV/AIDS"
Speaker 2: Ylva Hernlund
Ph.D Student - Department of Anthropology,
University of Washington, Seattle WA
"Ritual Negotiations and Cultural Compromise: An
Alternative Initiation in the Gambia"
Other participants will include: Dr. Mbye Cham, Dr. Muhammadou Kah, Karamba
Touray, Kaba Joof, Latjor Ndow.
DATE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, 2000
TIME: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
PLACE: HOWARD UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AUDITORIUM
2ND FLOOR
WASHINGTON DC
CONTACT: TEL: 301-593-5844
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