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Sent:   8. august 1999 22:55
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Subject:        Discussion group about Africa

Dear Madam/Sir,

Would you be willing to post the notice below for the interest of other
colleagues, and as well, would you send it to your partners in Africa for
their information?
Sincerely,
Alphonse Cilumba


Creation of the Research and Discussion Group of Democracy and Development
in Africa and the Third World.
I have the pleasure of announcing the creation of a research and
discussion group on the problems concerning the development and
democratization in Africa.  This field of interest is relatively large and
embraces a large number of multidisciplinary studies.  Notably law, social
sciences, communications. Here are a number of questions that we will be
focussing upon:
How can the West promote democracy (civil societies and African
populations themselves) in Africa and establish and reinforce the rights
of the state? Most importantly to guarantee fair voting practices?
What new solutions can we propose for resolving the problem of the debt
and inequality of economic exchange?  How can a developing nation sell
their primary resources at normal prices for exportation?  In default,
what can we do to limit the consequences of these inequitable practices?
How can we understand the contradictions between what is said by
westerners(democracy, human rights, etc.)and what is done (tolerating
dictatorships) in Africa?  How can we realise a stronger collaboration
between social organisations and inter-city partnerships in Africa and the
West?
The group will be addressing everyone who wants to exchange experiences,
analyses, and propositions.  The people will need access to the internet
and will need to have the ability to converse in English or in French. We
would like to have participants worldwide.
If you are interested please e-mail a summary of your interests and how
you would like to get involved to:
Alphonse Cilumba (President of Quebec-Canada-Africa Axis)
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tel: 1-514-525-7481
fax: 1-514-387-4244

Quebec-Canada-Africa Axis is a research group that seeks to establish a
link between the North and South and increase the ability of the African
continent to become economically independent.

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