FYI, please send your reply to the address provided below at the end of this mail. Momodou Camara -----Original Message----- From: Alphonse Cilumba [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 8. august 1999 22:55 To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] 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) [log in to unmask] 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------