Introductions and Schedule for February

African Activists Association

Hey guys, I hope you all enjoyed The First Grader I know I did.
There are some terrific upcoming events in the next month, that I believe everyone would enjoy.

The James S Coleman African Studies Center was founded in 1959, and has been dedicated to the production and dissemenation of information about Africa. For the month of February the African Studies Center has several excellent upcoming events, below is the schedule:

Date: Monday, February 6th, 2012
Time: 4 PM- 6 PM
Location: 10367 Bunche Hall
Speaker: Sheila Petty (Dean of Fine Arts and Professor of Media Studies at University of Regina)
Title: Site of Memory in Sub-Saharan African Cinema

Date: Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Time: 12 PM-2 PM
Location: 10383 Bunche Hall
Speaker: Jonathan Jansen (Vice-Chancellor and Rector University of the Free State, South Africa)
Title: Second Generation Knowledge and Politics of Reconciliation in South Africa

Date: Tuesday, Feburary 21st, 2012
Time: 4 PM- 6 PM
Location: 10383 Bunche Hall
Speaker: Jude G. Akudinobi (UC Santa Barbara)
Topic: Expanding Horizons: Pumzi, Science Fiction and African Cinema

Date: Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Time: TBA
Location: 6275 Bunche Hall
Speaker: Manthia Diawara (NYU)

Date: Monday, February 27th, 2012
Time: 4 PM- 6 PM
Location: 10383 Bunche Hall
Speaker: Akinwumi Adesokan (University
Topic: Framing Biopolitics Joe Ramaka's Cinema of Power

Human Rights Heroes:
The Law School has several speakers schedulued for their spring semester (unlike the rest of UCLA they operate on the Semester System) below is a link to the schedule. (Special thanks to Danielle for pointing this out):

http://www.law.ucla.edu/workshops-colloquia/Pages/Human-Rights-Heroes-Speaker-Series-2012.aspx

Hope you guys have an excellent weekend kwa heri!