The organization of the International Conference, “African/Diaspora Migrations, Displacements and Movements: Histories, Politics and Poetics,” is comprised of the following committees and team:

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Scientific Committee

Clément A. Akassi, Committee Chair, Howard University

Chantal Alléla-Kwévi, Université Omar Bongo de Libreville (Gabon)

Monique L. Akassi, Edward Waters College

Ana Araujo, Howard University

Mamadou Badiane, University of Missouri-Columbia

Joanna Boampong, University of Ghana (Ghana)

Justo Bolekia Boleká, Universidad de Salamanca (Spain)

Jerome Branche, University of Pittsburgh

M’baye Cham, Howard University

Mario Chandler, Oglethorpe University

James J. Davis, Howard University

Omar Díaz Saldaña, Universidad del Valle (Colombia)

Mbaye Diouf, Université McGill (Québec)

Cécile Dolisane, Université de Yaoundé I (Cameroon)

Ana Beatriz Gonçalves, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Jesús “Chucho”García, Activist, Diplomat and Afro-Venezuelan Community Leader

Darío Henao, Universidad del Valle (Colombia)

Daryl Harris, Howard University

Marco Polo Hernández-Cuevas, North Carolina Central University

Maguèye Kassé, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (Sénégal)

Amadou Koné, Georgetown University

Théophile Koui, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny d’Abidjan (Ivory Coast/Côte d’Ivoire)

Victorien Lavou-Zoungo, Université de Perpignan (France)

Clarence Lusane, Howard University

Amphas Mampoua-Mbow, American University in London (UK)

Wilfrid Miampika, Universidad de Alcalá (Madrid/Spain)

William Mina, Universidad del Cauca (Colombia)

Lorenzo Morris, Howard University

Daiana Nascimento dos  Santos, Universidad de Playa Ancha (Chile)

M’baré N’gom, Morgan State University

Elisa Rizo, Iowa State University

Milena Santoro, Georgetown University

Diana Senior-Ángulo, Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica)

N’dioro Sow, Université Gaston Berger (Sénégal)

Bárbara Simões Daibert, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Quito Swan, Howard University

Jean-Jacques Taty, Howard University

Antonio Tillis, University of Houston

Silvia Valero, Universidad de Cartagena (Colombia)

Aurora Vergara, Universidad ICESI (Colombia)

Dana Williams, Howard University

Roberto Zurbano, Activist and Afro-Cuban Community Leader

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Planning Committee

Clément A. Akassi, Committee Chair, Howard University

Virginie Aline, Howard University

Ana Araujo, Howard University

Aisha Cort, Howard University

Kady Diène, Howard University

Daryl Harris, Howard University

Eliseo Jacob, Howard University

Josephine Jarpa D., Howard University

Krystal Jenkins, Howard University

Clarence Lusane, Howard University

Wendy McBurney, Howard University

Michelle Morris, Howard University

Leonard Muaka, Howard University

Tonija Navas, Howard University

Paule Mireille Ngo Mbaï, Howard University

Bayo Omolola, Howard University

Ibitssem Rekik, Howard University

Jean-Jacques Taty, Howartd University

Verny Varela, Howard University

Mesi Walton, Howard University

Clarissa Williams, Howard University

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Subcommittee on Translation/Interpretation

Kady Diène, Howard University

Eliseo Jacob, Howard University

Krystal Jenkins, Howard University

Wendy McBurney, Howard University

Ibitssem Rekik, Howard University

Kenny Wesley, Howard University

 

Website and Social Media Team

Sommer Hill, Webmaster and Social Media Administrator, Howard University

Kelsey Johnson, Webmaster and Social Media Administrator, Howard University

Virginie Aline, Social Media Administrator

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Sponsors

Howard University’s Office of Provost

Howard University’s Office of Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Department of World Languages and Cultures

Howard University’s Interdisciplinary Research Group on African and African Diaspora Studies

Howard University’s Center of African Studies

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Partners

Howard University’s Graduate School

Howard University’s Ralph Bunche Center

Universidad del Valle (Cali, Colombia)

Changó, Howard University’s Afro-Latino and Hispanic Cultural Society

Howard University’s French Club

Sustainable Development and Climate Change (SUDECC)

Gender and Diversity Unit at the Inter-American Development Bank

Office for Latino Affairs (OLA), DC Government

 

Publisher-Partner for the publication of the Proceedings of the International Conference: Programa Editorial, University Press of La Universidad del Valle (Colombia)