Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire, with Dr. Rita Edozie, director of African American and African Studies, Michigan State University. They were speaking at the Dr. Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History on March 9, 2013., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.
Media Advisory
MECAWI Hosts Africa & Imperialism Conference in Detroit
Listen to the Pan-African Journal Worldwide Radio Broadcast which covered three hours of this historic conference. Presentations were broadcast of Dr. Rita Kiki Edozie, director of the African American and African Studies program at Michigan State University, Atty. Jeff Edison of the Detroit chapter of the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL), MSU graduate students from Mali, Chieck and Moussa, and part of the presentation made by Tachae J. Davis of Workers World Youth Fraction and a student at Macomb Community College.
Just click on the website below to hear the Pan-African Journal for May 18, 2013
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fight-for-truth/2013/05/18/pan-african-journal
Please look at the schedule below to get a clearer insight in the issues discussed at the Conference.
Africa & U.S. Imperialism Conference—Honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the Forerunner to the African Union
Schedule of Events:
Noon—Video Clips and Introductory Remarks by Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor of the Pan-African News Wire and Co-founder of the Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (MECAWI)
12:30—Presentation by Dr. Rita Kiki Edozie, Director of the African American & African Studies Program at Michigan State University, East Lansing
Topic: The Evolving African Supra-State: Accomplishments, Pitfalls and Continuing Challenges for the African Union
1:30—Presentation by Cheick Oumar and Moussa Rimau, Graduate Students
at Michigan State University, Lansing (Agribusiness Management and
Economy)
Topic: 50 Years of Pan-Africanist Mali: Modibo, Konare and ATT
2:30-2:45---Break and Video Clips
2:45—Presentation by Tachae J. Davis, Workers World Youth Fraction,
Student at Macomb Community College
Topic: The Revolutionary Legacy of Dr. Walter Rodney and African Historical Struggles
3:00—Presentation by Abayomi Azikiwe, PANW Editor and MECAWI Co-founder
Topic: Africa and U.S. Imperialism: Five Decades Since the Formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU)
3:45---Statements of Solidarity Read by Abayomi Azikiwe
4:00—Presentation by Venezuela Consul General Jesus Rodriguez Espinoza
Topic: Venezuelan Foreign Policy in Africa: Opposition to Intervention and International Solidarity
4:30—Presentation by Atty. Jeff Edison of the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL)
Topic: The U.S. Military in Africa: Unwanted and Unlawful
5:00—Concluding Remarks and Resolutions by Abayomi Azikiwe
Special thanks to MECAWI, Moratorium NOW! Coalition, Spyghana.com, the
Center for Research on Globalization (Montreal), The 4th Media (China), and Libya 360 for publicizing this Conference.
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