Paper/Proposal Title
Keynote 2 — What is the Mandate of this Moment?
Location
Café
Start Date
11-2-2023 7:30 PM
End Date
11-2-2023 8:45 PM
Abstract
A conversation between Amara Enyia and University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences Dean Danielle Poe.
Today, Africans and people of African descent are connecting in unprecedented ways. New international mechanisms are making space for collective visioning and action; new manifestations of the impacts of racial capitalism, climate disaster, and the politics of “development” are spurring broad participation in movements for change. As African heads of state finally catch on to the calls for reparations that have emanated from civil society and grassroots organizations for years, they are now engaging with their counterparts in the Caribbean and elsewhere to develop a global reparations strategy. At the same time, the rising influence of China and the Russia-Ukraine war have exposed an opportunity for Africans and people of African descent to chart a path toward self-determination and challenge the status quo of unipolarity and the legacies of imperialism. In confronting this complexity, this keynote will consider what is the mandate of this moment and ask how we should take account of these many factors as we chart paths forward in our respective spheres.
(More from the keynote address is available in the downloadable document in this record.)
Keynote 2 — What is the Mandate of this Moment?
Café
A conversation between Amara Enyia and University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences Dean Danielle Poe.
Today, Africans and people of African descent are connecting in unprecedented ways. New international mechanisms are making space for collective visioning and action; new manifestations of the impacts of racial capitalism, climate disaster, and the politics of “development” are spurring broad participation in movements for change. As African heads of state finally catch on to the calls for reparations that have emanated from civil society and grassroots organizations for years, they are now engaging with their counterparts in the Caribbean and elsewhere to develop a global reparations strategy. At the same time, the rising influence of China and the Russia-Ukraine war have exposed an opportunity for Africans and people of African descent to chart a path toward self-determination and challenge the status quo of unipolarity and the legacies of imperialism. In confronting this complexity, this keynote will consider what is the mandate of this moment and ask how we should take account of these many factors as we chart paths forward in our respective spheres.
(More from the keynote address is available in the downloadable document in this record.)
Comments
University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences Dean Danielle Poe will moderate.