International Symposium
OCTOBER 9 - OCTOBER 11, 2008
Institute of African American Affairs, New York University

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade by the United States of America, New York University’s Institute of African American Affairs and Africana Studies Program is hosting an international symposium entitled Slave Routes: Resistance, Abolition and Creative Progress. This symposium, supported by UNESCO’s Slave Routes Project, will be co-sponsored by NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, the Organization of Women Writers of Africa, Inc. and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, with additional support provided by the African Diaspora Slave Routes Organizing Committee and the Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University. The symposium will be held at New York University and other sites in the New York metropolitan area October 9 - 11, 2008.

Distinguished scholars, writers, musicians, visual artists, and organizers from the international community will convene at NYU to discuss slavery, the slave trade and its consequences, in plenary, panels, conversations, performances and film/video screenings including:

Opening Plenary on Thursday, October 9th with Maya Angelou, Rex Nettleford, Amiri Baraka, Mary Frances Berry, Ali Mazrui and others

Aime Cesaire Tribute on Friday, October 10th with Maryse Conde, Keith David, Clayton Eshleman and others

Drums, Horns, Strings Benefit Concert on Saturday, October 11th with Randy Weston, Fred Ho,

Muhal Richard Abrams, Aniyikaye (Yoruba drum & voice ensemble), Bill Cole Ensemble,

Jayne Cortez and the Firespitter Band, Nat Dove and others

CONTACT: The Institute of African American Affairs 212 998-IAAA (4222)
41 East 11th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003

Free & Open to the Public, except for the concert

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