Five
College Africa Day 2011
From drumming and dance
to panel discussions and stories, Five College Africa Day
offers something for everyone. The sixth annual Africa Day
will take place on Saturday, Nov. 5 in the Campus
Center.
 Joseph Sebarenzi, former speaker
of the Rwandan Parliament, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide,
and author of God Sleeps in Rwanda, will start
off the day’s
events with a keynote address, “Healing After
Hardship: Survival and Forgiveness in Post-Genocide Rwanda,” at
1 p.m.
The address is followed by an
afternoon of performances and presentations featuring the
Five College African Drumming Ensemble, and Five College
students of Swahili and Yoruba. SACSA (Smith College African
and Caribbean Student Association) and the University of
Massachusetts group AGASA (African Graduates and Scholars
Association) will present panel discussions examining African
development and studying and working in Africa. There will
also be an Africa study abroad and student activities fair.
The day is capped off with a
party, featuring music, food and dance with the Smith College
African and Caribbean Students Association and Five College
colleagues.
Africa Day, now in its sixth
year, is organized by the Five College African Studies program.
The program, which publishes the highly regarded African
Studies Review, is committed to building a better understanding
and appreciation of Africa. This popular annual event is
one means for spreading that understanding.
Also on November 5,
the Smith College Museum of Art is holding “World
Art Day,” featuring
African art from the exhibit “Crosscurrents: Art of the Southeastern
Congo.” On Africa Day, museum admission will
be free and open to all from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Based in Amherst, Massachusetts,
Five Colleges, Inc., is a nonprofit educational consortium
created in 1965 to advance the extensive educational and
cultural objectives of its member institutions—Amherst, Hampshire,
Mount Holyoke and Smith colleges and the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst.
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