Conference Program

Welcome Message from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Four years ago, the 1^st Biennial Kwame Nkrumah International Conference (KNIC1) was successfully hosted by the Kwantlen Polytechnic University within the Metropolitan Vancouver area, in the shared traditional territories of the Kwantlen , Katzie, Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen First Nations.

In September 2012, the mantle fell on Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to host the 2^nd Kwame Nkrumah International Conference (KNIC2) and we gladly accepted the opportunity which was given to us by the Planning Committee of Kwame Nkrumah International Conferences. We are very glad that the 3^rd Conference (KNIC3) is returning to Vancouver and it is our wish to extend our sincere gratitude to the Committee for sustaining the light which was lit four years ago to revisit the life and thought of one of Africa’s great sons, Dr Kwame Nkrumah with the hope of achieving his dream of bringing African’s together for a better future. Our initial understanding was that the 3^rd Conference would be held at Lincoln University where Kwame Nkrumah had his first degree. However, due to circumstances beyond the control of the co-ordinators at Lincoln University, the venue had to be shifted to Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

We are grateful to Kwantlen Polytechnic University for being so gracious to accept to host the Kwame Nkrumah International Conference for the second time. May I now add my voice to welcome all participants at the 3^rd Kwame Nkrumah International Conference. We wish you fruitful deliberations and an enjoyable Conference. Thank you.

Professor William Otoo Ellis

Vice-Chancellor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,

Kumasi.

Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Melville Centre for Dialogue
5:00 - 7:00 pm	Early Conference Registration Faculty and student representatives will be present to answer questions and assist with last minute concerns
Side B
7:00 - 8:00 pm	Opening Ceremony Elder Leyketen, Kwantlen Nation – Prayer and Blessing Kofi Ohene-Asante, Ghanaian-Canadian Association- Prayer and Blessing Wine & Cheese
8:00 - 8:15 pm	Welcome Address Dr. Arthur Fallick, Assoc. VP Research, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) Dr. Patrick Donahoe, Dean, Faculty of Academic and Career Advancement, KPU Dr. Diane Purvey, Dean, Faculty of Art, KPU Dr. Charles Quist-Adade, Department of Sociology and Dr. Wendy Royal, Department of English Language Studies, KPU
8:15 - 8:30 pm	Singing: Jabulile Dladla formerly of the Soweto Gospel Choir
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Melville Centre for Dialogue
8:00 - 9:00 am	Conference Registration
Rooms 2540 & 2530	Breakfast
9:00 am – 1:00 pm	*Tribute to Mandela*
9:00 - 9:15 am	Drum Café musical performance. Praise singer (Munkie Ncapayi) welcomes Keynote Speaker
9:15 - 10:00 am	*Keynote Address: Honouring Madiba’s Legacy: The Challenges Facing the ANC 20 Years Later.* Jay Naidoo
10:00 - 10:45 am	Colloquium I Community Activism: Connecting the Diaspora Dr. Thabo Msibi, Peter Milanzi, Thato Makgolane
10:45 - 11:15 am Atrium	Coffee and Snack Break
10:45 - 11:15 am Melville Centre	Video tributes to Mandela by Soweto Gospel Choir and Johnny Clegg
11:15 am - 12:00 pm	Drum Café Interactive Performance
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Colloquium II: Non-racialism and the SA Liberation Struggle Dr. Jo Beall, Stanford (Khulu)Eland, Dr. John Pampallis, Dr. Dan O’Meara. Moderator: Dr. Kogila Moodley
1:00 pm	Singing: Jabulile Dladla, formerly of the Soweto Gospel Choir Anna Nkhabu Riopel, who survived the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, when South African police fired on a crowd of black protesters, killing 69, will lead the singing of the South African national anthem South African National Anthem
1:15 - 2:00 pm Atrium	African-themed Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 pm	Concurrent Sessions
Room 2520	South Africa After Mandela *Chair: Dr. Charles Quist-Adade* Drs. Kogila Moodley and Heribert Adam Imagined Liberation: Xenophobia, Citizenship and Identity in Africa, Germany and Canada Dr. John Pampallis- South Africa’s Strategy for Post-School Education Training
Room 2515	South Africa After Mandela *Chair: Dr. Wendy Royal* Dr. Thabo Msibi Is Teaching about Homopobia and Sexual Diversity in South Africa part of Social Activism? Dr. Jo-Anne Dillabough Rethinking Historical Responsibility, the Archive and the Representation of Young People's Stylistic revolts on the Urban Scene
Room 2525	Education and Intellectual Development *Chair: Jessie Horner* Dr. Mijba Frehiwot – African-Centered Institutions as vehicles to promote Pan-Africanism: A case study of the Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute, print media and the Ghana Young Pioneer Movement Dr. Auburn Ellis – Integrating Aesthetics: Transforming Continuing and Professional Education Through Africentric Practice
Room 2510	Nationalism and the Politics of Development *Chair: Dr. Amir Mirfakharie* Dr. Mohammed Yaichi – The Post War Period Nationalism in the Gold Coast (Ghana) 1945-1957 Marjorie Ratel - Sustainable contemporary growth in Africa Amisah Zenabi Bakuri and Dr. Vincent Dodoo - Ethnic Integration and Contrinental Unity
3:00 - 3:45 pm Melville Centre 2550	Plenary I Poetry readings & performance: Kevan (Scruffmouth) Cameron; Dr. Charles Quist-Adade Dr. Vladimir Antwi-Danso A United States of Africa: Contestation and Africa’s Integration Agenda Dr. Akwasi B. Assensoh – What Were the Socio-historical, Political, and Ideological Factors that Hampered Nkrumah's Agenda of Post-independence National Building? What Are the Lessons to be Learned?
3:45 - 4:00 pm Room 2540 & 2530	Coffee Break
4:00 - 5:00 pm Melville Centre 2550	Plenary Session II Dr. Akwasi B. Assensoh (on behalf of Dr. Yvette Marie Alex-Assensoh) – The new Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah’s Challenge to African-Americans to Return to the Ancestral Home to Play Development Roles: The Acceptance of the Challenge and its Outcomes for Ghana. Dr. Zizwe Poe Reflecting on Pan-African Liberated Zones: Designing a Dynamic Nkrumahist Evaluation
5:00 - 6:00 pm	Concurrent Sessions
Room 2520	Leadership and Politics *Chair: Dr. Joan Nesbitt* Dr. Tamari Kitossa Leadership in Question: Exploring the discourses of ‘crisis’ and ‘decline’ in African Canadian leadership Dr. Yabome Jackson African Leadership: Now and for the future
Room 2525	Legacies of Kwame Nkrumah **Chair: Dr. Amir Mirfakhraie Kwame Shabazz** – Intimate African Unions and the Geopolitics of Afromance - Appearing on panel via Bluejeans video conferencing Dr. Wilhelmina J Donkoh - Nkrumah, Reverse Migrations and Pan-Africanism Alex Chung - Human Rights and Terrorism: A Comparative Security Analysis - Appearing on panel via Bluejeans video conferencing Dr. Collence Chisita - Pan African - A foce of the mind! Pan Africanise will save the world: Challenges and Opportunities of reinforcing pan African movement in the advent of globalization
Room 2510	Health Care and Spirituality *Chair: Seema Ahluwalia* Dr. De-Valera Botchway – Are Five Senses Enough? Spirituality in/and Knowledge Production within Basic Africa(n) Deep Thought: A Note Dr. Sam Debrah, Derek Touyire and Dr. Charles Quist-Adade – Continental-Diasporic Scholarly Synergies: A Ghana-Canada Collaborative Study on Diabetic Foot Marjorie Ratel - Sustainable contemporary growth in Africa
Room 2515	*Students Presentations*: Praxis, Global Justice, and Learning to Give and Receive *Chair: Dr. Wendy Royal* Andrews Owusu Preet Dhaliwa Emma Cleveland Ayesha Khan Nubwa Wathafana
Friday, August 22, 2014
8:00 - 9:00 am Melville Centre 2550	Melville Centre for Dialogue Breakfast
9:00 - 9:45 am Melville Centre	Plenary III Dr. Handel H. Wright - Will the Real Africans Please Stand? African Identity Between Authenticity and Hybridity, Continent and Diaspora
9:45 - 10:45 am	Concurrent Sessions
Room 2525	African Developments *Chair: Dr.Esayas Geleta* Dr. Silk Ogbu – Engaging the Diaspora for Homeland Development in Nigeria Dr. Henry Kah – Democracy, ‘Salad Bowl’ Politics and Development in Cameroon, 1990-2013
Room 2510	African Youth *Chair: Dr. Wendy Royal* Derek Tuoyire & Dr. Sebastian Eliason Migration Intentions of Ghanaian Medical Students: The Influence of Existing Funding Mechanisms of Medical Education (“The Fee Factor”) Dr.Alyson Heimer & Dr.John Parmigiani Open Courseware and Collaboration: Making the Western Education and Start-Up Models Work for Ghanaian Youth
Room 2500	African-International Relations *Chair: Dr. Charles Quist-Adade* Dr. Omosa Mogambi Ntabo &Dr. Martha Kerubo Obare The Constitution as an Instrument of Transformation of Kenyan and Canadian Societies: A Comparative Study of Race, Ethnicity, Institutions of Justice and Security Chris Roberts, Dr. Edward Akuffo & Dr. Isaac Odoom Sino-Canadian Engagement (& Competition) in Cold War and Contemporary Africa
10:45 - 11:00 am Melville Centre 2550	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 12:00 pm	Concurrent Sessions
Room 2520	Politics of Identity and Nation-Building *Chair: Dr. Vincent Dodoo* Dr. Odoziobodo Ifeanyi & Dr. Benjamin Eneasato: Federalism and Power Sharing in Nigeria: An Appraisal Dr. Obasesam Okoi – Beyond the Nigerian Tragedy: Insecurity, Citizen Empowerment and the Transformational Resolution of Conflict
Room 2525	Politics and Pan-Africanism *Chair: Dr. Esayas Geleta* Dr.Felix Asogwa – The Political Economy of Pan-Africanism Dr. David O. Akombo, Baruti I. Katembo, Dr. Kmt G. Shockley - A Contextual Analysis of 21st Century Pan-Africanism - Appearing on panel via Bluejeans video conferencing Dr. John K. Marah - From Toussaint L'Ouverture to Marcus Garvey and Kwame Nkrumah: A Discourse on a Pan-African Vision
Room 2510	Brain-Drain / Brain-Gain *Chair: Dr. Zizwe Poe* Franz Celestin - IOM International Organization for Migration Dr. Okibe Banko and Dr. Odoziobodo Ifeanyi – Harnessing African Diasporas for Homeland Development: The Case of Nigeria Bonnie Sutherland - Opportunities, Challenges, And Solutions
12:00 - 1:00 pm Melville Centre 2550	Plenary Session IV Dr. Ama Biney - The Neo-Liberal Agenda versus the Pan-Africanist Agenda Dr. Hakim Adi – Pan-Africanism and Communism - The Communist International, Africa and the Diaspora, 1919-1939)
1:00 - 2:00 pm Room 2540 & 2530	Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 pm	Concurrent Sessions
Room 2520	Brian-Drain / Brain-Gain *Chair: Dr. Esayas Geleta* Dr. George Millair In Search of a Homeland in Africa: The Politics of Diasporas’ Resettlement Efforts in Ghana Dr. Solomon Faris-From money to knowledge transfer: a strategy to circulate the African and Caribbean brain - Appearing via Bluejeans video conferencing Gibril Koroma Digital Journalism and Africans in the Diaspora: An Assessment of Sierra Leonean Online Newspapers Abroad
Room 2525	The Political Economy of Pan-Africanism *Chair: Dr. Zizwe Poe* Dr. Arinze Ngwaube and Dr. Chuka Okoli- Oil in Uganda: Lesson for Success Dr. Daouda Cisse – Chinese investments in Africa: investments policies and Chinese companies’ business strategies
Room 2510	Politics of Identity, Education, and Pan-Africanism *Chair: Dr. Vincent Dodoo* Dr. Aziz Mostefaoui - Pan-African movement from New World Africans through their enthusiasm and determination to put an end to European colonization Dr. Mathieu Adjagbe - Meanwhile the United States of Africa: Achieving Hegemony Dr. Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo - Race Still matter! Race, the burden of blackness and prospects for Pan-Africanism in the New African Diaspora of Australia
3:00 - 4:00 pm Melville Centre 2550	Plenary Session V Dr. Boulou B’bedi- De-Romanticizing the Westernized Idea of African Studies: Re-Centering Négritude as Anew Sociocultural Paradigm Dr. Kofi Anyidoho - ZONG!: A Poetic Resurrection of Ancestral Voices
Melville Centre for Dialogue 6:00 - 8:00 pm	Final Banquet Poetry Reading & Performance: Kevan (Scruffmouth) Cameron Dinner Dance and Performances Abusua Kesse Cultural Troupe DJ: Eric Obeng alias DJ Backyard

The organizing committee would like to express our deepest gratitude to the sponsors of the Conference: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Kwantlen Students Association (KSA), Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Academic and Career Advancement, Office of Research and Scholarship, Department of Sociology, Department of English Language Studies, Nando's Restaurants, African Breese Specialty Foods, BC Teachers Association (BCTF), all of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Oxford University Press, Journal of Pan-African Studies, Afro New, The Patriotic News.

Our hearty thanks go to the keynote speakers, Dr. Boulou B’bedi,Dr. Hakim Adi, Mr. Jay Naidoo,Dr. Kofi Anyidoho, Dr. Akwasi B. Assensoh, Dr. Handel Wright, Dr. Zizwe Poe and Dr. Vladimir Antwi-Danso, as well as all invited speakers, presenters, chairs and delegates for their support and contributions. Special thanks to Dr. Diane Purvey, Dr. Patrick Donahoe, and Dr. Arthur Fallick.

We are grateful to the staff at Kwantlen, Trina Ojo and Melody Mercado, the Office of Research & Scholarship, Marketing & Communications Departments, Facilities, and IT for their kind assistance. A big thank you to Sodexo for their catering services. Our sincere thanks also to our START student volunteers and KNIC research assistants, Emma Cleveland, and Nubwa Wathanafa for their dedication and hard work. We also thank Christopher Quist-Adade, Malaika Quist-Adade and Maayaa Quist-Adade for their African images video presentation and Manon Boivin, who has so generously donated her time and talent to documenting this conference.

Last but not least our grateful thanks to the Drum Café, Jabulile Dladla, the SACABC choir, Abusua Kesse Cultural Troupe and Kevan (Scruffmouth) Cameron for providing the cultural entertainment.

Dr. Charles Quist-Adade, Department of Sociology
Dr. Wendy Royal, Department of English Language Studies
Kwantlen Polytechnic University