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Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Excerpt from the "African Scholars and the African Humanities: A Symposium" held June 3, 2004. Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Professor of Philosophy, Northwestern University and a panel participant discusses the refounding of African universities.

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Richard Joseph
Excerpt from the "African Scholars and the African Humanities: A Symposium" held June 3, 2004. Richard Joseph, Director of the Program of African Studies, Northwestern University, provides summarizing and concluding remarks from the symposium.

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Rashida Manjoo
Excerpt from the keynote address, "Legislative Recognition of Muslim Marriages in South Africa", given at the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) Colloquium held May 20, 2004. Rashida Manjoo, Commission on Gender Equality in South Africa and Associate in the Law Faculty at the University of Cape Town, was the keynote speaker.

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Howard French
Excerpt from “The Forgotten World: Why Africa Matters, Why We Should Care and Why We May Hope” presented on November 11, 2004. In this excerpt, Howard French reflects positively on the spread of democratic governance in Africa. French is the author of A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa (2004) and former New York Times bureau chief for West and Central Africa.

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