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    FEBRUARY 2009
Throwing Off The Burden: Imperialism & The Roots of Conflict in Africa

A public lecture by Dr. Hakim Adi

7pm, Wednesday, February 11

Room 307, Dalhousie Student Union Building
6136 University Avenue


Please join Dr. Adi as he addresses the nature and causes of conflict Africa, including, among others, the situation in the Congo and Zimbabwe.

Dr. Hakim Adi is one of the foremost scholars on the African diaspora and Pan-Africanism. He teaches African history at Middlesex University (United Kingdom) and is a founding member and current chair of the British Black and Asian Studies Association and a member of the Mayor of London's Commission on African and Asian Heritage. He has appeared in many television and radio documentaries, including several BBC programs. His most well known books are: Pan-African History: Political Figures from Africa and the Diaspora since 1787 (Routledge, 2003); West Africans in Britain 1900-1960: Nationalism, Pan-Africanism and Communism (Lawrence and Wishart, 1998); and The 1945 Manchester Pan-Afrcan Congress Revisited (New Beacon, 1995).

ATLANTIC CANADA TODAY
Kentville's ACA Co-operative announces massive job losses at its New Minas processing plant, as well as the permanent closure of its Eastern Protein Foods plant. Viewpoint by ENA BOUTILIER
A stampede to government deficit financing is occurring across the country with every major monopoly and level of government demanding public money be used for bailouts and "shovel-ready" projects. Clinging to the P3 model, Nova Scotia plans to oversee a crucial step in a calculated process of handing public assets over to private interests. Commentary by ENA BOUTILIER and TONY SEED
For people of Scottish descent and people of all nationalities, a special day is the birthday of the great Scottish poet and patriot Robert Burns, who lived from 25 January 1759 until 21 July 1796. A reflection by PETER EWART
Faculty members, student and community groups sign on to letter opposing presence at university job fair. Report and commentary by TONY SEED

INTERNATIONAL
Ongoing mass demonstrations in response to a severe economic crisis has led to the collapse of the Icelandic government. Prime Minister Geir Haarde resigned on January 23 along with the whole government cabinet.

Focus on Gaza: Israel's war on Palestine
The Anglican Church of Canada and The United Church of Canada request the Government of Canada demand an independent investigation into the destruction of the Shaja ih Family Healthcare Centre in Gaza City.
Did self-defence justify Israel's war on Gaza? MICHAEL MANDEL

POETRY

SOUNDINGS
PART 1: The Dr talks us through Black History Month.
http://www.truetube.co.uk/media.php?do=detail&mediaid=159
PART 2: The Dr tells us his issues with Black History Month today.
http://www.truetube.co.uk/media.php?do=detail&mediaid=164

SPORT AND RECREATION
The race for cheap muscle and talent in Europe's lucrative soccer industry has created yet another wrinkle in the immigration debate: Every year thousands of school-age boys from Africa and Latin America are lured to Europe by dubious agents hawking dreams of glory and wealth. KATRIN BENNHOLD

SERENDIPITY
After a pleasant visit in Halifax with friends and family I decided to come back a day early. I booked a new flight home on Delta that would connect through Boston, leaving at 3:20 on Saturday Dec 21. The weather in Halifax at the time was very pleasant which provided no foreshadow to the storm approaching, literally and figuratively. MARTY SEED

SIGHTINGS


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