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SUMMARY:Bridging the Gap: Understanding the Schisms between African and African-American Students
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 The schisms and often conflict between continental 
 African and African-Americans (as well as 
 Afro-Caribbeans) are an ill-kept secret. Despite 
 MSU's proud history of Africanist scholarship, 
 robust Black American student activism 
 and an undeniable overlap in the historic marginalization 
 of both groups, these schisms 
 are still overwhelmingly present. This often 
 manifests in Africans distancing themselves from 
 such matters of primary concern to the African-American 
 community (police brutality, historic 
 oppression, etc.) while the African-American 
 community has largely been invisible 
 in African centered spaces - including in the 
 Year of Global Africa (despite attempts to reach 
 out).\n
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 	  Where do these schisms come 
 from? What can we as scholars, activists and 
 global citizens do to not only remedy these schisms, 
 but to forge ahead in mutually beneficial 
 solidarity? \n
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 	  This conversation will 
 take the form of a 5-6 person panel in which 
 there will be student representatives from 
 student organizations centered on African/African 
 descendant populations. The event will be 
 in collaboration with the African Graduate 
 Student Association, Black Graduate Student Association, 
 Black Student Alliance and the African 
 Student Union. The event is also supported 
 in part by a Year of Global Africa mini-grant 
 provided by the African Studies Center. \n
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 Price: Free\n
 Contact name: Shingi Mavima\n
 Contact email: mavimabl@msu.edu\n
LOCATION:Room 303 International Center
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