Symposium
Enfranchising the African Diaspora
Time • 20 Jun 2017 - 23 Jun 2017
Place • Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
The turn of the 21st century coincided with the conceptual and experiential revolution of discourses that were previously on the margins of critical attention. In the formerly colonized societies and developing nations generally, the significance and potential of Diaspora as a discursive category took an unprecedented and decisive turn; not least because Diaspora's relevance could no longer be undermined in the rendition of development of nation states and regions.