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RENOWNED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST MAGHAN KEITA TO SPEAK AT OBERLIN COLLEGE FEBRUARY 15 AND 16
FEBRUARY 9, 2001--Noted human rights advocate, scholar and author Maghan Keita '72 will present two addresses at Oberlin College Thursday, February 15 and Friday, February 16 as part of the College's Black History Month observance.
"The Return of the Black Knight: Africans in Arthurian Lore" is the title of his talk on February 15. It will be presented at 4:30 p.m. in Room 106 of the College's King Building, 10 N. Professor St.
Keita also will discuss "Race and the Writing of History: Riddling the Sphinx" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 16 in Afrikan Heritage House, 126 Forest St. Both events are free and open to the public.
An associate professor of history at Villanova University, Keita is the author of Race and the Writing of History: Riddling the Sphinx; America's Culture Wars; Working for the Food of Freedom: African Initiatives in Chicago; and South Africa Education and Resource Guide.
His articles have appeared in such publications as Journal of World History, Encarta, Journal of Negro History, The Medieval Feminist Newsletter and Contemporary French Civilization.
A director of Africana Studies at Villanova and a faculty member at the University's Arab and Islamic Institute, Keita received the B.A. degree from Oberlin in 1972, the M.A. degree from Cleveland State University in 1975 and the Ph.D. degree from Howard University in 1988.
He also has served as associate director of Villanova's Center for Peace and Justice and director of its summer graduate program in world history as well as administrator of African affairs for the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., American Friends Service, and the Washington Office on Africa.
As a lecturer at the University of Dakar in Senegal with the United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning, he conducted research on U.S. foreign policy towards Africa and the political economy of African health care and development. He also has served on the faculties of Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland State University and Bowie State College, and was a visiting professor at Swarthmore College.
Keita's talks are part of Oberlin College's observance of Black History Month: its theme is "Reckoning with the Past: Looking to the Future."
The program is the result of a coordinated effort between the Department of African-American Studies, Afrikan Heritage House, the Office of the President Residential Services, the Multicultural Resource Center and Abusua.
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