The Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) have concluded plans to host the 2015 edition of CBAAC International Distinguished Public Lecture scheduled to hold on the 24th November, 2015 at the Princess Alexandria Auditorium of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Nsukka Campus, Enugu State, Nigeria.
The Lecture titled: “Reconstruction, Transformation and African Unity in the 21st Century”would be delivered by Professor Horace Campbell, an Emeritus Professor of African American Studies and Political Science and the Director of Pan African Studies at the Syracuse University, New York, United States.
The event would be chaired by Chief Audu Ogbe, Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The international public lecture series is CBAAC’s yearly outing dedicated to the reassessment and reevaluation of the place of continental and Diaspora Africa in the scheme of affairs within the international system as it affects their unity and development.
The 2015 edition of CBAAC distinguished lecture to be hosted in collaboration with the Institute of African Studies of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) would form part of activities for the inauguration of the new CBAAC Outreach Office located at the Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nsukka Campus, Enugu State, Nigeria.The lecture promises to attract audience from across the different strata of the Nigerian Society.
Meanwhile, the Director-General of CBAAC , Dr. Ferdinand Anikwe is billed to Chair the 1st Meeting of the Bureau of the 4th Pan African Cultural Congress (PACC4) to be held in Harare, Zimbabwe from 26th– 28thNovember, 2015. The Meeting jointly organized by the African Union Commission (AU) and Government of Zimbabwe, through its Minsitry of Sports