Rationale of Conference
Final Program
Video from the livestream of the Conference:
Opening Remarks and Panel 1
Panel 2
Keynote and video
Panel 3
PROGRAM (selected papers or outlines of papers are found in links below)
Institute of African Studies One Day Conference at Carleton University:
“The Legacies of Nyerere: Economies, Politics, and Solidarities in Tanzania and Beyond”
Friday March 4, 2011 Location: 617 Southam Hall, the Video-conferencing room
8:30-9:00: Opening Remarks
H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania
Hon. Deepak Obhrai, MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada,
with a message from the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
Roseann Runte, President of Carleton University
9:00-10:30 Panel 1: “Mwalimu: the Man and his ideas”
Chair/Discussant: Regina Fupi (M.A. candidate, Linguistics, Carleton)
Patricia Marsden-Dole (former Canadian High Commissioner to Tanzania)
Amos Mhina via video-link (Professor, Political Science, University of Dar es Salam)
11:00 -12:30 Panel 2: “Nyerere’s Tanzania and its Legacies”
Chair/Discussant: Otim Okwir (M.A., Political Economy, Carleton)
Rose Shayo (Professor, Institute of Development Studies, University of Dar es Salaam)
Paul Bjerk (Professor, History, Texas Tech University)
12:30-2:30 Lunch and Keynote:
Honourable Abdulrahman Kinana (former Speaker of East African Assembly)
Chair/Discussant: James Milner (Professor, Political Science, Carleton)
A short film on Nyerere, including his ties to Canada, put together from Tanzanian archival footage will also be screened.
2:30-4:00 Panel 3: “Assessing the Nyerere Legacy Today”
Chair/Discussant: Linda Freeman (Professor, Political Science, Carleton)
John Saul (Professor, Political Science, York)
Manfred Bienefeld (Professor, Public Policy and Administration, Carleton)
The Institute of African Studies wishes to thank the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Carleton’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Faculty of Public Affairs, and the Canadian High Commission to Tanzania for their generous support of this conference.
Short note in Maclean’s Magazine about Abdulrahman Kinana meeting Justin Trudeau, M.P., 21 March 2011