The Institute of African Studies Undergraduate Conference committee voted this week to extend the abstract submission deadline by two weeks.

Abstracts are now due July 15th and the confirmation of participation will be July 30th.

For more information and to submit your abstract, click here.

A reminder that course registration information is not available for students on the Institute of African Studies website. Located here.

Juan de Marcos & The Afro-Cuban All Stars will be performing at the Ottawa RBC Bluesfest on Thursday, July 9th at 9:30pm.

Afro-Cuban All Stars is a Cuban band led by Juan de Marcos González. Their music is a mix of all the styles of Cuban music, including bolero, chachachá, salsa, son montuno, timba, guajira, danzón, rumba and abakua

If you do not already hold a pass for Bluesfest, you can purchase a one day ticket on the Bluesfest website.

Burundi in Turmoil: Implications for Peace & Democracy at National and Regional Levels?

July 6, 2015 from 2:30-4pm at 39 McArthur Avenue, Ottawa

The Africa-Canada Forum and Equitas welcomes you to a round-table discussion on the current state of Burundi and the efficiency of internationally-led human rights and peace-building interventions. After a decade of relative peace and stability and a hope for a genuine democratic system based on power-sharing mechanisms, another very bleak chapter in the violent history of Burundi has begun. The small and land-locked East African country is back in the medias headlines, expressing concerns and risks of civil war. Political and civil society organizations have called for peaceful demonstrations across the country and abroad. Demonstrations are followed by police repression and decent by the ruling party. The youth wing is progressively seen as a militia group.  In such a regimented society people voices are silenced and those who speak out are harassed and illegally arrested. Please join for a candid discussion with René Claude Niyonkuru, from the “Association pour la Paix et les Droits de l’Homme”, Burundian civil society organisation working to promote peace and human rights in Burundi
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact Kimberly MacMillan (kmacmillan@ccic.ca)

Register Here.