Callaloo
&
The Center for Africana Studies
Johns Hopkins University

present

A SYMPOSIUM

THE AFRICAN PRESENCE IN MEXICO
October 22 & 23, 2008
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

6:00 PM, Thursday, October 23, 2008
The MSC - Stark Gallery

CONTEMPORARY AFRO-MEXICANS

Ben Vinson III
Johns Hopkins University

in conversation with

Anita Gonzalez State University of New York at New Paltz	Laura Lewis James Madison University
Naya Jones University of Texas, Austin	Jean-Philibert Mobwa Mobwa N'Djoli National Council to Prevent Discrimination, Mexico
Fr. Glyn Jemmott Nelson Parish Priest, St. John of the Cross	Bobby Vaughn Notre Dame de Namur University

María Elisa Velázquez
National Institute of Anthropology & History, Mexico

Closing Remarks:
Charles H. Rowell
Editor, Callaloo and Professor of English
Texas A&M University

Q & A with Audience

Photos courtesy of Charles H. Rowell & Josemanuel Pellicer

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