The 2nd Symposium of African Spirituality in the Caribbean and Latin America
July 11-14, 2007 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Free and open to the public
Location: Viejo San Juan (Historical section of San Juan) Puerto Rico
Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe
52 Cristo Street San Juan de Puerto Rico
The 2nd Symposium of African Spirituality in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and Latin America consists of open dialogues, presentations and interactive exchanges between scholars and traditional leaders, experts in African and African Diaspora sacred belief systems present in the Americas. The objective and focus of the 2nd Symposium is to expand on existing scholarly research as well as inform current investigations. The topics of this Symposium will bring forth the varied ancient African traditions that continue to inform, influence and are a vibrant part of contemporary Afro-descendant communities and the broader society. The Symposium will address how these African based belief systems continued to flourish through formal and informal organizations and are actualized in popular and contemporary cultural practices in the Americas.
Some of our confirmed speakers:
Aleida Carolina Gelpí Acosta Ph.D, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Bayamón
Fu Kiau Bunseki, Ph.D
Samuel Cruz Ph.D. Rutgers University
Joseph C Dorsey, Ph.D. Purdue University
Henry John Drewal, Ph.D. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
Jesús “Chucho” García, Venezuela
Angela Gutiérrez, espiritista
Agustín Lao- Montes, Ph.D. Amherst Univeristy
Babatunde Lawal, Ph.D. Virginia Commonwealth University
Angela Jorge-Quiñónez, Ph.D
Arturo Lindsay, Ph.D. Spellman College, GA
Carmen Mirabal, Ph.D
José “El Colorao” Ramírez
Robert Farris Thompson Ph.D., Yale University,
Program is subject to change.
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For more information please contact Monica Cortes tel: 212-307-7420 ext 3012 or tradicionesafro@gmail.com
