Frank A. Guridy, Director
JES A232A, Mailcode D7200, Austin, TX 78712 • 512-471-1784
Yoruba Day
Fri, April 15, 2011 • 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM • ISES Gallery (JES A230) - Warfield Center for African and African American Studies and African and African Diaspora Studies Department
6th ANNUAL YORUBA DAY CELEBRATION
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM Welcome & Lunch
Food Provided By West African Catering
1:00 – 1:30 PM Yoruba 507 First-Year Yoruba II
(Head Tie [Gèlè] & Yoruba Performance)
1:30 – 2:30 PM "The Role of Orisa in Copeira Angola"
Dorian Layssard, Director of the Orun Center of Cultural Arts
2:30 – 3:00 PM "The Personal Meets the Political: Bitter Sweet Narratives of Oluremi Obasanjo"
Tosin Abiodun, Graduate Student, Department of History, The University of Texas
3:00 – 3:30 PM Presentation: Yoruba Progressives of Austin
3:30 – 3:50 PM Yoruba 312L Second-Year Yoruba II
Dr. Afolabi's Class
(Yoruba Playlet)
3:50 – 4:00 Closing Remarks
Sponsored by: John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies and the African and African Diaspora Studies Department
