February 2005
LAVA launches the African Diaspora in the Americas Project with the African Diaspora in the Americas Website, Study Guide and University Tour.

The African Diaspora in the Americas website has been created to expand on the discussion of African culture and legacy in Latin America. In this website the African Diaspora in the Americas study guide will be available for consultation and download by any visitor. Additionally, a bibliography of existing publications by prominent academics in the field and a list of related links will be included, thus making the website a hub for media arts on the African Diaspora. Visit our website at www.latinamericanvideo.org/africandiaspora.

The African Diaspora in the Americas study guide provides a road map for using the groundbreaking documentaries featured in LAVA’s African Diaspora in the Americas collection. With a concise introduction to the history of the African Diasporas of Latin America and an extensive syllabus-building bibliography of scholarly and popular literature as well as web resources, the study guide is an invaluable teaching tool.

The African Diaspora in the Americas university tour will feature Afroargentines, a documentary about the history of black people in Argentina and their contributions to Argentine culture and society, which will be followed by a question and answer session with Afroargentine historian, Miriam Gomes. Professor Gomes is one of the leading experts on Afroargentines who has published numerous works on the Cape Verdean community in Argentina and was a panelist in the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa.

The African Diaspora in the Americas Tour will stop at the following educational institutions:

Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ
New York University, New York, NY

Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY
New York University, New York, NY

Thursday, February 17, 2005
Benedict College and University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Monday, February 21, 2005
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Richland College and South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX

Wednesday, February 23, 2005
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Friday, February 25, 2005
Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY

The African Diaspora in the Americas Project has been partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.


Screenings of the African Diaspora in the Americas Collection
The Forgotten Roots will be part of the Hidden Histories of the Americas: A Black History Month Celebration at the Queens Museum of Art, New York on Sunday, February 6, 2005. Excerpts from Afroargentines and The Promised Ship will also be part of the program. For more information, visit www.queensmuseum.org.

Afroargentines will be screened at The Best of the African Diaspora Film Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York on Sunday February 13, 2005 and Thursday February 17, 2005. For more information, visit www.bam.org.

The Forgotten Roots will be featured at The Pan African Film & Arts Festival, Los Angeles on Saturday February 12 and Monday February 21. For more information, visit, www.paff.org.

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