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<P>The scholarly component of the AfriCanadian
Playwrights' Festival will feature three very special
sessions.
<P>Wednesday, April 23 – 10:00 am:<BR><B>Black Theatre
in Canada - A History Revealed</B>: <BR>Documenting
theatre as an on-going cultural practice for African
Canadians in the latter part of the 20th Century.
<BR><BR><B>Jeff Henry</B> – York University, Toronto
(Confirmed)<BR><B>Clarence Bain</B> – Concordia
University, Montreal (Confirmed)<BR><B>Walter Borden</B>
– Theatre Practitioner - Nova Scotia<BR><B>Siobhan R. K.
Barker</B> – Theatre Practitioner - British
Columbia<BR>Moderator: <B>George Elliott Clarke</B> -
University of Toronto (Confirmed)<BR><BR><BR>Thursday,
April 24, 10:00 am: <BR><B>Theatre and the African
Diaspora</B>: <BR>Probing the diversity of diasporic
theatre practice, writing and scholarship around the
world.<BR><BR><B>Awam Ampka</B> – New York University
(USA) (Confirmed)<BR><B>Honor Ford-smith</B> –
University of Toronto (Confirmed)<BR><B>Rawle
Gibbons</B> – University of the West Indies
(Trinidad)<BR><B>Paul Carter Harrison</B> – Columbia
College Chicago, USA (Confirmed)<BR><B>Michael
McMillan</B> – UK (Confirmed)<BR>Moderator – <B>Patricia
Clark</B> – Seneca College
(Confirmed)<BR><BR><BR>Friday, April 25, 10:00 am:
<BR><B>The Aesthetics of Black Theatre - Concept or
Conceit</B>: <BR>Is there such a thing as a Black
theatre aesthetic?<BR><BR><B>Awam Ampka</B> – New York
University, USA (Confirmed)<BR><B>Paul Carter
Harrison</B> – Columbia College Chicago, USA
(Confirmed)<BR><B>ahdri zhina mandiela</B> –
Practitioner - Toronto (Confirmed)<BR><B>Michael
Mcmillian</B> – Practitioner/Scholar -UK
(Confirmed)<BR><B>Rinaldo Walcott</B> - York University,
Toronto (Confirmed) <BR>Moderator: <B>Modupe Olagun</B>
- York University (Confirmed)<BR><BR><BR>All conference
sessions will take place at: <BR><B>University College
Union</B>, Performance Studio, <BR>79 St. George Street
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