Call for Papers Third Biennial Kwame Nkrumah International Conference (KNIC3)

Theme: "Re-engaging the African Diasporas: Pan-Africanism in the Age of Globalization"

Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Vancouver, Canada and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana are pleased to invite you to participate in the Third Biennial Conference, Kwame Nkrumah International Conference (KNIC3)

Conference Date(s): August 21-23 2014

Conference Site: Beautiful Richmond campus of Kwantlen polytechnic University in British Columbia, Canada

The 2014 interdisciplinary conference will provide a platform for scholars and students from educational institutions from across the globe to share ideas on how to pool resources and to provide a synergy of knowledge, efforts, projects and programs in Africa and throughout the African world community that are designed to develop the intellectual, social, economic as well as cultural life opportunities of people of African heritage.

The conference will provide a platform to map out development strategies within and outside the frameworks of Africa's development instruments, such as the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Africa Union's Sixth Region Project, which is aimed at integrating people of African descent in the continent's development.

Paper Abstract Submission

Abstracts of approximately 250 words for papers of 20 minutes' delivery duration—coupled with suggestions of panels consisting of 3 panelists each—are welcome and should be e-mailed, with a short bio-note (50 words) contact address, and one to three keywords related to the area of research to: Dr. Charles Quist-Adade, knic@kpu.ca no later than March 15, 2014, final notification of selection to be communicated by April 30, 2014.

For more information click here http://www.kwantlen.ca/knic.html