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During this month of October we have two major events: Tuesday, October 17th
2006 Event Wednesday, October 18th
Event 1) Tuesday, October 17th 2006
Event California State University
Northridge
Fall 2006 When? Tuesday,
October 17th 2006 7:00
PM- 8:30 PM Where? Sierra Hall 314 Topic: Global Jesus
and the Globalization of Christianity: Religious,
Cultural, and Political Implications Panel with: -
"Global Jesus: From a Jewish sect in Galilee to a
universal Gentile religion--What happened?” Dr. Rick F. Talbott (Religious Studies Department) -
"Asian Jesus: Finding Jesus Proto-types in Asian
Religions” Dr. Kenneth D. Lee, (Religious Studies Department) -
“Nganga and the Proto-Ancestor: Christology and African faces
of Jesus-Christ” Dr. Mutombo
Nkulu-N’Sengha, (Religious Studies
Department) This event is cosponsored by: Religious
Studies Department, Women Studies Department, Pan-African Studies Department
and the Department of
Anthropology. 2) Wednesday, October 18th Event California State
University Northridge Fall 2006 AFRICA WEEK EVENTS (Panafrican Studies Department) When? Wednesday,
October 18th Time: 10:00 am- 12:00
(noon) Where? Lake
View Terrace Topic: Reincarnation of
the Holy Trinity: Religion, Global
Markets and Neo-Colonialism in Contemporary Africa.
A Panel with Dr. Suzanne
Scheld (Department
of Anthropology) Dr. Mutombo Nkulu-N’Sengha, ( Religious Studies Department) With
the testimonies of Angelina Jolie, Anderson Cooper (CNN anchor), and Ted Koppel on their trip to Africa,
and their special focus on the
Democratic Republic of the Congo and the “curse of African wealth.” This event is cosponsored by: Pan-African Studies Department , the Department of Anthropology, and the
Global Village Forum.
This lecture will raise among others, the difficult
question of the relationship between faith, computers, cell phones and the
massacre of millions of people for the sake of “progress” or “Modern
development.” FURTHER INFORMATION ON Col-tan,
cell phones, computers, and the death of more than 4 million people in the
Congo (a forgotten genocide) Angelina Jolie on Congo and Africa: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/20/acd.01.htm Ted
Koppel (“the Curse of Wealth” part 5 of Nightline’s series “HEART OF DARKNESS,” TED KOPPEL’S NIGHTLINE ON THE CONGO SUFFERING http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0202/bettag.htm http://allafrica.com/stories/200109090023.html http://allafrica.com/stories/200109250147.html CNN anchor Anderson Cooper http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2006-10-04-media-mix_x.htm Congo War and the Role of
Coltan (by Natalie D. War): http://www.american.edu/TED/ice/congo-coltan.htm http://allthingsanderson.blogspot.com/2006/07/coltan-in-congo.html “In many
ways, the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been an ethnic
war, but also a war over mineral resources. The DRC has vast wealth of
minerals, particularly diamonds, coltan, cassiterite, tin, and copper. Coltan,
short for Columbite-tantalite, is essential for the power-storing parts of cell
phones, nuclear reactors, Play Stations, and computer chips. Coltan is
increasingly exploited in the mountains in the conflict torn eastern part of
the country. The Rwanda and Uganda backed rebels have primary control over the
ore and are reaping huge profits which maintain and finance the protracted war.
It is estimated that the Rwandan army made $20 million per month mining coltan
in 2000. As coltan is necessary for the high-tech industry and as demand increases,
motivation to pull out of the DRC by Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi decreases. Environmental
degradation. Farmers have been forced off their land or into mining as war has
ravaged their land. Miners threaten the environment of eastern lowland
gorillas. Miners are killing elephants and gorillas on wildlife reserves and
national parks. While the numbers of wildlife are dwindling, the environment is
being degraded. Coltan mining provides great wealth for warring sides, takes
away the livelihoods of people who live on the land, and destroys wildlife.”
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