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ultymember,Dr.AmmaGhartey- etingyouatoneofourevents!SHEL T E RBe sure to access the linkto our student journal Mandala, Issue X I athttp://mandala.uga.edu.2
romAliceWalker’stwo- hes,andtheriver,wereherchurch.Alice Walker responds to the UGA Chapel audience with a Butterfly greetingto remind of the Butterfly effect, that small events can have large, widespreadimpacts.Butshealsorecalledthenot- ‐so- ism,CharlayneHunter- ‐GaultDistinguishedWriter- dtheroutethattookherfromEatontontotheworld.3
Alice Walker and Valerie Babb.President Morehead Introducing AliceAlice Walker delivering heraddress “Standing in Georgia,Writing to the World at theUGA Chapel.4
From left to right,Karen Villanueva,Beverly BuySheftall, ValerieBabb, BarbaraMcCaskill, AliceWalker, MichelleGarfield Cook,Dawn BennettAlexander, andValerie Boyd atthe 15 October2015 luncheonhonoring AliceWalker.(left) Alice Walker speaks tocommunity artist and activistBroderick Flanigan backstageat the Morton Theatre.(above)Walkerreturning to WardsChapel, Eatonton;(right) WardsChapel CemeteryWalker family.(above) With Alice Walker, Valerie Boyd who willcurate Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: TheJournals of Alice Walker (From Alice Walkerthe Official website).5
alkerisaninternationallycelebrated,best- hereducationasweknowit.”“Inthenot- ‐too- 1980sand1990s,manyself- womenlikeherenslavedpaternalgreat- ‐great- ,andRareBookLibrary.”“Walker’s fe- orphanageforthechildrenofAIDS.6
Attorney Explains Origins of“I Am Trayvon partofpublicknowledge:Martin,a17- ‐year- arges.Otherfactsarelesswell- TrayvonMartin.”Attorney Jasmin Rand speaks with guests at reception followingher lecture “I am Trayvon Martin: Hoodies Up-How One CaseChanged a Nation and Ignited the World” at the UGA vonMartin:HoodiesUp- ��7
SpotlightonFacultyAnInterviewwithDr.AmmaGhartey- tAn African American Studies major as anundergrad at Harvard, Dr. Amma Y. GharteyTagoe Kootin credits her early studies in AfricanAmerican history with kindling her passion fortelling stories that would otherwise go unexamined inour culture. “It was one of the best decisions of mylife,” she said,” as it opened doors for me, a new wayof looking at and thinking of the world, and newways of doing interdisciplinary work. Without that, Iprobably wouldn’t be here.”Newly arrived to the University of Georgia from anappointment at the University of Colorado Boulder,Dr. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin (or Dr. Amma, as herstudents call her) connects the at times very separateworlds of academia and entertainment by fine-tuningher research for wide public consumption. Case inpoint, her current project At Buffalo, a stagemusical about the 1901 Buffalo World’s Fair thatbrings to life over a decade’s worth of research on thefair and publicly preformed blackness at the turn ofthe 20th century. To learn more about this projectand what it means to be a “scholartist,” ourgraduate assistant, Colette Arrand, interviewed ttan,Kansas,samething—KansasStateUniversitywas8
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ookSigningandLecture!!!Ed PavlićTalk and Book SigningThursday, August 27, 2015Ciné6 PM234 W Hancock AvenueAthens, GA 30601Sponsored by the Institute of African American Studies and Avid BookstoreOctober 22, 2015, 6 PMCiné234 W Hancock Avenue!Sponsored byThe Institute of African American Studiesand Avid alongwithDr.IbigboladeA.Aderbigbeco- xt.Otherfacultynotes.v riculumAward.v Dr.CarolynM edinewastherecipientofaSandyBeaverTeachingAward13
StudentWordFrom left to right, Dr. Valerie Babb, Mansur Ali Buffins, Dr. Freda Scott Giles, desone- ‐on- ndTheRussellLibrary.14
du/giving- 0602- ‐5582;oremailhttp://afam.uga.edu/giving- ‐institute*Answers: 1) Gwendolyn Brooks 2) Ghana 3) Henrietta Lacks from whom HeLa cells are derived. 4) Ida Mae Hiram.15
Be sure to visit the Institute forAfrican American Studies Websitefor information on Lectures andEventswww. Afam.uga.eduAlso follow us on Facebook(and be sure to like us!)16
by!Colette!Arrand,!IAAS!graduate!assistant! An African American Studies major as an undergrad at Harvard, Dr. Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin credits her early studies in African American history with kindling her passion for telling stories that would otherwise go unexamined in our culture.
