Tags: Diaspora

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Interdisciplinary artist seeks inspiration through education after years in industry

Shana Jackson is a fourth-year textile design major in the Lamar Dodd School of Art from Philadelphia by way of Brooklyn. She’s seeking to supplement her history of first-hand work experience in the design world with the artistic refinement and development of a college education. She specifically wants to grow herself as an artist through her degree. “I’m doing this for my nineteen-year-old self,” the forty-seven-year old said. “Being in school…

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Conference on Africa and its Diaspora

The African Studies Fall Lecture this afternoon is a prelude to next week's 8th Biennial International Conference on Africa and Its Diaspora (BICAID 2023) taking place from Wednesday, November 15 through Saturday, November 18, 2023 at the UGA Tate Center.  The theme for this year’s conference is Religion and Sustainable Socio-Cultural and Economic Development within the 21st Century in Africa and Its Diaspora.  This year’s…
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