UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM MWALIMU NYERERE CHAIR IN PAN-AFRICAN STUDIES THIRD JULIUS NYERERE INTELLECTUAL FESTIVAL WEEK APRIL 12-15, 2011
TUESDAY 12TH APRIL 2011
PAN-AFRICAN DAY I
MORNING SESSION
9.00 – 9.30
Guests to be seated in Nkrumah Hall by 9.30 Chair: Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rwekaza Mukandala MC: Prof. Amandina Lihamba
9.30 - 9.40
Arrival of the procession of Nyerere Lecturer Procession accompanied and led by ‘ngoma ya mdundiko’
9.40 – 9.50
Sisi ni Watoto wa Africa - Marlaw + secondary school students
9.50 – 10.10
Welcome address by the VC, Prof. Rwekaza Mukandala
10.10 – 10.25
Citation of the Distinguished Nyerere Lecturer - Prof. Issa Shivji
10.25-10.35
Installation of the Distinguished Nyerere Lecturer, 2011
10.35– 11.30
BEREKET SELASSIE: BEYOND COLONIAL BORDERS TO PAN-AFRICAN AFRICAN UNITY LECTURE I: POST-COLONIAL PAN-AFRICANISM: A HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL TESTAMENT
11.30 – 12.30
Audience Participation: questions, comments and answers
12.30 - 12.40
Host: Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) invites participants to the Health Break
12.40 – 2.30
HEALTH BREAK
Invited Guests to VC’s residence Host: The Pan-African Start Secretariat (PASS)
AFTERNOON SESSION
2.30 – 2.45
Arrival and seating of guests in Nkrumah Hall MC: Dr Tulia Ackson
2.45 – 3.00
Special song on Ukombozi - Karola Kinasha
3.00 – 3.15
Welcome of the panel and introduction of the topic – Chief interlocutor: Prof. Issa Shivji, Mwl. Nyerere Professor of Pan-African Studies
3.15 – 4.15
INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE - THINKING WITH MWALIMU: AFRICA AT 50 IN PAN-AFRICANISM
Chief Interlocutor: Prof. Issa Shivji.
Participants: Mzee Martin Shikuku, First Generation Kenyan Nationalist Mzee Hashim Mbita, Former Head of OAU Liberation Committee Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, Former OAU Secretary General Prof. Adebayo Olukoshi, Director, UN African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) Prof. Severin Rugumamu, University of Dar es Salaam Dr. Vicensia Shule, University of Dar es Salaam
4.15 – 5.15
Audience participation: questions, comments and answers
5.15 – 5.30
Winding up - Chief Interlocutor
6.00 – 9.00
VC’s Cocktail for invited guests
13TH APRIL 2011
PAN-AFRICAN DAY II
MORNING SESSION
9.00 – 9.15
Guests to be seated in Nkrumah Hall Chair: Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rwekaza Mukandala MC: Prof. Saida Yahya-Othman
9.15 – 9.45
Performance Fid Q & Prof. J.
9.45 – 10.30
BEREKET SELASSIE: BEYOND COLONIAL BORDERS TO PANAFRICAN AFRICAN UNITY LECTURE II: PAN-AFRICANISM AND PROBLEMS OF AFRICAN NATION STATES: CHALLENGES IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION
10.30 – 10.40
Host: UDSM-Computing Centre (UCC) invites guests to Health Break
10.40 – 11.30
HEALTH BREAK
11.30 - 12.30
Audience Participation: questions, comments and answers
12.30 – 12.50
Vote of Thanks to Prof. Bereket Selassie Dr. Khoti Kamanga
12.50 – 1.40
THREE YEARS OF KIGODA CHA MWALIMU
Guest of Honour: Dr. Ebrima Sall, Executive Secretary of CODESRIA
Chair: Prof. Issa Shivji
12.50 – 1.00
Shairi: Heko kwa kutimiza ahadi – Mwalimu Bashiru Ally
1.00 – 1.20
Taking Stock of Three Years – Issa Shivji
1.20 – 1.30
Ng’wanza Kamata: Introduces the Chair’s publications & invites the Guest of Honour to launch by presenting them to the first laureates of the course: Pan-African Thought and Practice I: The Roots of Pan-Africanism
1.30 – 1.40
Brief remarks by the Guest of Honour - Ebrima Sall
1.40 – 3.00
LUNCH BREAK Invited Guests to VC’s residence Host: Tanzania Gender Network Programme [TGNP]
AFTERNOON SESSION
SYMPOSIUM: WOMEN FREEDOM FIGHTERS
(Organised in collaboration with TGNP – Tanzania Gender Network Programme)
Chair: Ms. Mary Rusimbi, Chairperson – TGNP
3.00 – 3.30
Kwa nini? Theatre performance by Makanjanja group
3.30 – 3.40
Welcome remarks – Ms. Mary Rusimbi
3.40 – 4.40
Interactive Dialogue - Silences on Women Freedom Fighters: The Case of East African Women
Chief Interlocutor: Ms. Demere Kitunga, Publisher and Former TGNP Board Member Participants: Prof. Sylvia Tamale, Makerere University Ms. Ananilea Nkya, Executive Director – TAMWA Prof. Godwin Murunga, Kenyatta University Ms. Salma Maoulid, Gender Activist
4.40 – 5.20
Audience participation: questions, comments and answers
5.20 – 5.35
Launching of Popular Feminist Life Herstory Publications – Prof. Alice Nkhoma Wamunza, University of Dar es Salaam
5.35 – 6.00
Summing up Demere Kitunga & Mary Rusimbi
PAN-AFRICAN DAY II SPECIAL NIGHT SESSION:
LEARNING TO STRUGGLE
VENUE: REVOLUTIONARY SQUARE
Sponsor: Legal & Human Rights Centre (LHRC)
7.30 – 8.00 pm
Arrival of guests and refreshments
8.00 – 08.10 pm
A word from facilitator/moderator Prof. Issa Shivji
08.10 – 08.40 pm
Reminiscences of the Ghanaian struggle – Special Guest: Yao Graham
08.40 – 10.00 pm
Discussion of experiences and reminiscences of student struggles UDSM Students of the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s
THURSDAY 14th APRIL 2011
CELEBRATING PAN-AFRICANISTS
[Sponsored by African Research and Resource Forum [ARRF]]
MORNING SESSION
9.00 – 9.20
Guests to be seated Chair: Prof. P. Anyang’ Nyong’o, Minister of Health Service, Kenya MC: Dr. George Omondi, Executive Secretary – ARRF
9.20 – 9.35
MC introduces books to be launched
9.35 – 9.50
Launching of the books and brief remarks by the Chairperson
9.50 – 10.30
A Panoramic View of the Books written by First Generation Nationalists by Jenerali Ulimwengu 10.30 – 10.55
Discussion
10.55 – 11.05
Host: Commission for Science & Technology (COSTECH) invites participants to Health Break 11.05 – 11.45
HEALTH BREAK
BUNGE LA VIJANA: THE YOUNGER GENERATION DEBATE ON NATIONALISM VS. PAN-AFRICANISM
Motion: This house believes that after 50 years of independence, it is time to consolidate nationalism in each of our countries rather than resurrect Pan-Africanism
11.45 – 11.50
Introduction of the topic by the Speaker, Ng’wanza Kamata
11. 50 – 12.50
Debate
12.50 – 01.30 Audience participation
01.30 – 01.40
Summing up – Speaker
1.40 – 02.40
LUNCH BREAK:
Invited guests to VC’s residence for lunch [Host ARRF]
AFTERNOON SESSION 
VICE-CHANCELLOR’S PALAVER:
VICE-CHANCELLOR’S PALAVER:
50 YEARS OF GENERATING KNOWLEDGE AT THE HILL
3.15 – 3.30
Introduction of the topic: Vice Chancellor, Prof. R. Mukandala
REPOSITIONING UDSM AS A PAN-AFRICAN UNIVERSITY
3.30 – 4.30
Dialogue Participants: Amb. Juma Mwapachu, Secretary General, East African Community Prof. Fred Kaijage, University of Dar es Salaam Prof. Penina Mlama, CAMFED Tanzania Dr. Saleem Badat, VC, Rhodes University, South Africa Prof. Akosua Ampofo, Director, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana
4.30 – 4.50 Audience participation
4.50 – 5.00
Winding up Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rwekaza Mukandala
5.00 – 5.20
Special Thanks by Prof. Issa Shivji
8.00 – 12.00
PAN-AFRICAN DINNER AND DANCE
MC: Vicensia Shule KAROLA KINASHA BAND Hosts: UDASA & Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF)
FRIDAY 15TH APRIL 2011
ACADEMIC REFLECTIONS DAY
50 YEAR STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS & CONSTITUTIONALISM SCHOOL OF LAW IN COLLABORATION WITH LEGAL & HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE (LHRC)
SESSION SESSION I:
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Chair: Dean, Prof. Palamagamba Kabudi
MC: Ms. Asina Omari
9.00 - 9.30
Arrival and seating of guests
9.30 – 9.40
Welcoming remarks Prof. Palamagamba Kabudi
9.40 – 10.00
Citation of the Keynote Speaker Prof. G. Mgongo Fimbo
10.00 – 10.45
Keynote address Human Rights and Constitutionalism in East Africa: A Panoramic View - Prof. Yash Ghai
10.45 – 11.15
Audience participation
11.15 – 11.25
Thanks and summing up - Chairperson
11.25 – 11.30
Co-host [LHRC] welcomes participants to the health break
11.30 – 12.00
HEALTH BREAK
SESSION II: PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Chairperson: Prof. L. X. Mbunda
12.00 – 12.45
Paper presentations: 1. G. M. Fimbo: Fifty Years of Teaching and Researching Law in East Africa 2. M.K.B. Wambali: The Participation and Contribution of the Faculty of Law, University of Dar es Salaam to the Struggles for Constitutional Change, Democracy and Human Rights in Tanzania 3. P. J. Kabudi: The Future Perspectives of the University of Dar es Salaam School of Law (Formerly Faculty of Law)
12.45 – 1.30
Audience participation
1.30 – 1.45
Responses from presenters
1.45 – 2.00
Summing up - Chairperson
2.00 – 3.00
LUNCH BREAK
Invited guests to VC’s residence for lunch [Co-Host: LHRC]
AFTERNOON SESSION SESSION III:
BOOK LAUNCH
Guest of Honour: Hon. Justice Joseph Sinde Warioba
Chairperson: Prof. Palamagamba Kabudi
3.00 – 3.15
Arrival of guests and performance by Marlaw
BOOK LAUNCH: RULE OF LAW versus RULERS OF LAW: JUDGE BARNABAS ALBERT SAMATTA’S ROAD TO JUSTICE Compiled and edited by Issa Shivji & Hamudi Majamba
3.15 – 3.30
Editors’ introduction
3.30 – 3.40
Launch of the book - Guest of Honour
3.40 – 3.50
Brief remarks - Guest of Honour
3.50 – 4.00
Brief remarks and thanks - Justice Barnabas Samatta 4.00 – 4.15
Performance – Marlaw
SESSION IV: MOCK TRIAL: A SNIPPET FROM HISTORY
[This trial was organised by the then Faculty of Law sometime in 1981/2.]
4.15 – 5.15
Re-enacting the mock trial [Based on the case of Republic vs Agnes Doris Liundi [1980] T.L.R 38.] Prof. Penina Mlama in the role of the Accused
5.15 – 5.30
Official closing of the Festival by the VC
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