Prof. Maurice N. Amutabi

2006 Conference Papers and Presentations

• Maurice N. Amutabi.  “The Place of ‘Blood’ and Martyrdom in Islam: The Implications for Shia and Sunni Differences.” Panel on Demystifying the Middle East as part of the International Education Week at Central Washington University, November 13, 2006.
• Maurice N. Amutabi. “Land and Conflict in the Ilemi Triangle of East Africa.” Paper presented at the 49^th Annual Conference of African Studies Association (ASA), San Francisco, November 16-19, 2006.
• Maurice N. Amutabi. “Interrogating the Role of Islam and Sharia on Women's Reproductive and Sexual Rights in Islamic States of Africa.” Paper presented at the SOURCE Workshop, Central Washington University, May 18, 2006.
• Maurice N. Amutabi.  “Redefining Development in and on African Terms: Negotiating and Designing Africa’s Roadmap towards Re-taking the Lead in World Affairs.” Keynote address, presented at conference on Africa’s Development in the Global Encounters, organized by African Students' Organization (ASO), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 8, 2006.
• Maurice N. Amutabi. “The Native and Topography as Undifferentiated: Critical Assessment of the Writings and Photography of Elspeth Huxley on Colonial Kenya.”Paper presented at the 2006 African and African Diaspora Conference, on ‘Images of African Peoples: Photography, History and Culture in Africa and African Diaspora’, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois, March 31 - April 2, 2006.
• Maurice N. Amutabi.“Identity, ‘Foreignness’ and the Dilemma of Immigrants at the Coast of Kenya Interrogating the Myth of ‘Black Arabs’ among Kenyan Africans.”Paper presented at a conference on “Movements, Migrations and Displacements in Africa”, University of Texas at Austin, March 22-24, 2006.