Prof. Maurice N. Amutabi

2007 Conference Papers and Presentations

• Maurice N. Amutabi. “Global Islamic Jihad in Eastern Africa,” Public Lecture, funded and Organized by African Studies Program of the Jackson School of International Studies and Department of History, University of Washington, November 2, 2007.
• Maurice N. Amutabi. “The Kikuyu Factor in Kenya's Politics: Implications for 2007 Elections.” Conference paper presented under the theme “21st Century Africa: Evolving Conceptions of Human Rights.” Annual Meeting, New York, NY - October 18-21, 2007.
• Maurice N. Amutabi. “Neither Bold nor Beautiful nor Young and Restless: Interrogating the Impact of Western Soap Operas on Africa.” Paper presented at the conference on Popular Cultures in Africa, University of Texas at Austin, March 30 - April 1, 2007.
• Maurice N. Amutabi. “Memory and Nostalgia in African American Identity: The Legacy of ‘Africanness’ in James Baldwin’s Fiction.” Paper presented at the AAAHRP Fourth Annual Black History Conference on the theme: “The Black Experience: Presenting History’s Hidden Pages (Previously Avoided, Dismissed, Forgotten, Submerged, or Unknown),” February 3, 2007, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, USA.
• Maurice N. Amutabi. “Multiculturalism, globalization, hybridity and the dilemma of Western Education in Africa: The Case of Kenya’s Education Curriculum.” Paper presented at the Third International Globalization, Diversity, and Education Conference, Spokane, Washington, March 1-3, 2007.