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Africana Film Festival:La Victoire en chantant/Black and White in Colour

La Victoire en chantant/Black and White in Colour. Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud (1976; Côte d'Ivoire). French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Deciding that they must do their proper duty and fight the Germans, they promptly conscript the local native population. Issuing them boots […]

Book Club: Sub-Saharan Africa

The George T. Potter Library will be hosting a book club with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Fall Semester Books: Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir AND Weep Not, Child - both books by author Ngugi wa Thiong'o.Books will be provided to the first 15 individuals who sign up. This group is […]

Portuguese Language Happy Hour

Would you like to practice your Portuguese language skill? The Roukema Center for International Education offers the Portuguese Language Happy Hour every Tuesday from 2-3pm in ASB-123. All levels are welcome. Come join us! For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

Africana Film Festival: Thunderbolt! – Part I

. Thunderbolt! - Part I. Director by Tunde Kulani (2001; Nigeria). Thunderbolt is woven around Ngozi, a young elegant Igbo lady and Yinka a young man of Yoruba origin who meet and fall in love during the National Youth Service. Their eventual marriage, against folk wisdom soon develops problem fueled by rumors of extra-marital affairs […]

Africana Film Festival: Thunderbolt! – Part II

. Thunderbolt! - Part II. Director by Tunde Kulani (2001; Nigeria). Thunderbolt is woven around Ngozi, a young elegant Igbo lady and Yinka a young man of Yoruba origin who meet and fall in love during the National Youth Service. Their eventual marriage, against folk wisdom soon develops problem fueled by rumors of extra-marital affairs […]

Portuguese Language Happy Hour

Would you like to practice your Portuguese language skill? The Roukema Center for International Education offers the Portuguese Language Happy Hour every Tuesday from 2-3pm in ASB-123. All levels are welcome. Come join us! For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

Africana Film Festival: They Will Have to Kill Us First

. Directed by Johanna Schwartz (2015; Mali). Islamic extremists have banned music in Mali, but its world famous musicians wont give up without a fight. They Will Have To Kill Us First tells the story of Malis musicians, as they fight for their right to sing. With a specially commissioned soundtrack from some of Malis […]

International Education Week

. International Education Week (IEW) is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education is part of our efforts to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to […]