[A108]. 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 which destroy trust between a devoted Ngozi and a jealous Yinka. In the ensuing drama Ngozi is laced with “Magun”, the mysterious and fatal chastity control (Magun) which will make her sexual victim die instantly after sexual intercourse.

[Friends Hall]. Presentation by Professor Karl Johnson. Sponsored by The Culture Club.

[BC224]. 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 which destroy trust between a devoted Ngozi and a jealous Yinka. In the ensuing drama Ngozi is laced with “Magun”, the mysterious and fatal chastity control (Magun) which will make her sexual victim die instantly after sexual intercourse.
Part II – shown 10/24 6pm A108

[ASB-123]
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.

[Trustees Pavilion]. The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Communication Arts program will screen the film, When Elephants Fight, on Monday, October 17, from 2 to 3:40 p.m. in the Trustees Pavilion. A member of the production company will lead a discussion of the film by Skype. The event is free and open to the public.

Narrated and executive produced by Robin Wright (House of Cards), this film spotlights the illicit mineral trade in the Democratic Republic of Congo and shows how corporations’ complicity has affected the conflict in the region. The film is an extension of the #StandwithCongo campaign that mobilizes students and consumer activists to seek accountability in the mining sector of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Contact Michael Riff at ext. 7409 or mriff@ramapo.edu for details.

[Library Lounge] 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 open to faculty, staff and students. First priority of books will go to students. Please contact Katie Maricic Cohen(kcohen1@ramapo.edu) or Sam Wittenberg (switten1@ramapo.edu) with questions or to sign up. This program has been supported by the Center for Student Involvement & the Roukema Center for International Education. Discussion group will meet monthly from 12:50-1:50pm in the Library Lounge on the following dates (Mondays): September 19th, October 17th, November 14th, December 5th.

[BC224] 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 and rifles, the French attempt to make “proper” soldiers out of the Africans. A young, idealistic French geographer seems to be the only rational person in the town, and he takes over control of the “war” after several bungles on the part of the others.

[ASB-123]
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.

[H-wing Auditorium]. Africana Film Fest: La Noire de… (Black Girl). Directed by Ousmane Sembene (1966; Senegal).
A Senegalese woman is eager to find a better life abroad. She takes a job as a governess for a French family, but finds her duties reduced to those of a maid after the family moves from Dakar to the south of France. In her new country, the woman is constantly made aware of her race and mistreated by her employers. Her hope for better times turns to disillusionment and she falls into isolation and despair. The harsh treatment leads her to consider suicide the only way out.

[BC224]. Africana Film Festival: La Noire de… (Black Girl). Directed by Ousmane Sembene (1966; Senegal).
A Senegalese woman is eager to find a better life abroad. She takes a job as a governess for a French family, but finds her duties reduced to those of a maid after the family moves from Dakar to the south of France. In her new country, the woman is constantly made aware of her race and mistreated by her employers. Her hope for better times turns to disillusionment and she falls into isolation and despair. The harsh treatment leads her to consider suicide the only way out.