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P.O. Box MP167 Mount Pleasant Harare. Zimbabwe Telephone: 303211 Telex: 26580 UNIVZ ZW Telegrams: UNIVERSITY Fax: (236)(04) 333407/333529 DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE AND LITERATURE We are pleased to inform you that you have been selected as a Distinguished Honoree for the International Council of Africana Womanism. The Awards Ceremony will be held during the Banquet, the culminating event for the 1st International Council of Africana Womanism Conference to be hosted by the University of Zimbabwe Chapter at the University of Zimbabwe, Harare, October 27-29, 2010.?The conference provides a cultural and intellectual platform for dialogue and debate among Africana people about their prospects for a workable present and a sustainable future within the broader framework of the ennobling gender worldview that has enabled Africana people to survive. It underscores the Africana cultural factor as a dynamic ideological resource from which can be retrieved values that are critical in the Africana search for, and affirmation of, harmony, balance and complementation between the Africana woman and the Africana man. The mission is to offer a vibrant gender alternative that draws from, and locates Africana knowledge systems at the centre of our struggles for collective Africana survival. The Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, the Honorable Joice Teurai Ropa Mujuru, will present the prestigious Awards. We trust that you will accept this gesture of acknowledgement for your outstanding achievements and contributions to society and that you will grace us with your presence at this grand, memorable and historic event of a lifetime in the motherland of Africa, home of all Africana people, and by extension all people in general the world over. Yours Faithfully, Professor Zifikile Gambahaya (PHD) Prof Clenora Hudson-Weems, PhD Chair: Conf. Organizing Committee Conceptualizer of Africana