Afro-Asian and Afro-Sino Pasts and Futures

Panel Convenor(s)

• IO

  Isaac Odoom

  Carleton University, Canada

Panel Chair(s)

• IO

  Isaac Odoom

  Carleton University, Canada

Presenter(s)

• VF

  Vera Leigh Fennell

  Lehigh University, United States
• 

  Lina Benabdallah

  Wake Forest University, United States
• JW

  Jin Wang

  City University of New York, United States
• SA

  Seyram Avle

  University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States

The first two papers on this panel explore the imaginaries of Bandung “Friendship” (Fennell) and the continued emotional discourses around Afro-Asian and Global South solidarities (Benabdallah). The second two papers look at two concrete examples of Afro-Sino collaboration and the ways in which they are narrativized to fit the current moment of China-Africa cooperation; Wang reconsiders the discourse of “Chinese-exported architecture” in Africa focusing on the Cairo International Conference Center, while Avle and Zhao examine Solar Technologies and the Greening of Afro-Sino Futures  

Presentations:

• 11:15 - 13:00 GMT

  Bandung Friendship: Is Transracial Cooperation an Imagined Memory?
  

  Presenter: Vera Leigh Fennell – Lehigh University
• 11:15 - 13:00 GMT

  Emotions and Memories of AfricAsia Solidarity: Unpacking the Role of Familiarity, Resonance, and Nostalgia
  

  Presenter: Lina Benabdallah – Wake Forest University
• 11:15 - 13:00 GMT

  The Cairo International Conference Center: Chinese-Exported Architecture in Africa or Afro-Asian Architecture
  

  Presenter: Jin Wang – City University of New York
• 11:15 - 13:00 GMT

  Solar Technologies and the Greening of Afro-Sino Futures
  

  Presenter: Seyram Avle – University of Massachusetts, Amherst