Friday, June 7, 2024 / Vendredi 7 Juin 2024 8:00 AM GMT / 8h GMT: Start of the Symposium / Début du Symposium 🎉 Welcome Message / Message de Bienvenue: Abdel Mouncharou 🌟 Introduction / Introduction: Mohamed Maïga 📝 8:15 AM GMT / 8h15 GMT: Between Tradition and Modernity: Reconstructing through Art / Entre tradition et modernité : reconstruire par l’art 🎨 The Border Between Modernism, Feminism and Tradition: Case of the Practice of “Todjom” Purge Among the Badjoun People in Western / The border between modernism, feminism and tradition: case of the practice of “Todjom” purge Among the Badjoun people in western: Rita Charlie Kandom Nguemdjom 🖼️ Scholastique Mukasonga: Guardian of Rwandan Memory, Culture, and Traditions / Scholastique Mukasonga: Gardienne de la mémoire, de la culture et des traditions Rwandaises: Boutazat Latifa 📖 Role of Indigenous Mbororo Women in Climate Change Adaptation: Insights from the Northwest Region / Role of indigenous Mbororo women in climate change adaptation: insights from the northwest region: Moye Eric 🌿 10:00 AM GMT / 10h GMT: Collaborations Between Universities and International Institutions for the Promotion of Research and Innovation in Africa: Experiences and Perspectives / Collaborations entre les universités et les institutions internationales pour la promotion de la recherche et de l'innovation en Afrique : Expériences et perspectives 🧠 Speakers / Intervenants: Prof. Mohamed Nasser Baco, Vice-Rector of the University of Abomey-Calavi 🎓 Dr. Mbarga (Researcher in Political and Social Sciences) 🌐 Alioune Faye, Director of the VaRRIWA Project 🌟 Dr. Majoie Tohovessou Agoli-Agbo, Doctor in Microbiology at FAST-UAC 🔬 Dr. Zackiath Bonou-Gbo (Communication Lecturer-Researcher) 📡 12:00 PM GMT / 12h GMT: How Do Art and Culture Contribute to the Development of the Continent? / Comment l’art et la culture concourent-ils au développement du continent ? 🎨 Speakers / Intervenants: Aissa Maiga (Cinema) 🎥 Justine Gaga (Contemporary Art) 🖼️ Patricia Kwende (Cinema) 🎬 2:00 PM GMT / 14h GMT: From Africa to HBCUs: The Impact of HBCUs on the Development of the Continent / De l'Afrique aux HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) : l’impact des HBCU sur le développement du continent 🌍 Speakers / Intervenants: Dr. Msia Clark (Howard University) 🎓 Prof. Ezrah Aharone (Center for Global Africa) 🌟 Dr. Akassi (Howard University) 📚