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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font size="3">All,</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font size="3">On behalf of the Bokamoso Leadership Forum (BLF), I would like to request your participation in our forum for Fall Quarter 2009 titled "South Africa 2010: Global event or African event?" </font> <font size="3">The forum seeks to reflect and embrace the meaning of South Africa 2010 and also find ways to convey pride in having an African country hosting one of the biggest sporting events in the world. BLF will be hosting this forum in partnership with the Sports in Africa conference.</font><font size="3"><br>
We will be having this forum on Saturday September 26th, 2009 (about 4 weeks from now). We are looking for presentations of about 10 - 12 minutes on different potential opportunities and challenges of the World Cup in South Africa and how this extends to the rest of Africa. Some of the questions we are looking to answer are: </font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><br></div><ol style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font size="3">What do Africans and the rest of the World expect from a World Cup held in Africa?</font></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font size="3">What are the politics of the World Cup? For instance, is it a symbol of the manifestation of the African renaissance?</font></li><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font size="3">Media and representations: Which of Africa's many faces will be seen?</font></li></ul><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font size="3">How does/should hosting the World Cup affect South Africans? </font></li>
<ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font size="3">Technology and Infrastrucures e.g. implications communications, Stadium Locations, Transportation etc</font></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font size="3">Benefits/Impact on Social Services e.g. Education, Culture</font></li></ul><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font size="3">Can/Does the hosting of the World Cup show a manifestation of post-Apartheid in South Africa? 46 years of Apartheid, 15 years of democracy and now the World Cup? </font></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font size="3">What are the implications for governance and leadership in Africa?</font></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Possibilities for regional Alliances e.g. Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the World Cup: Possibilities for economic development</span></font></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font size="3">What are the contributions from the African Diaspora</font></li></ol><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> <br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; ">
<font size="3">We look forward to hearing from those who are interested in this effort. </font><font size="3">If you would like to participate in the forum, please send an email to <a href="mailto:bokamoso.africa@gmail.com" target="_blank">bokamoso.africa@gmail.com</a> by Monday 7th of September 2009. If you would also like to present on any topic not covered above, send us an email as well. Thank you for reading and I hope the rest of your summer is going well.</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Damilola Daramola</span></font></div>
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