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A Nigeria shaken by Boko Haram, a nation filled with so much violence where innocent people operate with fear and sleep with one eye open.
A nation where people are prisoners in their homes and their lives is at the mercy of ruthless robbers without reprimand.
A nation where a majority of the people spend their life waiting only to be informed that they are too old for the job that they seek………..Here is the full speech: Opening Address by Chizoba Imoka @ UVA 2nd Annual Teen Conference 2011
On the May 23, 2011 to mark Children’s day, Unveiling Africa is collaborating with APEN (Association of Private Educators of Nigeria), to host over 300 students to a teenager’s conference themed ‘Pacesetters’ and a funday for the attending teens. Titled ‘The Teen Soiree’, this event is different from the rest as it will be truly all about the teenagers taking up their role as future leaders today. The teenagers will be leading every segment of the event from emcee, to key note speakers, to technology team to public relations and logistics management. The conference content will center around Unveiling Africa Nation Building roles which include Academic Excellence, Personal Leadership, Community Activism and Excellence in Social Interaction. The event has been put together to celebrate the children and the hope they bring to the nation while also preparing them for their responsibility along the way. The event details is as follows: Date: May 27, 2011 Time: 10.a.m. Venue: 20 Remi Fani-Kayode (off Sobo Arobiodu) Street GRA.
To learn more about the organizers, please visit: www.unveilingafrica.org and www.apen.ng.com
On October 26, 2010, Unveiling Africa (UVA) Foundation hosted about 50 schools across Lagos and Abuja at the First Ever Nigerian Teenagers Conference themed: Nigeria at 50, The Role of Nigerian Teenagers in Nigeria’s Development. At the event, UVA defined and presented four roles that teenagers’ play in nation building. They include Academic Excellence, Community Activism, Personal Leadership and Excellence in Social Interaction.
In summary, the event was a medley of inspiring speeches by seasoned speakers, heart-warming presentations by select UVA Essay Contest winners, awe-inspiring musical performances by students of Command Day Secondary School Oshodi, thought-provoking drama performance titled ‘Nigeria @ 50, whose independence and an interactive breakout session for the teenagers based on the UVA Nation Building Roles. Over 600 people were in attendance for the conference and testimonials about the event showed that all the participants especially the teenagers left the event with a new sense of purpose for their life and Nigeria’s future. All the participants cannot wait for the next Unveiling Africa showcase for teenagers.
The winners of the UVA 2010 Nigerian Independence Essay Contest were also announced at the conference. In the order of 1st to 3rd, the winners for the senior secondary school category are: Ugoeze Uchegbu (Maryland Comprehensive College, Maryland Lagos), Susan Olajide (Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja) and Nosagie Asaolu (Corona Secondary School, Agbara Estate, Ogun State). Similarly, the winners of the junior secondary school are: Opeoluwa Otegbade (Chartered College, Lekki), Omotolani Akinbolajo (Gideon International College) and Odinaka Adigwe (Corona Secondary School).
The Unveiling Africa Team would like to use this opportunity to thank all our partners, numerous individuals, sponsors, speakers, and attendants that made this event possible. We also thank God for the vision, passion, strength and resources that he has given us to thread on this path.
As Nigeria celebrates her 50th Independence Day (if at all it should be ‘celebrated’ is a debate for another day) on the 1st of October 2010, The Unveiling Africa Foundation is organizing the first ever Annual Nigeria Teenagers conference on the 26th of October 2010. The theme of the conference is: ‘The role of Nigerian Teenagers in Nigeria’s development’ and the purpose of the conference is to educate and engage Nigerian teenagers on their role in nation building while also challenging them to think critically about societal ills/issues and find ways to solve the problems around them.
At this symposium, where over 100 private and public secondary students will be hosted, the teenagers who are the leaders of tomorrow will meet face to face with their peers, teachers, parents, and more importantly, their leaders to discuss issues of concern to them and their future.
This event will serve as a follow up to the Unveiling Africa Nigeria @ 50 essay contest that was organized in May 2010 for secondary school students across Lagos State. The essay contests titled ‘What is the role of secondary school students in Nigeria’s development?’ for Senior Secondary School students, and ‘Nigeria at 50, Nigeria of my dreams’ for Junior Secondary School students should have challenged the teenagers and prepared them for what can be described as an intellectually demanding and thought provoking event. The winners of this 237 students essay contest will be recognized and excerpts of the most striking essays will be showcased at the conference and on Unveiling Africa Foundation’s website.
If you ask me, there really is no better time than now to forge a new path for Nigeria. Amidst all the reasons, which we may have to lose motivation in the struggle to create the Nigeria we seek, we must understand that if we are not able to change today, we can definitely change tomorrow. For these reasons, the Unveiling Africa Foundation is more than confident that the implementation of core values and skills such as critical thinking, community activism, problem solving and patriotism for Nigeria in the young generation of today will create the fearless, disciplined, and self motivated leaders and citizens of tomorrow. In the words of the founder of The Unveiling Africa Foundation – Chizoba Imoka, ‘it is no longer fashionable or cool to complain about the ills of the continent without proffering solutions’.
The event details for the Unveiling Africa Foundation Nigeria @ 50 Teenagers conference is as followed:
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Venue: Chrisland Primary School Opebi, No 26, Opebi Road, Opebi, Lagos State
Time: 10.00 a.m.
For more information or to RSVP, please call 08071480069, 08037161641, 07052546487.
In commemoration of Nigeria’s jubilee year, Tuesday, October 26, 2010 is scheduled to mark the official launch of Unveiling Africa Foundation Nigeria with a teenager’s nation building conference on: “The role of Nigerian Teenagers in Nigeria’s development”.
First of its kind in Nigeria, the main focus of this annual conference is on Nigerian Teenagers. Teenagers are defined as individuals between the age of 9 – 18 years or students in JSS1 – SSS3. It is our belief that Nigeria’s bright future is guaranteed in the hands of the upcoming generations; which are the Nigerian children. To enable this generation deliver a bright future for Nigeria, we strongly believe that there is a need for the Nigerian child to be inducted into a culture of critical thinking, community activism and problem solving in their developmental years.
Unveiling Africa is so excited to announce what is sure to be an amazing event! We have collaborated with the Breath In Poetry Collective to put together a night of awe-inspiring spoken word and music.
Oral Tradition will be a night of story telling and testimony through the use of poetry and music. If you’re a lover of spoken word or music, this is one event you absolutely cannot miss. We’ve got some of Edmonton’s finest talent, including members of the Inaugural Edmonton Poetry Slam Team.
Our main feature all the way from Ottawa, for the first time in Edmonton, The Recipe!
Who is The Recipe?
The Recipe is the super group of spoken word poetry in Canada. On November 14th, 2009 team Ottawa was crowned the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word Champions in Victoria BC. The group’s chemistry and talent was too good to waste so they stayed together to create the entertaining, enlightening entity called The Recipe. Each member is a nationally acclaimed, award-winning artist. Combined they have shared the stage with Amir Sulaiman, Shihan and legendary poet Saul Williams. Members have performed their art across the globe, most recently The Recipe member Ian Keteku, competed in France at the World Poetry Slam and was crowned world champion! This group’s skill knows no bounds, and we are excited to bring them here to Edmonton! Check them out here
Is China really to be blamed for the crisis in Darfur? What blame do the African
Countries have in the Crisis? What are African’s doing to uplift the continent?
Background
As Sino-African relations strengthen and the humanitarian crises in African countries
such as Sudan, Zimbabwe and Congo worsen, pundits argue that China’s supposed
silence on the humanitarian crisis reflects its strategic interests in the Continent.
Proponents of the Chinese government, however, contend that China’s minimal
interference rather reflects its support of governments retaining sovereignty over their
internal affairs. Given the implications of China’s stance for the continent at
large and for the humanitarian crises in particular, this symposium hopes to shed light
on this complex issue from two broad perspectives: political and humanitarian
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Dr Ann McDougall (Director, Middle Eastern and African Studies, University of Alberta)
Mr Simin Yu (China Institute, University of Alberta)
Ms Barbara Butt (Dafurian Congress of Canada)
Date: Sat, Nov 22 2008
Venue: University of Alberta, Telus Center 217
Ten years from now, what types of humanitarian problems would you want to see that your society has solved and moved beyond?What type of future and society would you want to await your unborn children, grand children, relatives?
Perhaps not a society/world that understands and condones the ideology that breeds genocide and injustice across the world!
Join community members, activists and representatives from NGOs working in Darfur for a promising evening of stimulating discussion on the future of our humanity from the lens of the crisis in Darfur.
Awe-inspiring performances and spoken word poetry will be intermingled between discussions.
Live Performers and Poets include Politic Live, Erin David, Oliver Severin, Shima Robinson, Titilope Sonuga, Jermaine Curtis and so much more.
Fee: $15
Venue: Rouge Lounge, 10111-117 Street
Time: 7pm
All proceeds from this event will go directly to the International Rescue Committee.
Over the past 40 years, over $1 trillion has been transferred from the west to Africa in form of foreign aid, yet, it appears to be that nothing is changing in Africa and more money is still needed to emancipate Africa. The question that comes to mind is how effective has all this foreign aid to Africa been? How long will Africa need Aid for? and what should the role of foreign aid be in the 21st century Africa?
All these and many more are the questions brought forward at Unveiling Africa’s Debate on foreign aid.
The day after Unveiling Africa will have an invigorating dialouge and presentation on the role of youths in Africa’s development.
Join us these two days for an insightful debate and discussion on these important issues.
Venue: University of Alberta, Telus Professional Development Center 217 – 1F
Day 1 – November 27th will feature a debate on the effectiveness of foreign aid in Africa.
Day 2 – November 28th, Unveiling Africa will present a keynote address on the role of global youths in Africa’s development and presentations of case studies of youth involvement in development in Africa and elsewhere.
Time
Nov 27: 6.30pm – 8.00pm
Nov 28: 10.00am – 2.00pm
Sponsored by:
APIRG
Carribean African Disasporic Initiative
University of Alberta, African Students Association
University of Alberta, International House
University of Alberta, Middle Eastern and African Studies