(PDF) (DOC) (JPG)October 8, 2008

MAHWAH – Speaking at Ramapo College on October 8, 2008, Dr. Carina Ray, assistant professor at Fordham University analyzed the portrayal of the strife in Darfur in the African press and what the coverage reveals about African understandings, opinions and concerns in relation to Darfur. The Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies co-sponsored the presentations with Ramapo College’s History and Save Darfur Clubs.

Dr. Ray based her discussion on a wide reading of African newspapers on the subject and her experiences at a February 2008 conference she helped organize in Ethiopia about Darfur. The conference resulted in a book, Darfur: And the Crisis of Governance in Sudan, that she co-edited with Salah Hassan. Ray also discussed the level of engagement among Sudanese citizens in addressing not only the war in Darfur, but also the larger interlocking political crises that have plagued Sudan since independence.

A specialist in Modern African History, Ray’s other research interests include the racial and sexual politics of colonial rule, the comparative histories of race mixture in Africa and the African Diaspora, the African Diaspora and reverse migration and the relationship between race, ethnicity and political power in post-independence Africa.

She is currently writing a book titled, Policing Sexual Boundaries: The Politics of Race in Colonial Ghana. She is also the author of “Lest We Forget” a monthly column in New African magazine, which reflects on Africa’s past, present and future.

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