The IU African Students Association is presenting a forum this weekend that aims to promote empowerment among African women.\nStudent Noma Diko, public relations officer for ASA, said the "Symposium on the Achievements of African Women" will show women in the African community how to succeed in the face of opposition.\nThe panelists include the first female professor of Ghana and several other professors and professionals. Nolutho Diko, Noma Diko's mother, is a professor in African languages and literature.\n"Some of them came from nothing, as far as the amount of education they were granted," Noma Diko said, adding that her mother had to overcome "various steps to get where she is." \n"It's just a matter of perseverance, and (knowing) that it's not just a man's world," she said.
Lecturers:\nFlorence Dolphyne, West Africa. The first female professor of Ghana.\nOmofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka, West Africa. Professor of women's studies, University of Kansas.\nNolutho Diko, South Africa. Professor of African languages and literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison.\nAudrey Gadzekpo, West Africa. Journalist.\nCecilia Obeng, West Africa. Professor of applied health sciences, IU.\nBaqie Muhammad, East Africa. PhD in Folklore and current IU doctoral student in art history.
WHEN AND WHERE:\nFriday, 7 to 9 p.m. in Woodburn Hall, Room 100.\nSaturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Neal-Marshall Cultural Center Grand Hall.
