
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, October 8, 1995                   TAG: 9510100111
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GLOBAL ISSUES SPEAKER

Internationally noted Africanist Ali A. Mazrui will be the guest speaker at Virginia Tech's first Global Issues Forum on Thursday and Friday. Mazrui, author of 20 books and the BBC series, "The Africans: A Triple Heritage," will speak Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Colonial Hall. His topic will be "Africa in Crisis: The Passions, The Problems, and the Prospects." Friday he will speak at noon in Squires 150. The topic will be "Africa's Triple Heritage Re-Examined: Indigenous, Islamic, and Western Legacies."

Admission is free. For more information, call 231-4680.

by CNB