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Reception

Hosted by the
University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language

Friday, June 10, 2011, 5:45-7:30pm
Stamp Student Union Atrium (1st Floor)
University of Maryland

Banquet

Hosted by the University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language and featuring a delicious array of African cuisine along with live music by members of the Akoma Drummers.

You may purchase tickets for the banquet at any time by using your 16-digit registration code you receive in your confirmation email to log back into your registration.

Dinner Banquet Tickets - Regular/Guest $35.00*
Dinner Banquet Tickets - Student $25.00

Saturday, June 11, 2011, 6:00-10:00pm
Holiday Inn-College Park
10000 Baltimore Avenue, College Park, MD 20740

Shuttle service from the conference to the banquet will begin at 5:15pm

*Please note: All guest tickets will be charged the regular ticket rate.

41st ACAL Banquet, Toronto, May 7, 2010
(photo courtesy of Jenneke van der Wal)

Musical performances by members of
the Akoma Drummers

The Akoma Drummers, a ten-piece African drum ensemble from Washington, DC, combine elements of traditional West African music with contemporary rhythms, original compositions and energetic improvisation.

Akoma Drummers performance
(photo courtesy of Akoma Drummers)

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African Restaurants

African restaurants near University of Maryland and Holiday Inn-College Park:

Swahili Village, Beltsville (East African, Kenyan/Tanzanian)
Sahara Oasis, West Hyattsville (West African, Liberian/Ghanaian)
A Kitchen Near You, West Hyattsville (Central/West African, Cameroonian)
Shagga Coffee, College Park/Riverdale (Ethiopian)
Mosaic Café, College Park (Lebanese/Egyptian)
The Jerk Pit, College Park (Jamaican, African Diaspora)

Map of restaurants (as a point of reference, the distance from the university to Holiday Inn is about 3 miles): http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~tpurvis/acal42/CP_African_Restaurants.jpg

Other African restaurants around DC:

Roger Miller Café, Silver Spring (Central/West African, Cameroonian)
Nando's Chicken, Dupont Circle (first opened in South Africa)
Wazobia, Florida Avenue NW (West African, Nigerian)
Chez Aunty Libe, Brightwood, Georgia Avenue (West African, Senegalese)
El Khartoum Restaurant, U Street & Florida Ave (Sudanese)
Marrekesh Restaurant, Chinatown (Moroccan)
Bukom Café, Adams Morgan; Ghana Café, Adams Morgan; Sumah's, Howard University (West African, Ghanaian)
Dukem, U Street; Meskerem, Adams Morgan; Axum, U Street; Habesha Restaurant, U Street (Ethiopian) (among others)
. . . and surely many others we haven't discovered yet!