Joe Opala, an anthropologist who lived in Sierra Leone, West Africa for more than 20 years, will be the featured speaker at the International Week banquet at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 18 in McKinnon Hall, located in Moseley Center on the Elon campus.
Opala has conducted extensive research on the “Gullah Connection,” the historical link between Africans and the Gullah people of coastal Georgia and South Carolina. He has produced two award-winning documentaries, “Family Across the Sea” and “The Language You Cry In.” Opala teaches in the honors program at James Madison University.
International Week is a series of events on the Elon campus designed to heighten awareness of various global issues. International Week and Opala’s visit are sponsored by the Isabella Cannon Centre for International Studies and the Intercultural Relations Club.
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