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The Boston University
African Studies Center
announces the following lectures
for Spring 2008


Walter Rodney Seminar Series

January 28: Ellen Messer (Tufts University)
"Human Rights and U.S. Food Security Policy in Africa:
Political, Geographic, Ethnic and Religious Factors in The Horn of Africa"


February 4: William F. Miles (Northeastern University/Wharton Institute)
"When Ph.D. Meets G.I.: The Format and Ethics of Africanist Consulting for the U.S. Military"

February 11: Rodolfo Fattovich (University of Naples, L'Orientale)
"Kings and Farmers. The Urban Development of Ancient Aksum ca.
700 BC-AD 1500"

February 18: Presidents Day (no seminar)

February 25: Susanne D. Mueller (Harvard University)
"Kenya's Election Crisis"

March 3: Vincent K. Machozi (Boston University)
"The Role of the External Partners of the Peace Process in the D.R. Congo"

March 17 - Spring Break

March 24: Cynthia Becker (Boston University)
"Hunters, Sufis, Soldiers, and Minstrels:
The Trans-Saharan Slave Trade and the Arts of the Moroccan Gnawa"

April 7: Yesim Tozan (Boston University)

"Improving Rural Health and Eliminating Extreme Poverty: A Case Study on the Millennium Villages Project"

12 Noon – 1:30 pm

The African Studies Center
270 Bay State Road, Room 416
Boston, MA 02115
617-353-3674
http://www.bu.edu/africa

Please join us !

 
   
   
 
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