Author: Alix L Saba

Engaging the Diaspora for the Development of their Homelands: Diaspora Philanthropy Summit and African Diaspora Braintrust

in Center News, Diaspora Studies Initiative

The Boston University Diaspora Studies Initiative (BU DSI) has partnered with the Charities Aid Foundation of America and Charities Aid Foundation of Canada in organizing the Diaspora Philanthropy Summit that took place on November 2 and 3, 2017, in Alexandria, VA. The Summit brought together individuals and groups from diasporas originating from various emerging and […]

Patrice Lumumba: the most important assassination of the 20th century

in ASC on Current Events, Center News

Patrice Lumumba: the most important assassination of the 20th century The US-sponsored plot to kill Patrice Lumumba, the hero of Congolese independence, took place 50 years ago today Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja Originally published by The Guardian, Monday 17 January 2011 Patrice Lumumba, the first legally elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), […]