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Former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda greets former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.), who in 1992 became the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, at a conference at BU organized by the University's African Presidential Archives and Research Center (APARC) on September 25. Kaunda is the first African former head of state to take part in APARC's Balfour President-in-Residence program. He'll be at BU for a year, lecturing and traveling around the United States to discuss Zambia's economy and government as well as the push toward democracy in other African nations. Kaunda was Zambia's first president, serving from 1964 until 1991, when he stepped aside after losing a multiparty democratic election. He kicked off his visit by delivering the keynote address at the APARC conference, which brought together scholars to discuss ways of integrating Africa into the global economy. Kaunda said African nations need Western investment and trade more than governmental assistance. "The aid African countries received did not contribute to economic and social development," he said. "For us to achieve economic prosperity, we need access to markets in developed countries and reasonable returns." Moseley-Braun led a panel discussion later in the day about how the September 11 World Trade Center attacks have affected the African economy. To learn more about APARC and the residency program, visit www.bu.edu/bridge/archive/2002/09-20/balfour.htm or www.bu.edu/aparc. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky
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