Indaba
The Program in African Studies provides a weekly Indaba
where informal discussions on matters pertaining to
African Studies Program –2007-2008
Indaba
Spring 2008
April 30, Oye Imoisili ’08, “Eye Health Care in Rural Ghana: Increasing Efficiency,” Indaba 8-9 a.m., 216 Aaron Burr Hall
Imoisili volunteered with a nonprofit organization called Unite for Sight in Ghana in March of this year. The organization offers free eye health care and cataract surgeries in Ghana and India and has chapters around the world. At Indaba, she will share her experience of doing volunteer outreach in Ghana. Imoisili is a senior in the Psychology Department and will receive a certificate in Neuroscience.
This is the last Indaba for 2007-8. Have a great summer!
February 6, Gilbert Minja, tour guide, “Welcome to Tanzania: The Land of Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro."
February 13, Jeanne Altmann, professor, ecology and evolutionary biology, and Mahiri Mwita, African Studies/Swahili, "The Kenya Crisis: Was the 2007 Election the End of 'Hakuna Matata'?"
February 20, Carol A. Heimer, visiting fellow, Program in Law and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, "In the Shadow of the WHO, WTO, NIH, FDA, PEPFAR: HIV Clinics in Uganda and South Africa."
February 27, Tom Nygren and Javanica Curry, Aluka (the new African digital library).
March 5, David M. Hughes, associate professor, human ecology and anthropology, Rutgers University, “Playing the Game: Zimbabwe’s White Farmers under Occupation.”
March 12, Justine Burns, visiting research scholar, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, "Examining Racial Identity and Inequality through a Behaviouralist's Lens."
March 26, Antoine Dimandja, professor emeritus, history, University of Lumbubashi and the University of Kinshasa, "Patrice Lumumba: A Congolese Hero and His Local Roots."
April 2, Jeremy Seekings, professor of political studies and sociology, University of Cape Town, and visiting senior research scholar, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, "South African Inequality in Comparative Perspective."
April 9, John R. Currier, managing director and investment manager, and Barbara C. Hewson, managing director and principal, NewLine Capital Partners, "The Need for Private Capital in Addressing the Housing Shortage in Sub-Saharan Africa."
April 16, Anna Katharina Münch, visiting postdoctoral research associate, Office of Population Research, “Health Perception and Healthcare of Tamasheq Nomads in Northern Mali.”
April 23, senior thesis presentations at Indaba. David Bargueno ’08, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, will present his senior thesis, “Politics of Language in Education: Language Rights and Cooperative Government in South Africa,”and Alexis Tucker ’08, Department of French and Italian, will present her thesis, "From Baudelaire to 'Bling': Hip-Hop's Role in French Politics and Culture.”
Fall 2007
September 26, Per Strand, researcher and project manager, AIDS, Democracy & Governance Project, Democracy in Africa Research Unit, Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town, “The Impact of AIDS on Politics and Democracies in Southern Africa.”
October 3, Daniel I. Rubenstein, chair, ecology and evolutionary biology, and director, Program in African Studies, "Conservation on Community Lands in Northern Kenya."
October 10, Aldin K. Mutembei, visiting lecturer in Swahili and comparative literature, “Communicating Aids Messages on Billboards and Murals in Tanzania.”
October 17, Helen Tilley, professor, history, "Social Justice Organizing and Protest Theatre in Ghana and Zimbabwe."
October 24, Dennis Kimambo, "Empowering Communities to Solve Their Own Problems through Community Theatre in Kenya."
November 7, Blair Blackwell, executive director, Princeton in Africa, “Taking a Year “On” with Princeton in Africa: PIAF’s Diverse Opportunities for Recent Grads.”
November 14, Andre Benhaim, assistant professor, French, "Tales of (In)hospitality: Travels and Transformations between France and North Africa."
November 21, Emmanuel Kreike, history, "Understanding, Visualizing, and Overcoming the War-Poverty-Environment Spiral in Africa."
November 28,Omoye Imoisili ’08, “Unite for Sight: Giving the Gift of Sight in Ghana.
December 5, John Caulker, executive director, Forum of Conscience, “Blood Diamonds and Reparations in Post-conflict Sierra Leone."
Sponsored Events
African Film Festival
September 27, “Faat Kine.” Cosponsored with the International Center, Bobst Center the Women’s Center, Center for Human Values, and Department of Comparative Literature.
September 30–October 5, “Sankofa: The Many Faces of Africa.” Cosponsored with Akwaaba.
October 3, Daoud Hari, Darfuri refugee, “Voices from Darfur.”
Cosponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies Undergraduate Fellows, Akwaaba, and Amnesty International.
December 14, Swahili language and culture event.
January, ”Listening to Unheard Voices: Refugees in the U.S.”
February 28–March 2, “Princeton Interactive Crisis Simulation: East Africa.” Cosponsored with the American Whig Cliosophic Society.
March 26, Chinua Achebe and Kwame Anthony Appiah, a conversation about Achebe’s work and the state of literature in Africa as well as around the world. Cosponsored with Labyrinth Books, Princeton Public Library, and the Center for African American Studies.
March 29, “Totally Africa.” Cosponsored with Akwaaba and the Office of the Dean of the College.
April 4–5 ,”A Colloquium on Challenging Development Paradigms.” Cosponsored with Akwaaba and Princeton Africa Development Initiative.
Lunch Seminars
October 24, Dennis Kimambo, "Using Theatre to Confront Community Barriers to Problem Solving: The Case of Theatre-Against-HIV/AIDS Programs in Kenya"
November 6, Abraham Awolich, NESEI codirector, “Future Beyond Genocide Tour.”
December 5, John Caulker, executive director, Forum of Conscience, “The 'Fambul Tok' (family discussion) Project: Providing a Missing Link in Sierra Leone's Peace Process.”
February 27, Emily Holland, International Rescue Committee, “From Darfur, Sudan, to Phoenix, Arizona: The Joys and Challenges of Humanitarian Journalism.”
March 7, Swahili students’ discussion on the Kenyan post-election crisis.
April 30, Jonathan Hyslop, professor, sociology and history, and deputy director of the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, “Gandhi, Mandela, and the Modernity of Johannesburg.”
