Achebe Colloquium on Africa 2010

Achebe Colloquium on Africa 2010

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The 2010 Brown University Achebe African Colloquium focused attention on three important African nations: Rwanda, Congo, and Nigeria, and the crucial issues that are impacting these nations, the continent and the world.

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    • Apr 8, 2011 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 45m AVG DURATION
    • 13 EPISODES


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    Nigeria: The Niger Delta Crisis: The Political, Economic and Environmental Conundrum

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2011 77:33


    His Excellency Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, Governor of Rivers State Anyakwee Nsirimovu, Executive Director, The Institute of Human Rights & Humanitarian Law, Port Harcourt, Nigeria Dr. Judith Burdin Asuni, Visiting Scholar of African Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University Annkio Briggs, Niger Delta activist John Campbell, Former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Edwin Clark, Former Federal Minister of Information and Ijaw National Leader Isidore Udoh, J.C.L. for the Niger Delta World Congress Adebowale Adefuye, Nigerian Ambassador to the US in Washington DC Peter Lewis, Director of the African Studies Program, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University Moderator: Mobolaji Aluko, professor of Chemical Engineering at Howard University

    Closing Remarks

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2011 10:09


    Governor Chibuike Rotirni Amaechi, Governor of Rivers State

    Nigeria: Elections and Political Transparency

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2011 51:50


    Richard Joseph, John Evans Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University Emeka Izeze, Managing Director of the Guardian Newspapers, Nigeria Attahiru Jega, Former Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano and Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission Nuhu Ribadu, Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Ayo Obe, Human Rights Lawyer, Lagos, Nigeria Darren Kew, Professor, McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, UMass-Boston Moderator: Roger Middleton, Chatham House, London

    Nigeria: Recovering Looted Funds

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2011 75:31


    Nuhu Ribadu, Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Peter Lewis, Director of the African Studies Program, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University John Campbell, Former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Femi Falana, Human Rights Lawyer, Lagos, Nigeria Walter Carrington, Former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Omoyele Sowore, Publisher, Sahara Reports Emmanuel Akomaye, Secretary to the EFCC Moderator: Darren Kew, Professor, McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, UMass-Boston

    Keynote Speaker: Ambassador Stephen Rapp

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2011 22:41


    Ambassador Stephen Rapp, US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes

    Congo: The Impact of the Congolese Crisis On Its People

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2011 64:30


    Ngwarsungu Chiwengo, Department of English, Creighton University Nkashama Pius Ngandu, Professor of French Language and Literature in the French Department of Louisiana State University Marie Louise Mumbu, Renown Author, Congo Micere M. Githae Mugo, Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence, Syracuse University Herbert Weiss, Emeritus Professor, CUNY Lisa Shannon, Human/Women’s Rights Activist, author of “A Thousand Sisters” Moderator: Emmanuel Dongala, Richard B. Fisher Chair in Natural Sciences at Bard College at Simon’s Rock

    Congo: Why the Resolution of the Congo Crisis Must Be Regional

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2011 54:45


    Dr. Oscar Kashala, Former Democratic Republic of Congo presidential candidate Josè Kagabo, Professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France Ben Kalala, Presidential Candidate, DRC 2011 Amii Omara-Otunnu, Associate Professor of History, UNESCO Chair in Comparative Human Rights Joseph Mwantuali, Associate Professor of French, Hamilton College Moderator: Jason Stearns, Yale University

    Keynote Speaker: Margot Elisabeth Wallström

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2011 24:34


    Margot Elisabeth Wallström, Former Vice Chairperson of the European Union and the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict

    Congo: The Economic Stakes Behind Congo “Africa’s World War”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2011 66:25


    Mbaya J. Kankwenda, Executive Director of the Canadian Institute for Development Research and Strategic Studies on Africa Tatiana Carayannis, Deputy Director, Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum, Social Science Research Council Ali Mazrui, Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities and the Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at the State University of New York at Binghamton Alafuele M. Kalala, Former Democratic Republic of Congo presidential candidate Edouard Bustin, Director, Francophone Africa Research Group (GRAF), College of Arts & Sciences, Boston University Moderator: Ben Shepherd, London School of Economics, London

    Rwanda: Could It Happen Again?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2011 68:38


    Josh Ruxin, Humanitarian and Scholar, Kigali Rwanda Aloys Habimana, Africa Deputy Director Human Rights Watch Noel Twagiramungu, Human Rights Activist and scholar, Tufts University Peter Uvin, Academic Dean and The Henry J. Leir Professor of International Humanitarian Studies, Tufts University Vern Neufeld Redekop, Professor of Conflict Studies, Saint Paul’s University, Ottawa, Canada Justine Mbabazi, First Consular, Rwanda Embassy, Washington, DC Moderator: Dr. Susan Thomson, Hampshire College

    Rwanda: Strengthening Democracy: Challenges Ahead

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2011 57:42


    Mahmood Mamdani, Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, Columbia University Ali Mazrui, Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities and the Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at the State University of New York at Binghamton Timothy Longman, Visiting Associate Professor of Political Science and Director, African Studies Center, Boston University Dr. J. Paul Martin, Director, Human Rights Studies, Barnard College Dr. Scott Newton, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK Colleen Driscoll, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Quinnipiac University Moderator: Kenneth Harrow, Distinguished Professor of African Studies, Michigan State University

    Opening Remarks by the Nigerian Ambassador to the US

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2011 11:02


    Professor Adebowale Adefuye, Nigerian Ambassador to the US in Washington DC

    Welcome by President Ruth J. Simmons

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2011 4:45


    President Ruth J. Simmons, Brown University

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