Region: Africa
Diamonds and Development
01.03.07 | Saleem Ali
Diamonds, while being a luxury item for many in the West, are a source of basic prosperity for the people of Botswana. This is a rare tale of wealthy "wants" in developed countries providing for real "needs" in a developing country. The challenge for mineral economies such as Botswana remains one...
The Inconvenience of Science (with an afterword about the Nobel Prize for Gore)
12.29.06 | Saleem Ali
The following review was written before the Nobel Prize announcement on October 12, 2007. While there is much to admire about his activism, the Nobel committee has just politicized the debate further by giving the prize to Gore. The IPCC certainly deserves to be recognized and that should have...Conflict and Justice in Burundi and Rwanda
11.30.06 | Africa Network
Maria Burnett, Human Rights Watch. Room 121, Law School, 127 Wall Street.Family Networks, Orphan Caretaking and Orphan Welfare in Tanzania
11.30.06 | Africa Network
Christopher Ksoll, Yale University. Room 16, 27 Hillhouse Avenue.Timap (Stand Up) for Justice Sierra Leone: Developing a Model for Advancing Justice in Post-Conflict West Africa
11.30.06 | Africa Network
Vivek Maru, Timap for Justice, Sierra Leone. Room 128, Law School, 127 Wall Street.Dakar to Port Loko: Perspectives From West Africa
11.30.06 | Africa Network
Directed by Nathaniel Cogley. Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.Darfur and the Challenges of Multilateral Action
11.27.06 | Africa Network
Jendayi Frazer, US State Department. Room 202, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.Access to HIV/AIDS Treatment in Africa
11.19.06 | Africa Network
Panelists: Stephanie Urdang, Rwanda Gift for Life; Cecilia Mwaluda, Pathfinder International; Dai Ellis, Clinton Foundation. Room 127, Law School, 127 Wall Street.Shattered Dreams?: An Oral History of the South African AIDS Epidemic
11.19.06 | Africa Network
Ron Bayer, Columbia University, with Gerald Oppenheimer, Brooklyn College. Panel discussion to follow. Room N-107, Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street.Community Collaboration: Approaches to HIV/AIDS in Mombasa
11.19.06 | Africa Network
Cecilia Mwaluda, HIV/AIDS Activist and Counselor, Mombasa. Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.Adapting to Climate: Latin American and African Agriculture
11.19.06 | Africa Network
Robert Mendelsohn, Yale University. Horchow Seminar Room, 55 Hillhouse Avenue.The Emergence (or not) of Private Property Rights in Land: Southern Nigeria, 1851-1914
11.19.06 | Africa Network
James Fenske, Yale University. Room A001, ISPS, 77 Prospect StreetNorm Change on the Right to Health: HIV/AIDS in Africa
11.08.06 | Africa Network
Holly Burkhalter, International Justice Mission. Room 120, Law School, 127 Wall Street.The Rise of African Christianity and Its World Significance
11.08.06 | Africa Network
James Ault, filmmaker; author. Overseas Ministries Study Center, 490 Prospect Street.How Did Civil War and Genocide Affect Poverty in Rwanda
11.08.06 | Africa Network
Philip Verwimp, Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. Room 119, 8 Prospect Place.Lost Boys of Sudan
11.08.06 | Africa Network
Directed by Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk. Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.Africa Week sponsored by the Yale African Students' Association (YASA) and UNICEF
11.01.06 | Africa Network
Events include: A benefit concert for Program Amman Imman, the launching of a new journal of African Affairs, a Faculty round table on Africa and the Disciplines, a Pierson College Master's Tea with Dennis Hamilton (M.PH 1971 and Associate Director of Program Amman Imman), a Panel on Yale's...Africa Night at the IC Cafe
11.01.06 | Africa Network
Chimamanda Adichie, author; Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun. Book Reading, Signing, and Q & A Session. Performances by Asempa and WORD. International Center, 421 Temple Street.All Day Long African Movie Festival
11.01.06 | Africa Network
Luce Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse AvenueYale and Africa Panel Discussion
11.01.06 | Africa Network
Panelists: William Foltz, Yale University; Aleta Wenger, Yale University; Rebecca Pappas, Yale University; Elizabeth Dickinson, Yale University. International Center, 421 Temple Street.Africa and the Disciplines Faculty Roundtable
11.01.06 | Africa Network
Africa and the Disciplines Faculty Roundtable. Chair: William Foltz, Yale University. Roundtable Members: Ann Biersteker, Yale University; Kari Hartwig, Yale University; Thomas McDow, Yale University; and David Simon, Yale University. Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.Hobbes and the Congo: Framing Processes and Continued Local Violence During the Congolese Transition (2003-2006)
11.01.06 | Africa Network
Severine Autesserre, New York University. Room 102 Brewster Hall, 124 Prospect St.Building Africa for the 21st Century
10.30.06 | Africa Network
Yale Law School Event. Room 129. Contact Neysun Maboubi for information.Beyond Rwanda: New Directions in Comparative Genocide Research
10.27.06 | Africa Network
Scott Straus, University of Wisconsin. Room 119, 8 Prospect Place.Why Was There So Little Oppositional Terrorism During the Anti-Apartheid Struggle in South Africa?
10.27.06 | Africa Network
Jeff Goodwin, NYU. Discussant: Laia Balcells, Yale University. Room A001, ISPS,77 Prospect Street.
