News
Expanding Horizons: Pumzi, Science Fiction and African Cinema
A Podcast by Jude G. Akudinobi, UC Santa Barbara.
Posted: 3/22/2012
James S. Coleman Memorial Lecture: The Development and Democratic Challenges of Postcolonial Kenya
Dr. Paul Zeleza examines the forces and factors that led to the 2007 election violence in Kenya.
Posted: 5/10/2010
Wangari Maathai Calls for Debt Forgiveness
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan founder of the global Green Belt Movement, told a Burkle Center audience that Africans "are literally slaves" to Western nations that profit from excessive interest payments on aid. Event coverage and video are available from Zocalo Public Square.
Posted: 4/21/2009
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai
In this video segment, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan founder of the global Green Belt Movement, responds to audience Q&A.
Posted: 4/20/2009
Bringing Africa to the Classroom
Organizers offered practical ways for the nearly 200 teachers to move beyond stereotypes about African disease, poverty, and chaos on the one hand, and safari animals and exotic customs on the other.
Posted: 11/10/2008
Can People Power Change Kenya?
Resolving the election crisis of 2007-08 is one thing, argues GRCA Research Associate Stephen Ndegwa, and addressing underlying injustices is quite another. Ndegwa and an engaged UCLA audience debate the likelihood of significant change from below.
Posted: 2/14/2008
Ngugi wa Thiong'o Shares His Art
On a book tour for his English translation of 'Wizard of the Crow,' the Kenyan novelist and playwright teaches a UCLA audience about dictators, globalization, and 'the unity behind creation.'
Posted: 11/6/2006
Remembering James Smoot Coleman
Colleagues, family, and friends gather to honor the UCLA African Studies Center's generous, humble, brilliant founding director.
Posted: 10/11/2005
