Podcasts

• Through Food, Teachers Take Lessons in World Cultures at UCLA
  Celebrating 30 years of teacher training programs on campus, the UCLA International Institute this summer dedicated a 10-day workshop to the theme of food in world history and world cultures.,
  Posted: 9/28/2009
• The Arts of "Making Do": The Artists of the Grand Rue
  Katherine Smith,
  Posted: 6/30/2009
• Narratives of Now: Opening and Keynote
  African Activist Association's Fourth Annual Conference.,
  Posted: 6/30/2009
• From Kuxa Kanema to Dockanema: The Re-emergence of Mozambican Cinema
  Cassandra Tesch,
  Posted: 6/29/2009
• Learning to Pray: Images of Violence Against Women in the Novels of Amma Darko
  Shanique Streete,
  Posted: 6/29/2009
• The Development of Tunisian Theatrical Experience: A Review of Its History from the Colonial Era to the Present
  Rayed Khedher,
  Posted: 6/29/2009
• Aya de Yopougon: A More Palatable Africa
  Michelle Bumatay,
  Posted: 6/29/2009
• Inscribing the Sacred: African Traditions of Arabic Calligraphy
  Hassan Hussein,
  Posted: 6/26/2009
• Adinkra as Metaphor: Visual Representation of Akan Culture
  Glenda Adjei,
  Posted: 6/26/2009
• Artists of the Green Sahara: Using Rock Art to Contextualize the Archaeology and History of the Sahara
  E. Bryan Cooper Owens,
  Posted: 6/26/2009
• From the Battle of Algiers to the Lyrical Battle for Ears: A Brief Introduction to Algerian Hip Hop
  Mouna Mana,
  Posted: 6/25/2009
• Rappin' Griots: Indigenizing Senegalese Hip Hop
  Catherine Appert,
  Posted: 6/25/2009
• Cigars, Champagne, and Convertibles: Coup-decale Music and the Performance of an African Identity
  Katelyn Knox ,
  Posted: 6/25/2009
• The Future of the South African Dream: Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma and the April 2009 Elections
  A conversation with author and journalist Mark Gevisser and Los Angeles Times reporter Scott Kraft. Featuring special guest actor Blair Underwood.,
  Posted: 6/15/2009
• The Hispanic as Crypto-Moor
  A lecture by Anouar Majid, University of New England,
  Posted: 4/14/2009
• US-Africa Relations Hampered by Colonial Legacy
  Haskell Ward, one of the UCLA African Studies Center's first and most distinguished master's graduates, argues in a campus lecture that U.S. policy on Africa historically has failed by allowing for the continued impact of the Berlin Conference of 1884-85. Listen to a podcast of the talk.,
  Posted: 4/3/2009
• The Political Obstacles to the Economic Reforms in Algeria
  A public lecture by Lahouari Addi, University of Lyon held on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 in Bunche 10383. ,
  Posted: 2/11/2009
• Former Bugandan PM: National Land Policy Needed
  Uganda needs a national land policy that ends legalized seizures of territory, former Bugandan Prime Minister (Katikkiro) Daniel Muliika tells a UCLA audience in this podcast. ,
  Posted: 2/26/2008
• 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
• Discussion of the film "Darfur Now"
  Ted Braun, film director, Stephen Rapp, former chief prosecutor for the United Nations-International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Edward Alpers, UCLA History Chair, along with UCLA alum and activist Adam Sterling.,
  Posted: 10/31/2007
• Promises in AIDS Fight Not Met
  Focusing on Africa, former UN envoy Stephen Lewis expresses amazement at the passivity of the international community as the HIV/AIDS epidemic traumatizes women, creates orphans, and continues on its decades-long path of devastation. Listen to a Podcast of his speech.,
  Posted: 5/22/2007
• Roots of Epidemic Still Go Unaddressed
  Debrework Zewdie, the director of the Global HIV/AIDS Program at the World Bank, argues that efforts to fight the pandemic will come up short as long as "fundamental drivers" such as poverty, gender inequality, and the marginalization of high-risk groups are not dealt with. Listen to a Podcast of her speech.,
  Posted: 5/22/2007
• A World of Conflict
  Listen to a UCLAradio story about a documentary screening by Kevin Sites, a pioneering solo journalist for Yahoo! News, on war zones around the world. The event was presented by AsiaMedia, sponsored by the UCLA International Institute, Latin American Center, African Studies Center and Asia Institute.,
  Posted: 5/1/2007