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Former Ambassador Emphasizes Africa's Centrality

Princeton Lyman, a Ralph Bunche senior fellow, visited UCLA to present a report by the Council of Foreign Relations Task Force on U.S. policy towards Africa.
Posted: 2/15/2006

UC Regents Assess Possible Sudan Divestment

At UCLA meeting, students argue that action could help bring end to atrocities.
Posted: 2/15/2006

The Dead

In a series of up-close testimonies survivors of the Rwandan genocide tell their stories in Eric Kabera's film 'Keepers of Memory.
Posted: 2/2/2006

Leddet and Gena Greetings

An Eritrean student and instructor explains her holiday traditions to KTLA television.
Posted: 12/20/2005

The graduate adviser for the Department of Political Science and her buds spent 17 days in Kenya distributing more than 1,000 pounds of clothes, school supplies, infant necessities, food and life-saving information on hygiene and health.
Posted: 12/15/2005

The Rest of Africa, Televised

Plays, movies, soaps, news shows created by Africans can counter the stream of bad news about the continent, Africa Channel executives tell UCLA audience.
Posted: 12/12/2005

Of Apartheid, Prison, and Parliament

Mandela prison-mate and adviser Kathrada remembers indignities suffered, stresses victories won in democratic South Africa.
Posted: 11/16/2005

UC Regents Take Up Sudan Divestment

Students rally outside Regents' meeting at UCLA, say silence on Darfur genocide not an option.
Posted: 11/15/2005

Darfur Panel Illustrates Region’s Suffering

Speakers criticize international community’s apathy toward Sudan.
Posted: 11/10/2005

User's Guide to Exile

Graduate student conference looking at literary exile in the age of globalization finds that it's not all bad.
Posted: 11/1/2005

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

Global Audience Gathers for 'Freedom Fighter'

African leader Jacob Zuma talks about apartheid, world race issues.
Posted: 9/30/2005

The Ambassador's Role

The U.S. ambassador to Benin discusses the U.S. agenda, the Beninese ethos, and the trials of his vocation.
Posted: 9/12/2005

Global Entertainment and Popular Culture

Special Guest Lecture by Gareth Chang, with Professor Toby Miller, UC Riverside
Posted: 5/17/2005

UC Regents discuss Sudan investments

For the first time since students began their campaign for divestment from Sudan earlier this year, the UC Board of Regents publicly discussed its investments in the country in a meeting at UCLA on Wednesday. Visit UC Sudan Divestment Taskforce http://www.ucdivestsudan.com
Posted: 5/17/2005

The Challenge of Enduring and Deepening Poverty in the New South Africa

By Edmond J. Keller, University of California- Los Angeles
Posted: 5/16/2005

Darfur activism heroic

Heroes live among us at UCLA. Real, living, breathing heroes. I write now of the kindred spirits who compose the Darfur Action Committee.
Posted: 5/6/2005

Contemporary Ethiopia: Revolution and Transformation?

What is the status of Ethiopia, 20 years after famine relief? Why hasn't Ethiopia progressed as predicted? Former Clinton advisor for Africa, Gayle Smith, along with leading Ethiopian scholar, Edmond Keller, lead a panel discussion focusing on the state of Ethiopia. Where were you when "We Are the World" dominated the radio waves? Marcia Thomas of USA for Africa discusses the 1984 famine relief effort and pop culture.
Posted: 3/10/2005

The People Who Cover Up Genocide

UCLA panel looks at people and governments who deny or explain away the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the killing of Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994, and the ongoing massacres in the Darfur provinces of Sudan.
Posted: 3/3/2005

The African Studies Center Screens Hotel Rwanda

UCLA AFC screens major motion picture "Hotel Rwanda" and hosts actor Don Cheadle, director Terry George and Paul Rusesabagina, whose heroism during the Rwanda genocide is the basis of the film.
Posted: 12/1/2004

Careers in the International Field A Student Workshop

International experts Salih Booker of Africa Action; John Prendergast of International Crisis Group and Peter Takirambudde of Human Rights Watch discuss careers in international affairs.
Posted: 11/19/2004

African Union Representative Explains New Continentwide Organization

UN representative faces sharp criticism of AU role in Darfur during UCLA discussion.
Posted: 11/4/2004

Combating TB Is Central to the Fight Against HIV, WHO Doctor Warns

Dr. Marcos Espinal calls for uniting anti-HIV and anti-TB programs to stem the health crisis in Africa, India, China, and the former Soviet Union.
Posted: 10/1/2004

Centenary of Ralph Bunche Celebrated by Conference at UCLA

Frank discussions examine the Nobel Prize winning diplomat's contributions to African Studies, his controversial role in the Congo crisis of 1960, and his legacy of trusteeship for emergent and failed states.
Posted: 6/11/2004

Remembering Rwanda: Ten Years after the Massacres

Award-winning photojournalist Corinne Dufka recalls her time in the midst of the 1994 genocide. She blames the Rwandan state, not tribal violence, for the killings, and castigates the U.S. and the world community for standing by while hundreds of thousands died.
Posted: 5/11/2004

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