Africa Archive

  •   Ayesha Kajee is the executive director of the Freedom of Expression Institute. She is also a reseacher at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) — and is […] 0

    Ayesha Kajee

      Ayesha Kajee is the executive director of the Freedom of Expression Institute. She is also a reseacher at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) — and is […]

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  •   “The Politics of God: Recent Debates”   Achille Mbembe is one of the most insightful and provocative scholars in and of Africa, and not just Africa, working today. A […] 0

    Achille Mbembe

      “The Politics of God: Recent Debates”   Achille Mbembe is one of the most insightful and provocative scholars in and of Africa, and not just Africa, working today. A […]

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  •   “Fashioning Muslimhood”   Adeline Marie Masquelier is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in […] 0

    Adeline Masquelier

      “Fashioning Muslimhood”   Adeline Marie Masquelier is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in […]

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  •   “Sudan: Is Peace Possible?”   Suliman Baldo is a widely recognized expert on conflict resolution, emergency relief, development, and human rights in Africa and on international advocacy around these […] 0

    Suliman Baldo, Anders Hastrup, and Regala Musharaf

      “Sudan: Is Peace Possible?”   Suliman Baldo is a widely recognized expert on conflict resolution, emergency relief, development, and human rights in Africa and on international advocacy around these […]

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  •   Michael Maren spent his twenties and thirties as a foreign correspondent based in Africa, writing for The Village Voice, Newsweek, The Nation, The New Republic, Harper’s, GQ, The New York Times Magazine, among others. In 1981, […] 0

    Michael Maren

      Michael Maren spent his twenties and thirties as a foreign correspondent based in Africa, writing for The Village Voice, Newsweek, The Nation, The New Republic, Harper’s, GQ, The New York Times Magazine, among others. In 1981, […]

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  •   Robert Lyons, the distinguished photographer and author of Another Africa (with essays and poems by Chinua Achebe), has exhibited widely in the United States, and his work is represented in a […] 0

    Robert Lyons

      Robert Lyons, the distinguished photographer and author of Another Africa (with essays and poems by Chinua Achebe), has exhibited widely in the United States, and his work is represented in a […]

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  •   “Africa, Investing in the Excluded: Grassroots Enterprise, Gender and Community Driven Development”   Jerri Dell is the Program Director of the World Bank Institute and runs programs on Grassroots Management […] 0

    Jerri Dell (Bard ’73)

      “Africa, Investing in the Excluded: Grassroots Enterprise, Gender and Community Driven Development”   Jerri Dell is the Program Director of the World Bank Institute and runs programs on Grassroots Management […]

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