Susanne D. Mueller, a Visiting Researcher at the African Studies Center, was the keynote speaker at a June conference in Nairobi on Devolution organized by the French Institute in Africa. “The Devolution Paradigm” was the title of her address. In September she was an invited participant at the Electoral Integrity Project’s annual workshop held at […]
The Boston University Diaspora Studies Initiative is partnering with the organizers of the CAF America–CAF Canada Diaspora Philanthropy Summit in searching for qualified organizations and diaspora groups to join the Diaspora Philanthropy Summit, November 2-3, 2017 in the Washington, DC area. The Summit seeks to bring together groups and individuals who have a specific US- or Canada-based […]
The Boston University Diaspora Studies Initiative is partnering with the organizers of the CAF America–CAF Canada Diaspora Philanthropy Summit. The Charities Aid Foundation of America (CAF America) and Charities Aid Foundation of Canada (CAF Canada) are looking for qualified organizations and diaspora groups to join the Diaspora Philanthropy Summit, November 2-3, 2017 in the Washington, […]
Timothy Longman, Associate Professor of International Relations and Political Science and Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, recently published Memory and Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda (Cambridge University Press, July 2017). Bringing 25 years of research in Rwanda to the table, Longman focuses on the current Rwandan government’s […]
The Boston African Diaspora Roundtable that took place on April 27th brought together key diaspora activists, scholars, and policy experts for collaborative discussion, policy action and research relating to diaspora engagement. The event sought to generate new policy-oriented knowledge about diaspora organizational needs. The African diaspora has potential to be a progressive and integrative global […]
Read a review of the event held April 27, cosponsored by Boston University’s African Studies Center, Harvard Global Health Catalyst and Constituency for Africa here. By Daivi Rodima-Taylor
Boston University African Studies Center’s Land Mortgage Working Group introduces a collaborative research report “Mortgage across Cultures: Land, Finance, and Epistemology,” edited by Daivi Rodima-Taylor and Parker Shipton. The Working Group studies the novel potentials and challenges that surround land mortgage, aiming to achieve a human-centered view of expanding rural financialization. MORE
Patrice Lumumba: the most important assassination of the 20th century The US-sponsored plot to kill Patrice Lumumba, the hero of Congolese independence, took place 50 years ago today Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja Originally published by The Guardian, Monday 17 January 2011 Patrice Lumumba, the first legally elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), […]
Networking and fundraising issues were discussed at the BU African Studies Center on December 7, 2016. The Diaspora Studies Initiative (DSI) of the BU ASC held a workshop “Networking, Fundraising and Philanthropy: How to Build Meaningful Relationships for You and Your Organization” that was attended by members of the BU community and DSI diaspora partners. […]
On Thursday, December 8, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center launched two new publications on Eritrea. The first, Eritrea’s Economy: Ideology and Opportunity, authored by fragile states expert Seth Kaplan, examines the nexus between the ideology of Eritrea’s leadership and the country’s struggling economy. The second, Eritrea: Coming In from the Cold, authored by Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton, […]