South African Ambassador Visits Brandeis

Welile NhlapoAmbassador to the U.S. Welile Nhlapo visited Brandeis in February to deliver the annual Ruth First Memorial Lecture and speak about South Africa's past, present, and future.

 

Brandeis beginnings for Kenyan development expert

Wien International Scholar alumnus George Saitoti '67 has formed a career that has taken him from the University of Nairobi to high-level positions in the Kenyan goverment and executive chairman of the World Bank and IMF. He credits his intellectual discovery and sense of international community to his time at Brandeis; in 1988, he received the first Brandeis Alumni Achievement Award.

 

Ibrahim SundiataGlobal Research, Local Impact

Professor Ibrahim Sundiata's work has been supported by international awards and fellowships from Ford, Fulbright, and Woodrow Wilson. At Brandeis, he is also a "global citizen" honored for his teaching and mentoring.  

 

HIV/AIDS Caregiving Issues in South Africa

During a round-table discussion on the "gender politics of social care," guest professor Brook Baker of Northeastern University and the Health Global Access Project called for a living wage for the mostly female caregivers dealing with illness in some of the poorest parts of the world.

 

Positive Foundations

A Brandeis student organization seeks to bring change to an African community through the United Nations Millennium Village Project.

  

West African Judicial Colloquia

West Africa Colloquium

Supreme Court judges from 17 West African countries have participated in colloquia on international law and judicial dialogue, organized by the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life.

Africa

A recent exhibit focused on the role of art in social change in Johannesburg

A recent exhibit focused on the role of art in social change in Johannesburg

The global Brandeis commitments to social justice, sustainable development and arts and culture have special meaning in the university’s connections to sub-Saharan Africa and the Afro-Atlantic world. Courses on “The Political Economy of Southern Africa” and “Francophone African literature” explore the contest of ideas across the continent. Brandeis students immerse themselves in communities from Cape Town to Dakar, where they seek ways to contribute to battling poverty, disease and injustice under the guidance of local mentors. And visitors from Africa bring to our community new perspectives on such topics as sustainable environmental practices and the power of women to create music and change.

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