Join us for the second screening of the African Film Festival, '76. The story is told from two points of view: that of a young pregnant woman, and that of her husband, a soldier accused of being involved in the 1976 military coup and...

Join us for the first screening of the Fourth Annual African Film Festival, Lamb. Lamb (2015) was directed by Ethiopian filmmaker Yared Zeleke and was the first ever Ethiopian film to be screened at Cannes. In the film, a young Ethiopian boy is...

This will be a roundtable discussion of Research Africa, an Africa Initiative-funded mailing list. The purpose of the platform is to develop and facilitate a scholarly network on and about Africa and African issues. Its primary task is:...

Silas Siakor, Liberian environmental activist, will be joining us for a screening of the film about his life 'Silas' and a Q&A session. About the film: The Liberian environmental activist Silas Siakor puts his heart and soul into fighting for...

The New Building Blocks of Development

Dr. Michael Haglund will speak on the development of a comprehensive neurosurgery effort in Africa that focuses on the 4Ts: Twinning, Training, Technology, and the Top-Down Approach. His effort over the last 12 years in collaboration with the...

The Uncondemned tells the gripping and world-changing story of a group of young international lawyers and activists who fought to make rape a crime of war, and the Rwandan women who came forward to testify and win justice where there had been...

Graduate Working Groups on Global Issues Panel

Visit the Global Opportunities Fair to learn from the organizations that provide research, learning and engagement opportunities for students around the world. Enjoy free pizza and enter our raffle drawing for prizes.

Hosts include:...

The phenomenon of "nightrunning" in Western Kenya undergirds an economy of lending and borrowing of reproductive potential; nightrunners remove their clothing at night to "bang their buttocks" against their neighbors' closed doors and throw rocks...