Panelists at Boston University discuss contemporary African development, health, and politics
F or over fifty years, The African Studies Center at Boston University has provided scholarly research, study, publication and teaching about Africa. The Center, which was founded in 1953, hosted a program on November 4, 2009, at the Howard Thurman Center at Boston University. The program titled: Moving Forward: The Contributions of Africans and the Diaspora in Contemporary Africa, was sponsored by the university’s African Students Organization. The program brought three expert panelists together for a discussion on African economics, education, politics, public health, and the lingering effects of colonialism. T he panelists included Timothy Longman – Director of the BU African Studies Center, Professor Jennifer Yanco, a research fellow at BU, and former U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Charles Stith – Director of the African Presidential Archives and Research Center at BU. The 90 minute panel discussion began with the panelists giving opening remarks about the current state of affairs on ...