Veteran and first-time participants describe their experiences at the annual UT Africa Conference.
About the conference: The UT Africa conference, now in its eleventh year, brings together over 150 participants from around the world. Previous topics have included African health and illness, war and conflicts, and popular culture. Next year's theme is "Poverty and Empowerment": http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/
Veteran and first-time participants describe their experiences at the annual UT Africa Conference.
About the conference: The UT Africa conference, now in its eleventh year, brings together over 150 participants from around the world. Previous topics have included African health and illness, war and conflicts, and popular culture. Next year's theme is "Poverty and Empowerment": http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/
“Africa in World Politics: The Dynamics of a Continent’s Shrinking Space in a new Global System: The Laurent Gbagbo Metaphor”
By: Professor Femi Mimiko
VC, Adekunle Ajasi University, Nigeria
Introductory remarks: 0:00 - 2:10
Lecture: 2:11 - 48:25
Q&A: 49:30 - 58:12
Panelists:
Chair: Dr. Shadrack W. Nasong’o; Rhodes College; The Global Context and the Changing Face of American Diplomacy towards Kenya: The ‘Red’ Ambassador vs. the ‘Rogue’ Ambassador
Dr. Céline A. Jacquemin; St. Mary’s University; French Foreign Policy in Rwanda: Language, Personal Networks, and Changing Contexts
Dr. Hannington Ochwada; Missouri State University; Insecurity in the Troubled Seas: The US and Kenya Face Terrorism in Eastern Africa
Dr. Shadrack W. Nasong’o: 0:31
Dr. Céline A. Jacquemin: 13:50
Dr. Hannington Ochwada: 32:55
Q&A: 46:47
Panelists:
Chair: Dr. Catherine Boone
Prof. Emmanuel M. Mbah; City University of New York, College of Staten Island; Globalization and Rural Land Conflict in North-West Cameroon
Alexandra Sowash; University of Texas at Austin; The Political Effects of China’s Acquisition of Agricultural Land in Tanzania and Mozambique
Dr. Christine Saidi; Kutztown Pennsylvania State University; Neo-Apartheid in Modern Zambia
Prof. Emmanuel M. Mbah: 01:33
Alexandra Sowash: 16:50
Dr. Christine Saidi: 31:38
Q&A: 46:21
Panelists:
Chair: Dr. Okpeh O. Okpeh
Cadet Kayla Khan; United States Military Academy, West Point; Lothar von Trotha’s Counterinsurgency: An Interpretation of the Herero Genocide through International Perceptions of Terrorism in 1904
Aaron Linderman; Texas A&M University; Afrikaner Influence on the IRA and SOE
Cadet Sean G. Plotner; United States Military Academy West Point; Sources for Success: Comparison of the King’s African Rifles’ in World War II and the Mau Mau Rebellion
Cadet Kayla Khan: 0:36
Aaron Linderman: 11:43
Cadet Sean G. Plotner: 28:11
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