“The Zimbabwe Problem: Inside the Collapse and Prospects for Recovery”
Todd Moss, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
September 13, 2006 "Emerging Legislatures in Africa's New Democracies"
Joel Barkan, Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa
September 27, 2006 "Insurgency and Credible Commitment in Autocracies and Democracies"
Philip Keefer, Senior Research Economist, The World Bank, Development Research Group
October 18, 2006
"The Power of Elections in Africa"
Staffan I. Lindberg, Assistant Professor Department of Political Scienceand Center for African Studies, University of Florida
February 7, 2007 "Popular Attitudes to Democracy in Africa: Formal or Informal?"
Michael Bratton, Professor of Political Science and African Studies at Michigan State University.
March 28, 2007 "The Formation of the United States of Africa: The Great Debate on Continental Government on the African Continent"
H.E. Bernard Kamillius Membe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, United Republic of Tanzania
Distinguished African Studies Lecture Event
September 18, 2007 "Africa Policy After Bush 43"
Nii Akuetteh, Executive Director, Africa Action
September 19, 2007 African Studies Ghana Conference
"50 years of Ghana's Independence"
Jon Kraus, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, SUNY Fredonia
Cyril Daddieh, Director, Black World Studies, Miami University
Anna Bossman, Acting Director, Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice- Accra
H. Kwasi Prempeh, Associate Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law
November 2, 2007
"Zimbabwe’s Democratic Challenge: What Role Should the International Community Play?"
Tapera Kapuya, Coordinator of the South Africa office of the National Constitutional Assembly
November 14, 2007
"Zimbabwe’s Democratic Challenge: What Role Should the International Community Play?"
Tapera Kapuya, Coordinator of the South Africa office of the National Constitutional Assembly
November 14, 2007 "Kenya's Crisis: Origins and Prospects"
David Throup, CSIS Africa Program/ SAIS Africa Program
Joel Barkan, University of Iowa
Stephen N. Ndegwa, Visiting Scholar, UCLA Globalization Research Center -Africa and The World Bank
Shari Bryan, NDI
African Studies Kenya Forum
January 25, 2008
"Bush's Trip to Africa: An Analysis"
Herman Cohen, Former Ambassador to Senegal and Gambia, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa and Adjunct Professor in the African Studies Program
Peter Lewis, Director and Associate Professor, SAIS African Studies Program
February 26, 2008 "Elections in Africa: Democratic Challenge and U.S. Response"
Africa Day Conference
April 4, 2008
"HAUSA: Hopkins All University Seminar on Africa"
April 25, 2008 “W(h)ither Democracy in South Africa?”
Robert Mattes, Professor of Political Science, University of Cape Town
September 9, 2008 “Zimbabwe: Political Crisis and Regional Implications”
Akwe Amosu, Senior Policy Analyst for Africa, Open Society InstituteWednesday, September 17, 2008
September 10, 2008 “Perspectives on Recent Political Developments in South Africa”
Dr. Paul Jourdan, former CEO of Mintek (a minerals research and development company in South Africa) and Advisor to the South African Minister of Trade and Industry
September 26, 2008 “When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: Reflecting on the Current Situation in Zimbabwe”
Peter Godwin, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
October 24, 2008
“The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the Evolution of Mistrust in Africa: An Empirical Investigation”
Leonard Wantchekon, Professor of Political Science, New York University.
October 29, 2008 “The 2008 Election in Ghana: A Re-run of the 2000 Election?
Cyril K. Daddieh, Director of Black World Studies, Miami University of Ohio
October 31, 2008
"Rejecting the DIsloyal Opposition? The Trust Gap in Mass Attitudes Toward Ruling and Opposition Parties in Africa"
Carolyn Logan, Assistant Professor of Political Science Michigan State University
November 19, 2008 “Christianity, Islam, and Democracy in Africa”
Rev. Robert Dowd, Assistant Proferrsor, University of Notre Dame
December 3, 2008 "The Political Economy of Nation Formation in Modern Tanzania"
Elliott Green, Lecturer, London School of Economics
October 7, 2009
"Law and Democracy in Government: The Kenyan Experience"
Migai Akech, Visiting Fellow, National Endowment for Democracy
February 17, 2010 "Addressing Corruption in African"
Nuhu Ribadu, Visiting Fellow, Center for Global Development, Former Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria
March 24, 2010 "Elections, Society and State in Guinea After 2011" (click for audio)
Siba N’Zatioula Grovogui, The Johns Hopkins University
SAIS Bernstein-Offit Building room 736, 1717 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 “African Governance Report: Elections and the Management of Diversity in Africa” (click for audio)
Said Adejumobi, ECOWAS; Lagos State University
SAIS Rome Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC
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