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Left to right: Kefentse Mzwinila ’99 M.A., Botswanan minister of land management, water and sanitation services; Yale President Peter Salovey; President Mokgweetsi Masisi of the Republic of Botswana; Yale Director for Africa Eddie Mandhry.
President Mokgweetsi Masisi of the Republic of Botswana and a delegation including First Lady Neo Jane Masisi visited Yale on June 6 for a series of meetings aimed at...
Under clear skies and before a sea of zany headwear, acclaimed Nigerian writer and Class Day speaker Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie GRD ’08 urged the class of 2019 to be both “...
If Washington thinks that affirming flawed votes and the leaders who benefited from them abroad isn’t harming the health of democracy at home, it is mistaken. Read the full...
Catherine Labiran, who is graduating this month with a Master’s Degree in African Studies, has been selected as the recipient of two Afro-American Cultural Center awards. She...
Faculty, students, and members of the greater Yale and New Haven community came together on April 30 to celebrate the Council on African Studies second annual African Studies...
Ololade Aliyu, a current master’s degree candidate in African studies at Yale, and alumni Onon Bayasglan ’13 M.E.M. and Etienne Mashuli ’15M.A., have won Gates Cambridge...
When President Peter Salovey announced the Yale Africa Initiative (YAI) during his inaugural address in 2013, he promised to foster new directions in research on Africa,...