Podcasts from the UCLA African Studies Center

Sep 26 2022 57 ep. 38 mins 7

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Podcasts from public lectures for those interested in learning about Africa, and its related fields of study.

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African Readiness For Climate Change 2021 (Welcome Remarks)

Sep 26 2022 13 mins

African Readiness For Climate Change (April 19 - 23, 2021) Welcome remarks from Dr. Andrew Apter and Ms. Annie de la Bouillerie Goeke.

The Challenge of Technology in the Quest for Environmental Justice (Nnimmo Bassey)

Sep 26 2022 66 mins

African Readiness For Climate Change (April 19 - 23, 2021) “The Challenge of Technology in the Quest for Environmental Justice,” with Nnimmo Bassey (Nigeria), Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation, 2010 Right Livelihood Laureate and one of Time m

Water Resource Management in Africa from Space (Mekonnen Gebremichael)

Sep 26 2022 20 mins

African Readiness For Climate Change (April 19 - 23, 2021) “Water Resource Management in Africa from Space,” by Mekonnen Gebremichael, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCLA.

Natalia Molebatsi, South African Poet

Natalia Molebatsi is a Pan-Africanist cultural worker who has been responsible for introducing the work of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison to the post-apartheid generation in South Africa. She has published an award winning book, We Are…A Poetry Anthology,

"History on Trial: Mau Mau and the High Court of Justice" Caroline Elkins

The UCLA African Studies Center's Coleman Memorial Lecture will feature Caroline Elkins, Professor of History and African and African American Studies from Harvard University.

“Kenyan Muslim Women Leadership in Education” Ousseina Alidou

This lecture is part of the Monday African Studies Center Seminar (MASCS) organized this fall by the graduate students in the Master’s program in African Studies (MAAS).

“The Role Played by the 12 Disciples of Nelson Mandela in South Africa’s Liberation Struggle, 1960-1991”

Nov 15 2015 46 mins

This lecture is part of the Monday African Studies Center Seminar (MASCS) organized this fall by the graduate students in the Master’s program in African Studies (MAAS).

"Private Anti-Piracy Navies and Pirate Maritime Security"

Jan 14 2015 45 mins

Author John-Clark Levin will discuss how the security situation off the Horn of Africa has affected the development of private warships and its role within the wider maritime security industry.

"The Missing Middle: Global Development Policy Faces a World Full of Religion"

Nov 12 2014 38 mins

The UCLA Center for the Study of Religion presents Stephen K. Commins, a lecturer in Urban Planning and the Associate Director of Global Public Affairs for the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA.

"Exhibiting the Sacred: The Altar as Museum, the Museum as the Altar"

Nov 12 2014 75 mins

Professors in the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, Mary (Polly) Nooter Roberts and Allen F. Roberts will present an analysis of African and African diaspora art exhibitions and the transition from art in a religious setting to art in a mu