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The Wealth & Poverty theme begins with a faculty forum on Sept. 4, followed by a special series focused on inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa from Sept. 17-24. Wealth & Poverty: Focus on Africa The Wealth & Poverty: Focus on Africa series brings together faculty and students interested in Africa. The […]

The Wealth & Poverty theme is hosting an open faculty forum on Friday, Sept. 4, from noon to 1 p.m. at Baker 230. The forum is to report to the faculty what has been achieved since last fall and to discuss and seek input on its courses, student activities, faculty […]

The Wealth & Poverty Focus on Africa series presents Dr. Diane Ciekawy on “!Kung San Hunter-Gatherer Lifestyles: Collective Resource Production and Consumption” on Sept. 15 from 1:30-2:50 p.m. in Bentley 136. Abstract: This lecture examines the socio-cultural, political and economic institutions of the gatherer-hunter !Kung San Peoples of Southern Africa. […]

The Wealth & Poverty Focus on Africa series presents Philip McMichael on “Food Sovereignty and the Global Hunger Games” on  Sept. 17, from 1:30-2:50 p.m. Watch on A&S TV. Abstract: In a world increasingly challenged by ecosystem decline and climate emergency, questions of food security and land management are entering […]

  The Wealth & Poverty Focus on Africa series presents Dr. Brandon Kendhammer on “How Violence Impacts Development: Nigeria’s Boko Haram Insurgency” on Sept. 21 from 10:45-11:40 a.m. in Alden 1951 Lounge. Watch on A&S TV. Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Acting Director of African Studies at Ohio University, […]

The Wealth & Poverty Focus on Africa series presents Ohio University alum Aggrey Otieno on “Community organizing as a tool for social change: A case study of Korogocho slum, Nairobi – Kenya” on Sept. 22 from noon to 1 p.m. in Alden 319. Watch on A&S TV. Abstract: Korogocho was […]

The Wealth & Poverty Focus on Africa series presents Dr. Edna Wangui, Associate Professor of Geography at Ohio University, screening the documentary Taking Root, the Vision of Wangari Maathai on Sept. 23 at 5:15 p.m. in Alden 319. “Taking Root tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate […]