September 17, 2001
Africa: African Art Scholar Dies
Dr. Roy Sieber, the first scholar in the United States to receive a Ph.D in African art history, died early Friday morning in Bloomington, Indiana where he was a Professor Emeritus… Read more »
July 10, 2001
Africa: Libyan Leader Wows Students In Lusaka
A crazy convoy raced through the streets of Lusaka on Tuesday, hunting for The Guide of the Revolution, the name that has become synonymous with the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar… Read more »
June 21, 2001
Southern Africa: Spectacular View in a Cloudless Sky
"There hasn't been a single cloud in the sky all day," said Professor Jay Pasachoff of Williams College in the United States and leader of an international team of scientists who… Read more »
April 17, 2001
Nigeria: Doubts Mount Over Future Of Education
For Chika Ikeh, 20, academic progress has been delayed by at least two years. By now, she should be in her second year at the University of Ibadan (UI), in southwest Nigeria. She… Read more »
February 06, 2001
Senegal: Investigation Into Killing Ordered
President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal has been in power for almost one year, since defeating Abdou Diouf in March 2000. Diouf had been president of Senegal for 20 years and was… Read more »
February 05, 2001
Senegal: Students Force High-Level Response After Shooting
In the wake of a campus shooting, student leaders in Senegal have scheduled a gathering for Thursday at the national university to report to their constituents about their Tuesday… Read more »
February 02, 2001
Africa: Black History Month: Book Illustrates Links Between US Movements And Africa
Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil Rights Robert P. Moses and Charles E. Cobb, Jr. Beacon Press Order from Amazon.com Read more »
September 30, 2000
Nigeria: Views From The Grassroots: The Teacher
Independent Nigeria is forty this weekend and many will be celebrating the nation's arrival at an age that traditionally marks the shift from young adulthood to maturity. But is it… Read more »