Africa

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Embroidered photo of three people looking at cityscape and sunset across body of water.

Picking at the seams of Western hand-me-downs in Africa

For her Peabody fellowship, Côte d’Ivoire artist Joana Choumali will use her signature embroidered photography to explore social identity, colonial legacies, and global power relations

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DateJune 3, 2020June 23, 2020

Mask on the ground.

Mental health in Africa amid pandemic

Experts from Kenya and South Africa discuss the poverty, inequities, social factors, and shortage of medical personnel that hamper treatment efforts

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DateApril 24, 2020

MY Phoenix, a search and rescue ship and a Swedish coast guard ship rescue 450 people.

None if by sea

Radcliffe fellow whose NGO assisted 77,000 Mediterranean immigrants believes the current moment will pass — eventually

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DateApril 2, 2019April 2, 2019

Ofeibea Quist-Arcton and Marco Werman (left)

Straight to the heart of the story

NPR’s Ofeibea Quist-Arcton speaks at Radcliffe on seeking the untold narratives of African women

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DateOctober 12, 2018January 23, 2019

Former leaders Jakaya Mrisho Kikwet of Tanzania (left) and Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria take one another by the hand as they share a laugh during a Kennedy School panel on Africa's future.

A sense of direction for Africa

HKS welcomes former leaders of Tanzania, Nigeria, and Cape Verde for panel on progress, challenges

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DateApril 27, 2018April 27, 2018

Harvard Kennedy School Professor Calestous Juma, 64

The human element: Remembering Calestous Juma

Towering contributions, modesty, and good humor were his signature

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DateDecember 20, 2017December 20, 2017

Robert and Grace Mugabe

Zimbabwe after Mugabe

Though longtime leader is departing, his political party will rule on, meaning few improvements for populace, analyst says

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DateNovember 20, 2017December 15, 2017

For the first time since the early 1970s, Transition magazine has been published in Africa.

A transition for Transition

Harvard-based magazine on Africa’s culture is printed there again for first time in decades

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DateSeptember 12, 2017September 13, 2017

Linguist John Mugane, professor of the practice of African languages and cultures, is the director of Harvard's African Language Program. “The importance of Africa cannot be denied,” he said.

From Swahili to Bemba to Twi

African Language Program reflects two dozen ways in which a vast, rising continent speaks

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DateMay 16, 2016September 12, 2019

"Hear Word!" debuts this weekend at the American Repertory Theater. The show features 10 of Nigeria's top actresses performing monologues and songs that address the trials the country’s women endure.

Real talk

Telling Nigerian women’s stories

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DateApril 11, 2016March 4, 2019

Kennedy School student Andy Agaba has created a startup that he hopes will translate coffee’s popularity into support for African farmers.

Coffee with a cause

Inspired by his mother, student bears down to aid African farmers

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DateNovember 6, 2015April 18, 2019

"We are firm believers in the concept that development is not simply about money. If development was about money only, Libya would be the most developed country in the world," said Donald Kaberuka, the former president of the African Development Bank who is now the Hauser Leader-in-Residence at Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership.

For growth, look to Africa

Former head of its development bank, now a Harvard fellow, sees a continent stirring economically

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DateNovember 6, 2015

The path to profits in Africa

Continent’s richest man describes how business can succeed there despite obstacles

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DateNovember 2, 2015

“I could not be more proud to serve as the inaugural Oppenheimer Faculty Director,” said Caroline Elkins. “The Center for African Studies aims to be the pre-eminent center for the study and teaching of Africa in the world, and the Oppenheimers’ generous support and pioneering vision has been an essential part of that process.”

Elkins receives named appointment at Center for African Studies

Pulitzer Prize-winning author has led the center since 2009

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DateJuly 6, 2015

A global team from Harvard University, the Broad Institute, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (part of the National Institutes of Health), and many other institutions sequenced more than 200 additional genomes from Ebola virus samples to capture the fullest picture yet of how the Ebola virus is transmitted and how it changed over the long outbreak.

Sequencing Ebola’s secrets

Study provides deep insights into course, makeup of deadly disease

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DateJune 19, 2015May 17, 2019

HIV/AIDS: Promising prevention method

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DateSeptember 5, 2014

A.J. Kumar, a postdoctoral fellow in chemistry and chemical biology, and colleagues, have developed a new test for sickle cell disease that provides results in just 12 minutes and costs as little as 50 cents — far faster and cheaper than other tests.

From chance meeting, a chance to save lives

Physician’s advice steers researcher toward test for sickle cell disease

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DateSeptember 2, 2014

A passion for science — and fighting malaria

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DateMay 23, 2014July 19, 2019

Improving health for people with disabilities

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DateMay 12, 2014September 12, 2019

Strengthening health care systems a top priority for African finance ministers

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DateApril 23, 2014June 26, 2019

Reality, fiction in Italy’s empire

Exhibit explores nation’s late and turbulent drive to create colonies in Africa

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DateApril 1, 2014June 19, 2019

Namibian prime minister: Inclusivity necessary for peace, development

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DateMarch 24, 2014

Improve education to boost global economy

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DateJanuary 24, 2014

In September 1998, Nelson Mandela delivered a speech during a special ceremony at Harvard, where he was awarded an honorary degree.

Mandela’s legacy

Harvard experts on a giant of the 20th century and the country he changed

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DateDecember 5, 2013March 21, 2019

Harvard's global presence continues to expand. In 2010, volunteers assisted in Haiti following the earthquake there (photo 1). In 2013, students and professors worked with scholars at the David Rockefeller Center's office in São Paulo, Brazil (photo 2). Researching India's Kumbh Mela and the “ephemeral city” was the focus across Harvard's Schools in early 2013 (photo 3).

Citizen of the world

Harvard increasingly engages across nations, issues, peoples

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DateSeptember 26, 2013May 23, 2019

Harvard School of Public Health honors Elton John for AIDS work

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DateSeptember 25, 2013

African finance ministers convene at Harvard to discuss health financing

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DateMay 6, 2013

In addressing his Harvard Kennedy School audience, Macky Sall, president of the Republic of Senegal, described Africa as being on the verge of power and prosperity. “Africa is the continent of the future,” Sall said — young and rich in resources. “Senegal aspires to be a middle-income country" ... an economic “African tiger,” he added.

Senegal as a starting point

President shares vision for nation, continent in Harvard visit

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DateMarch 11, 2013

"Ever since high school, when I first discovered a passion for marine biology research, I knew I would pursue studies in environmental and conservation biology. I spent my freshman year at Harvard taking every class I could on those topics, but I knew that to really understand how research works in the natural sciences, I had to go outside and experience firsthand the mud and sweat and glory," said Bonnie Lei '15, who traveled to South Africa to study penguins.

The power of penguins

Student spends memorable internship studying South African birds

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DateFebruary 22, 2013May 21, 2019

HSPH efforts in Africa helped lead to decade of success against AIDS

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DateFebruary 15, 2013

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