Emerging Africa: How 17 Countries are Leading the Way
Public Lecture by
Dr. Steven Radelet, Senior Economist, USAID
Monday, May 7 2012
5:30 – 7PM
Haldeman 041
(Dinner catered by Tastes of Africa starting at 5:15PM)
** This event is part Dartmouth Africa Week 2012. For more information, go to: https://www.facebook.com/DartmouthAfricaWeek2012 **
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There’s good news out of Africa. Seventeen emerging countries are putting behind them the conflict, stagnation, and dictatorships of the past. Since the mid-1990s, these countries have
defied the old negative stereotypes of poverty and failure by achieving steady economic growth, deepening democracy, improving governance, and decreasing poverty.
Emerging Africa: How 17 Countries Are Leading the Way unearths the deep political and economic changes underway in these countries. It takes a fresh approach by not treating sub-Saharan Africa as a monolithic entity and recognizes instead the different dynamics in countries across the region. It examines three groups of countries: the emerging countries, oil exporters (where progress has been uneven and volatile), and others (where there has been little progress).
Students for Africa Proudly Presents:
Africa Week 2012
Contemporary African Narratives: Not just a story, but “OUR STORIES”
May 6th – 11th
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Monday May 7th
Emerging Africa: How 17 Countries are Leading the Way
(Public lecture by Dr. Steven Radelet, Chief Economist at the US Agency for International Development, USAID, and author of
Emerging Africa)
Dinner served at 5:15PM
HALDEMAN 041
5:30– 7:00PM
Tuesday May 8th
Diaspora Engagement
(Panel discussion led by undergraduate and professional students with experience working in African countries)
CLASS OF 1930 ROOM, ROCKEFELLER CENTER
4:00 - 5.00PM
Wednesday May 9th
Who We Are: Telling Our Stories
(African students tell their stories and their journeys to Dartmouth)
FUEL
6:30-7:30PM
Thursday May 10th
Many Stories, Many Faces
Lecture by Congolese Activist and Storyteller, YVES MUYA
4:00-5:00PM
COLLIS 101
(Discussion led by Yves Muya on the importance of having many different stories about Africa, inspired by Chimamanda Adichie’s TED Talk, “The Danger of a Single Story”).
CUTTER SHABAZZ LOUNGE
6:00-7:00PM
Friday May 11th
Africa Night
(Dance, music, fashion, food, trivia, FUN!)
COLLIS COMMONGROUND
8:30-10:00PM
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