Presenter(s)

Yousef Alabdulrazzaq, Hamad Aljeeran, Sebastian Althoff, Kyle Aman, Trinity Bailey, Michael Battistoni, Robert Bickel, Nicholas Blincoe, Nicholas Borchers, Greta Carter, Ana Colon De Jesus, Delainey Crane, Mary Dent, Mario Durnil, Zachary Ferguson, Evan Fogt, Nathan Grobbel, Brandon Grosser, Kathleen Hattrup, Cameron Hendricks, Sean Hoagland, Gabriel Jones, Soren Kingston, Justin Kirshner, Sean Kuhn, Clare Mack, Brayden McMillin, Kaitlyn McNeel, Andrew Miller, Sean Murray, Tran Minh Anh Nguyen, Declan Pleuss, Colin Richardson, Jamil Robinson, Gislain Rubuto, Joseph Schueneman, Charles Strachan, Eric Suk, Konnor Von Bargen

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9:00-11:00, Sears Recital Hall

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Description

It has been 140 years since Europe carved out Africa among its nations. The challenges which resulted from that arbitrary division remain in parts of the continent, and others have exacerbated political and economic problems. But in other areas, Africa is beginning to come to itself as leaders raise more direct challenges to former colonizing powers. For example, nations of the Sahel region succeeded in getting to remove its military base from there. Increasingly African nations are diversifying the nations with whom they do business. Unlike the former colonial nations whose fortunes in the continent are in rapid decline, China, Turkey, and Russia have moved in quickly and despite their call for equality, African nations have continued to insist that they be treated as equal partners. This panel engages topics which help us to more understand contemporary Africa and its new directions.

Publication Date

4-23-2025

Project Designation

Course Project - HST 337 01

Primary Advisor

Julius A. Amin

Primary Advisor's Department

History

Keywords

Stander Symposium, College of Arts and Sciences

Institutional Learning Goals

Scholarship; Diversity; Community

Africa: Challenges and Prospects

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