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Watch the Wealth & Poverty theme Focus on Africa series on A&S TV and mark those calendars for upcoming events. Upcoming Wealth & Poverty Events Oct. 16 – Wealth & Poverty Kicks Off World Food Day with Drive Oct. 20 – Dr. Matthew Layton, Assistant Professor of Political Science, on […]

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 […]

The Wealth in Poverty Focus on Africa series presents Ohio University alum Aggrey Otieno on “Towards Improving Maternal and Child Health Care Delivery in Korogocho Slums, Nairobi, Kenya” on Sept 24 from 4:10-5:30 p.m. in Grover W111. Abstract: In Kenya, maternal and child health is a critical health area where close […]