Kah Walla at Georgetown Tomorrow – Guest Post Anyone?

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Africa Society of Georgetown, Cameroon, Georgetown, Kah Walla

I have to confess I don’t really know who Kah Walla is.  However, the name sounds very familiar, so I suspect for Cameroon watchers, her talk tomorrow afternoon at Georgetown on ‘Leadership: Africa in the World and Women in Africa‘, is a rather big deal.  Her brief bio is quite impressive – presidential candidate, recognized by the World Bank, and celebrated by Forbes magazine.

I don’t usually plug events of this nature, but I had such a good time at the Africa Society of Georgetown’s pan-African conference last weekend, I wanted to highlight more Georgetown Africa activity (especially since I rarely get to their events).  Cameroon is also one of those countries (similar to Uganda and Burkina Faso, but definitely a notch below) where the lack of explicit US commitment to the professed policy of supporting democracy and governance really concerns me.

As always, I welcome a guest post from any of you who attend.  Also, I had promised a post a few weeks ago on a Cameroonian-American in DC with an awesome story, that will be coming soon.

White Girls and Africa at Georgetown and Dissing Jackson M’vunganyi

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Africa Society of Georgetown, Afropolitan misbehavior, ASG Africa Conference, BBC, DC Africa Student Associations, Jackson Mvunganyi, Nigerian girls at Georgetown, preppy guys at Georgetown, Upfront Africa, VOA, white girls at Georgetown

I went to the 2nd day of the African Society of Georgetown’s (ASG) annual pan-African conference today.  Amazingly, after almost three years in DC and the numerous events I’ve been to, this was my first time ever making it to something on Georgetown’s campus.  I’ll have a few posts up on the conference, readers with policy interests may be particularly interested to know that Rwanda’s Ambassador to the US was the keynote speaker, look out for my posts on her remarks Monday.

Before I get a bit more serious in my coverage, a few superficial observations on the racial demographics of the event and the behavior of Voice of America presenter Jackson M’vunganyi.