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Africa at the Annual Conference of the Association of International Education Administrators

19 Wednesday Feb 2014

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AASCU, AIEA, Arlene Jackson, Cheryl Francisconi, Clara Priester, Comoros, EducationUSA, Ethiopia, Ghana, higher education, institute of international education, international education, International Education Association of South Africa, Kumasi, Kwame Nkrumah University, Minnie Battle Mayes, NC A&T, Nelson Mandela University, Nico Jooste

2014-02-18 16.47.38

Yesterday I crashed the meeting of the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA), an organization that primarily counts US-based institutional leaders engaged in international education as its members in downtown DC.  Tuesday had several panels on Africa and Kwame Appiah had been a keynote speaker on Monday.  I missed a panel on ‘Optimizing International Collaborations in Africa‘ and ‘Opportunities for Transformative Change of African Higher Education: Implications for US Higher Education Institutions‘, but heard a speaker from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and another panel on collaborative partnerships in Africa.

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Lauren Sinclair at American University on the Role of US Academia in the Nigerian Civil War

30 Thursday Jan 2014

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Africa Cold War, African Studies Association, American University, Biafra, Carl Levan, CIA, Congo, Conor Cruise O'Brien, international education, Lauren Sinclair, New York University, Nigeria, Nigeria Civil War

2014-01-29 12.13.51

Cold War African history is one of my favorite topics to discuss, so I had to manufacture an excuse to get out of work yesterday and hear Lauren Sinclair, a PhD student at NYU speak at American University on ‘Situating the Nigerian Civil War in US-Africa Cold War Policy.’  My already high levels of excitement soared to even greater heights when I discovered that she is managing to tackle this topic while pursuing a degree in International Education – my ideal career field.

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