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Event Detail
Morningside Campus
Jerome L. Greene Hall, Room 106
The African Diplomatic Forum (ADF) is an annual conference that gathers African diplomats, academics, students and activists to discuss the continent's interests and role in international affairs.
The ADF this year includes two
topic-specific panels featuring African diplomats and experts on African
affairs:
"Political and Economic Development and the Question of Transfers of
Power: The Cases of Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda"
This panel seeks to discuss the
impact of political and economic development on transfers of power in Ghana,
Kenya, and Rwanda. These three countries have been selected in order to generate
insights on different circumstances and to ask what lessons can be shared more
broadly on the African continent. This panel will combine expertise
on African political institutions and political economy to tie together the
cases of Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda and broadly on the topic of transfers of
power.
"Military Rule, Human Rights
Abuses and Elections: Guinea's Quest for a Peaceful Transition"
With the recent political unrest and human rights abuses in Guinea, there has
been much debate about whether this situation warrants international or
regional intervention. This panel will seek to combine panelists’ regional
expertise and understanding of issues of political transitions to provide a unique and comprehensive point of view from which to discuss the
regional implications of Guinea’s political transition, and the ways in which
to ensure that this process culminates in the most beneficial and peaceful
outcomes to all.
The African Diplomatic Forum is sponsored by the Institute of African Studies at Columbia
University, the SIPA Pan-African Network at the School of International and
Public Affairs and the African Law Students Association at Columbia Law School.
The Institute of African Studies
Founded in 1959, the Institute of African Studies is Columbia University's
central forum and resource for African-centered academic research, curriculum
administration, student advisement and local, national, and international
dialogue and action on Africa. Through its many lecture-series, conferences,
seminars, and workshops, the Institute provides a special forum for the coming
together of distinguished Africanist faculty, scholars, and students, as well
as for the broader community engaged in policy initiatives on Africa.
The SIPA Pan-African Network
The SIPA Pan-African Network (SPAN) is a student group based in Columbia
University's School of International and Public Affairs. SPAN seeks to create
an informal community of support and provide a platform for students interested
in the economic, political, and social development of Africa and its Diaspora.
It represents SIPA students from a variety of interests and disciplines
(economic and political development; human rights; economic policy;
environmental policy; security policy; and media among others), as well as from
a variety of ethnicities and countries from around the globe.
The African Law Students Association
The African
Law Students Association (ALSA), based at the Columbia Law School, works to
articulate, promote, and provide a forum for students, alumni, professors and
professionals to meet and pursue their interest in African cultures, languages,
societies and laws. ALSA's goal is to sponsor and support formal and informal
events that provide insight into African law and culture, and into current
issues concerning the relationship of Africa to the U.S. and the rest of the
world.
