The aim
of the Year of Kenya program is, over the
course of a full academic year, to take a
wide-ranging look at Kenya from its earliest
history right up to current events. It is
our belief that in order to understand and
appreciate other countries and cultures, one
needs to employ a broad lens and engage on a
myriad of levels. The Year of Kenya program
allows faculty and student participants, and
community guests to break down stereotypes
and connect across cultures. The Year of
Kenya program uses a multidisciplinary
approach in order to provide our audiences
with a richer, more complex sense of place
and community.
The
Kennesaw State University 2006-2007 Year of
Kenya Lecture Series is also available as
a
podcast through Apple iTunes.
March 29,
2007 - Competing Roles of the State, NGOs
and the Local Community Towards
Environmental Conservation in Kenya
Ngeta Kabiri, Doctoral Candidate, UNC
Chapel Hill
Listen
March 15,
2007 - Base of the Pyramid: Sustainable
Enterprises in Kenya
Duncan Duke, Doctoral Student, Cornell
University
Listen
February
22, 2007 - Kenya and the Indian Ocean
Diaspora: Which Direction and Which Sources?
Jesse Benjamin, Sociology, KSU
Listen
February
15, 2007 - Early Islamic Societies of the
Kenyan Coast
Mark Horton, Head of Department of
Archaeology and Anthropology, University of
Bristol Listen
February 8,
2007 - Ways of Knowing Pre-colonial African
Experiences: Two Studies From Kenya
Chapurukha Makokha Kusimba, Curator of
African Archaeology and Ethnology, Field
Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Listen
January 11,
2007 - Hand-Axes, Hominids, and Hippos: What
Stone Tools Can Tell Us About Early Hominid
Behavior
Bruce Hardy, Assistant Professor of
Anthropology, Kenyon College
Listen
November
30, 2006 - Sustainable Delivery of
Healthcare in Kenya
Macharia Waruingi, Founder of the Kenyan
Development Network
Listen
November
16, 2006 - Public Health and Capacity
Building in Kenya
Alan Fenwick, Professor of Tropical
Parasitology, Imperial College London
Listen
November 9,
2006 - The Role of Women in the Mau
Mau Movement
Kinuthia Macharia, Associate Professor
of Sociology, American University
Listen
November 2,
2006 - Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story
of Britain's Gulag in Kenya
Caroline Elkins, Associate Professor of
African Studies, Harvard University
Part 1 |
Part 2
October 26,
2006 - Settler Colonialism in Kenya: The
Origins of Mau Mau
John Lonsdale, Professor of History,
University of Cambridge
Part 1 |
Part 2
October
19, 2006 - Security Issues in the
Great Lakes Region
Theodora Ayot, Professor of History, North
Park University
Listen
October 12, 2006
- Kenya Through My Eyes
Ngugi wa Thiong'o, novelist, playwright,
essayist, and Director of the International
Center for Writing and Translation,
University of California, Irvine
Listen
October 5,
2006 - Trade and Microfinance Opportunities
to Alleviate Poverty in Kenya: A Panel
Presentation with Grassroots Community Case
Studies
Moderator: Wendy Bosley, Executive Director,
Fishbird Productions; Panelists: Ruth Hunt
Wood, Artist and Trustee, Ol Malo Trust; Liz
Frye, doctor, representing Carolina for
Kibera; Yvonne Johanesson-Jones, Strategic
Marketing and Compliance Manager, Gray Ghost
Capital (Microfinance Division)
Part 1 |
Part 2
September 28, 2006 –
The Local and Global in Rap Music in Kenya
Jean Kidula,
Associate Professor, School of Music,
University of Georgia
Listen
September
21, 2006 - The History and Politics of
Constitutional Reform in Kenya
James Gathii, Governor George E. Pataki
Professor of International Commercial Law,
Albany Law School, New York
Part 1 |
Part 2
August 31,
2006 - Globalization, Kenya, and the United
States: Intersections and Divergences
Ali Mazrui, Director, Institute of Global
Cultural Studies and Albert Schweitzer
Professor in the Humanities, Binghamton
University
Part 1 |
Part 2
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