African Environment Initiative

The Africa Initiative is currently hosting its Fourth Annual African Film Festival.

Remaining film screenings:
6:30 pm | The Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater

Foreign Body
(Tunisia)
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

The African Who Wanted to Fly
(Gabon)
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

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Duke Africa Initiative A Duke University faculty-led initiative aimed at promoting cross-disciplinary conversations and pro

Tomorrow, November 27th, at 5 PM, there will be a screening of the movie, Silas. Following the film, there will be a Q&A Discussion with Silas Siakor — a Goldman Prize Winner and environmental activist from Liberia.

This Saturday: The second annual AI-DAGPSA Conference will feature students, postdoctoral fellows, and professionals affiliated with Triangle area universities, with a focus on projects or research conducted in Africa or that pertain to African-related topics.

Duke Event Calendar The second annual Africa Initiative and Graduate Professional Students' Association Conference is focused on social, political and economic changes in Africa. The conference will feature undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and professionals affiliated with universities in the T...

TODAY AT 5:00 PM

Event of interest!

Africa: A Time for Sustained Optimism?
with the Right Honorable Raila Odinga, former Prime Minister of Kenya
Tuesday, October 23, 5:30 PM
Holsti Anderson Family Assembly Room, Rubenstein Library 153

Africa: A Time for Sustained Optimism? | Duke University Center for International and Global Studies October 23, 2018 - 5:30 pm Right Honorable Raila Odinga, Former Prime Minister of Kenya Rubenstein Library Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room 153 The hope of an “African miracle” that many observers saw in the early 2000s has rapidly faded over the last decade. The collapse of the commodity bo...

Hi everyone! Check out this opportunity to receive funding for projects, events, and speakers:

Duke Africa Initiative Call for Student Applications

The Steering Committee of the Africa Initiative wishes to announce a call for applications to fund small projects, events, and speakers organized by students in fall 2018 or spring 2019. We envision supporting a number of proposals in the $500-$1000 range that follow these guidelines:
Projects must take place on the Duke campus or in the Durham community.

Projects should be collaborative in nature, perhaps organized by a common theme (water, technology transfer, China-Africa) or as a way to develop new relationships across majors.

Projects may take the shape of—but are not limited to—a speaker, workshop, reading group, service learning event, or film showing. If the proposal focuses in these areas, at least a portion of these activities should be open to all members of the Duke community.

Groups that propose projects can be solely undergrads, graduate students, or a combination of the two.
All proposals must provide the contact information of at least one member who will act as the project lead.
Deadline: October 5, 2018

Applications should be no longer than three pages and include the following:
A description of the proposed activity.
The anticipated participants and outcomes of the proposed activity.
A budget.
A description of potential participant groups.

Please submit applications to Meredith Watkins ([email protected]) by October 5.

EVENT ALERT! You don't want to miss this opportunity!

Did you enjoy the dance lesson during Experience Africa? Check out this cool FREE event happening tomorrow!

Francophone Africa Dance Workshop – Friday, March 30th – 5:00-6:30pm Ark

Lead by Prof. Ava LaVonne Vinesett of the Dance Program at Duke, this dance workshop will get students up and moving to traditional Francophone African dances with live music provided by percussionists Beverly Botsford and Richard Vinesett. This workshop is free and open to everyone, so bring your friends and get ready to move! The Ark is on East Campus, behind Marketplace. From 5:00-6:30pm with time for talkback and questions. Event sponsored by the French Language Program in Romance Studies and the Dance Program at Duke.

Today is the day! Make sure to come hungry and bring your ID if you plan to consume any alcoholic beverages.

Today is the last day to get your ticket during tabling from 12:30-3pm in EH 2nd floor! We accept cash and Venmo. You can also get your ticket during the first hour of the event...but this means waiting in line for a ticket instead of filling up your plate with food ASAP (and who likes waiting in line?)

Last year our president, Rajah, led a dance lesson for students! What better way to enjoy a culture than through food and music??

Don't forget to stop by and get your ticket for Experience Africa during our tabling today 2-4pm or tomorrow 12:30-3pm in EH 2nd floor!

During last year's Experience Africa we had a great turnout with 70+ people attending!! The 2017 student panel was super insightful and gave us a chance to explore questions about family, education, and even dating in the U.S. vs. their home countries. Looking forward to sharing this wonderful experience with everyone again! And the food, of course.

Remember to stop by our event, Spatial Planning for Sustainable Oil Palm Agriculture in Gabon. It starts in just 1 hour in EH1101!

Meet Kemen Austin, our speaker for tomorrow's event. See you there!

Dr. Austin has 10 years of experience providing technical assistance to government, civil society, and private sector stakeholders in the design, implementation, and evaluation of natural resource management programs and policies. As a Research Associate at the World Resources Institute, she led several projects to support evidence-based land use planning, through data transparency and accessibility on the Global Forest Watch platform. While at the Nicholas School, Kemen’s research evaluated the environmental impacts and tradeoffs of alternative land management policy scenarios, focusing on the global palm oil industry.

Today is the last day to sign up for the Virtual Career Conversation with Bronwyn Llewellyn, Natural Resource Management and Water Team Leader, USAID/Tanzania. The event will be on Monday, March 5 from 12:30-1:30 PM in LSRC A312. https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_50zLj5h03rjAUuh

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Don't forget about the Young Africans of the Triangle networking event tonight! From 7-10pm at the Noir Lounge.Tickets are $8 at the door or $5 through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-your-net-work-professional-networking-mixer-tickets-43152933586?aff=es2%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank

Making Your Net Work! - Professional Networking Mixer Young Africans of the Triangle presents "Making Your Net Work". If you're a professional that desires to meet other like-minded, career-oriented individuals in a relaxed environment, or wants to hear from small business owners and entrepreneurs in the RDU area, then this is the event for you! Join u...

Here's another great opportunity, happening next Monday. Please RSVP by this Friday at https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_50zLj5h03rjAUuh

Monday, March 5 from 12:30-1:30 PM in LSRC A312
Virtual Career Conversation with Bronwyn Llewellyn, Natural Resource Management and Water Team Leader, USAID/Tanzania.

Join The Office of Development & Alumni Relations (ODAR), African Environment Initiative and Duke Conservation Society as we welcome alumna Bronwyn Llewellyn (MEM '06) in a virtual session from Tanzania to talk with students about working for the US government abroad!

Bronwyn Llewellyn is a second generation USAID Foreign Service officer. Her MEM focus was Conservation Science and policy, and she did her Master’s project work in ThrumshingLa National Park, Bhutan. Prior to joining USAID, Ms. Llewellyn worked at the World Wildlife Fund, where she helped design monitoring and evaluation systems for mega-sized ecological landscapes that crossed international borders. She then helped start up a new WWF project in East Africa, covering Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique, based in Dar es Salaam. Once that project was up and running Ms. Llewellyn joined USAID, one year after her father retired. Her first overseas posting was in Kathmandu, Nepal, where she stayed for 4 years, leading a large portfolio of biodiversity and climate change programs. In 2016 Ms. Llewellyn was posted back to Dar es Salaam where she leads a team of four experts covering one of the largest bilateral biodiversity programs in the world as well as a large integrated water management activity.

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Here's a look at our events with Mr. Bako Ambianda this week:

We kick off tomorrow (Wednesday) with GLEAN's "Attaining Sustainable Energy Access for All" in Field Auditorium, from 4:30-6:00pm
There's still a chance to sign up for individual meetings on Thursday: tinyurl.com/Bako-Individual
And on Thursday we will have AEI's "Solar PV in Africa: Opportunities, Challenges, and Trends" in the EH Art Gallery, from 11:30-12:30pm.

See you there!!