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?)