DISTINGUISHED AFRICAN LECTURE SERIES

Inaugural Distinguished Lecture: Dr. Ali A. Mazrui

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 1999,The Africa Program sponsored its inaugural Distinguished African Lecture Series that featured Dr. Ali A. Mazrui, Albert Schweitzer Professor in Humanities, Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University. He spoke on the theme, “Africans and African Americans on the Eve of the 21st Century: Between Ancestry and Anticipation.”

Second Distinguished Lecture: Wole Soyinka (Nobel Laureate)

 

 

 

 

 

On Monday, April 8, 2002, as part of UTA’s Academic Excellence Week, The Africa Program and the Honors College co-sponsored the Second Distinguished Lecture that featured Nigerian playwright, poet, and social activist Wole Soyinka in the University’s Rosebud Theatre. Professor Soyinka spoke on, “The Politics of Art.”

Third Distinguished Lecture:  Desmond Tutu (Nobel Laureate)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Thursday, March 25, 2004, South African archbishop and social activist, Desmond Tutu lectured on “God has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time” (also the title of his latest book) in Texas Hall at UTA. Over 2,700 people attended the event including political, education, religious and business dignitaries from across the Dallas- Fort Worth Metroplex. The Distinguished Lecture by Archbishop Tutu was the third in the series sponsored by The Africa Program. It was jointly sponsored by the Office of the President, the Office of the Provost, the Honors College, the College of Liberal Arts and the Department of History. The main theme of Archbishop Tutu’s lecture was that “we are all one family and God says in this family there are no outsiders.”

 

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