Events for the Week of November 18 - 24

Continue reading for some of the events this week in D.C. concerning Africa.

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MONDAY, November 18, 2013
I Am Here Until Development Comes: Displacement, Demolitions and Property Rights in Urbanizing Abuja
Hosted by: School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Location: Room 736, Bernstein-Offit Building
1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Time: 12:30 pm
Summary: Carl LeVan, assistant professor at the American University School of International Service, and Josiah Olubowale, a Ph.D. candidate in cultural studies at the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, will discuss this topic.
For more information, please visit: http://www.sais-jhu.edu/calendars

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TUESDAY, November 19, 2013
A Lens on Somalia: Security and Development Going Forward
Hosted by: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Location: 5th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004
Time: 9:30am - 11:30am
Summary: This discussion will bring together a distinguished group of panelists who will provide an in-depth analysis of the current security and development situation in Somalia. Daniel Kebede Southern Voices African Research Scholar with the Wilson Center's Africa Program and PhD candidate at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies in Ethiopia, will focus his remarks on the securitization of peacebuilding in Somalia, including the role of al-Shabaab.
For more information, please visit: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/lens-somalia-security-and-development-going-forward

Subcommittee Hearing: Crisis in the Central African Republic
Hosted by: House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations
Location: 2200 House Rayburn Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Time: 2:00pm
Summary: A conversation regarding this topic.
For more information, please visit: http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-crisis-central-african-republic

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WEDNESDAY, November 20, 2013
Author Event: Gbagba
Hosted by: Institute for Policy Studies
Location: IPS Conference Room
1112 16th Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC
Time: 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Summary: Gbagba follows a few days in the life of Liberian twins, Sundaymah and Sundaygar, who leave their hometown of Buchanan to visit their aunt in Monrovia, Liberia's capital. The twins encounter characters and have experiences that introduce them to the word gbagba, which loosely translated in the Bassa language means trickery, the same as corruption. The book's author Robtel Neajai Pailey is a Liberian writer/independent researcher currently pursuing her doctorate in Development Studies at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) as a Mo Ibrahim Foundation Ph.D. Scholar.
For more information, please visit: http://www.ips-dc.org/events/author_event_gbagba_a_childrens_book

Inside South Africa's Transition: Challenges of Post-Liberation Governance
Hosted by: School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Location: Room 500 Bernstein-Offit Building
1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Time: 4:30 pm
Summary: Barry Gilder, director of operation of the Mapungubwe Institute, will discuss this topic.
For more information, please visit: http://www.sais-jhu.edu/calendars

Reception: Welcoming Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs
Hosted by: Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights
Location: Madison Hall
101 Independence Ave SE
Washington, DC 20540
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Summary: A reception to welcome Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and to acknowledge her efforts to support and strengthen the U.S. relationship with Africa. 
For more information, please contact: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/reception-to-welcome-ambassador-linda-thomas-greenfield-tickets-8943451103

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THURSDAY, November 21, 2013
Continued Crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Conversation With U.S. Special Envoy Russ Feingold
Hosted by: School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Location: Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Time: 9:30 am
Summary: Russ Feingold, the U.S. special envoy to Africa's Great Lakes region, will be the featured speaker at this event.
For more information, please visit: http://www.sais-jhu.edu/calendars and RSVP at itlong@jhu.edu

Political, Economic, and Security Situation in Africa
Hosted by: US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Location: Senate Dirksen 419
444 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Time: 2:15pm
Summary: A conversation regarding this topic.
For more information, please visit: http://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/political-economic-and-security-situation-in-africa