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    Events for the Week of November 11 – 17

    By Africa Program  // Friday, November 8, 2013

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

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    MONDAY, November 11, 2013
    Latin-America-Africa Relations: A Dominican Model?
    Hosted by: George Washington University, The Elliot School of International Affairs
    Location: Phillips Hall, Room 112
    801 22nd Street NW
    Washington, DC 20052
    Time: 3:00pm – 4:30pm
    Summary: A conversation with Yvonne Captain-Hidalgo, Associate Professor of Latin American Literature & Film and International Affairs.
    For more information, please contact:  rgsll@gwu.edu or 202-994-6330

    Book Release: The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Between Hope and Despair
    Hosted by: Institute for Policy Studies
    Location: Busboys and Poets, Cullen Room
    1025 5th Street NW
    Washington, DC 20001
    Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm
    Summary: Featuring a wealth of remarkable on-the-ground reportage and first-hand interviews, the book travels from war-torn villages in the Congo east to the chaotic, pulsing capital of Kinshasa in order to bring us the voices of the Congolese – from impoverished gold prospectors and market women to government officials – as it explores the complicated political, ethnic and social geography of this tattered land.
    For more information, please visit: http://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/event/author-event-michael-deibert

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    TUESDAY, November 12, 2013
    The 2013 Ibrahim Forum
    Hosted by: Mo Ibrahim Foundation
    Location: Participation and involvement will take place in an online forum.
    Time: All day
    Summary: A conversation relating the document entitled “Africa Ahead: The Next 50 Years,” which is produced by the Foundation each year to advertise facts & figures and stimulate academic discussion around the topic.
    For more information, please visit: http://www.moibrahimfoundation.org/news/article.php?id=72

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    WEDNESDAY, November 13, 2013
    Joint Subcommittee Hearing: The Continuing Threat of Boko Haram
    Hosted by: House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittees on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations and Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
    Location: 2200 House Rayburn Office Building
    Washington, DC 20515
    Time: 1:00pm
    Summary: To be announced.
    For more information, please visit: http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/joint-subcommittee-hearing-continuing-threat-boko-haram

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    THURSDAY, November 14, 2013
    Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty
    Hosted by: Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies
    Location: Nitze Building
    1740 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20036
    Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm
    Summary: James Robinson, David Florence Professor of Government at Harvard University and a faculty associate at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, will discuss this topic. A light reception will follow the event.
    For more information, please visit: http://www.sais-jhu.edu/events/2013-11-14-163000-2013-11-14-180000/why-nations-fail-origins-power-prosperity-and-poverty

    Dr. Mukesh Kapila: Against a Tide of Evil
    Hosted by: George Mason University, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
    Location: Metropolitan Building, Conference Room 5183
    4400 University Drive
    Fairfax, Virginia 22030
    Time: 7:15pm – 9:00pm
    Summary: Dr. Mukesh Kapila was the Chief of Mission for UN Operations in Sudan in 2003 when the Darfur genocide began.  With the diplomatic world counting on a peace agreement between North and South Sudan to settle all Sudanese problems, eyes were averted from the decision by the Sudanese government to bring about a “final solution” to “the Darfur problem.”  By that intentionally chosen term spoken directly to Dr. Kapila, the Sudanese authorities meant the genocide and ethnic cleansing of every black African from Darfur.
    For more information, please visit: http://scar.gmu.edu/event/dr-mukesh-kapila-against-tide-of-evil

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