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Lorem Aminathia
11/16/22

Yale’s first South Sudanese alumnus aims to open K-12 school in his home country

Lorem Aminathia, the first South Sudanese graduate from Yale College, returned to campus this past October to host an event where he discussed his educational and entrepreneurial prospects post-graduation. During the event, Lorem presented the history of South Sudan and explai...
09/21/22

Latest edition of 'Focus of Africa' is out

The Yale Africa Initiative is excited to announce the release of the 2022 fall edition of Focus on Africa. The newsletter covers all the latest news pertaining to ongoing Yale-Africa relations.   In this edition of Focus on Africa we are pleased to share t...
09/15/22

'Bámigbóyè: A Master Sculptor of the Yorùbá Tradition'

A new exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery, 'Bámigbóyè: A Master Sculptor of the Yorùbá Tradition,' presents a nuanced account of the artist’s 50-year career and presents him as part of a woodcarving tradition that flou...
Kere
09/12/22

Yale School of Architecture visiting professor Francis Kéré receives the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize

Francis Kéré, the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at the Yale School of Architecture, is the 2022 laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, an award that is regarded internationally as architecture’s highest honor. Born in Gando,...
09/01/22

African Linguistics School 6 held in Porto Novo, Republic of Benin

The African Linguistics School (ALS) is a two-week institute which brings the latest work in core areas of linguistics to students from African universities. This year's ALS 6, which was co-sponsored by Yale University, met in Porto Novo, Republic of Benin from July 1...
08/01/22

Yale Young African Scholars concludes 2022 program sessions

The Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS) program was held virtually in late-July 2022 with 326 students from more than 35 countries participating in seven days of online programming. Upon the conclusion of the program, each student earned a Certificate of Completion and was...
Yarwood
06/14/22

Yarwood named director for Africa and the Middle East

Janette Yarwood will join Yale’s Office of International Affairs (OIA) as the Director for Africa and the Middle East on June 27. Prior to joining Yale, she held several roles in Washington D.C. working on U.S. policy toward Africa.  Most recently, Yarwood w...
05/02/22

Yale SOM group releases 2022 list of top African startups

Yale African Startup Review (YASR), a digital publication created by students and alumni of the Yale School of Management, selected 30 companies for its 2022 list of Africa’s most innovative startups. Publication of the list is intended to draw attention to the African s...
04/29/22

Collaborative study of ancient DNA in Africa unearths patterns of life in the Stone Age

A new study co-led by Jessica Thompson, assistant professor of anthropology at Yale and assistant curator at the Peabody Museum, has made crucial progress in studying the movements of African populations during the Stone Age by sequencing genomes from ancient DNA. The study wa...
02/17/22

Lively minds: Program aims to enhance early childhood development in Ghana

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