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Waweru
03/11/23

Veronica Waweru collaborates with Kenyan locals and scientists to study human evolution

Paleoanthropologist Veronica Waweru, senior lecturer in the MacMillan Center’s Council on African Studies, has developed a unique community excavation initiative in East Africa. Waweru (pictured above, at left) collaborated with US and Kenyan institutions and locals in...
white house meeting
03/10/23

White House meeting focuses on follow-up to US-Africa Leaders Summit

Yale’s Janette Yarwood, Director for Africa and the Middle East in the Office of International Affairs, participated in a February meeting at the White House to follow up on the 2022 US-Africa Leaders Summit. The White House sought to discuss follow-up to the Summit an...
03/06/23

Yale’s Cécile Fromont highlights African queen for Netflix docudrama

Cécile Fromont, professor of the History of Art, was featured in the Netflix docudrama “African Queens: Njinga.” This four-part series focuses on the leadership of Njinga, the 17th-century queen of the Ndongo and Matamba territories, which is modern-day ...
TTES event
02/24/23

Looking ‘Through the Eyes of She’ to focus on gender equality and equity in Africa

On Feb 24th, Through the Eyes of She was celebrated at a launch event at Yale. Founded by Christine Ngaruiya (pictured at right), assistant professor in Yale’s Department of Emergency Medicine and the Director of Global Health Research and organized by the Council...
Biden Summit
12/14/22

President Biden’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit builds partnerships

U.S. President Biden hosted leaders from across the African continent in Washington, DC on December 13-15, 2022, for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. The purpose of the summit was to demonstrate the United States’ enduring commitment to Africa, and to underscore the  impo...
Midwives in Uganda
12/09/22

Uganda experience proves transformative for midwifery students

Students from the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) midwifery group traveled to Atiak, Uganda this past summer to partake in an intensive four-week experience led by Dr. Michelle Telfer, Assistant Professor of Nursing and Interim Nurse-Midwifery Specialty Co-Director. The student...
President Salovey trip to Nigeria
12/06/22

Yale University Art Gallery awarded Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation grant

The Yale University Art Gallery has been awarded the 2022 Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) grant to implement the project: ‘Sustaining a Partnership in Wood Conservation between the National Museum, Lagos and the Yale University Art Gallery.&rsquo...
YAIS panel
11/29/22

Yale Africa Innovation Symposium debuts at annual Yale Africa Week

The Yale African Student Association’s (YASA) annual Africa Week concluded this year with the inaugural all female, student-led Yale Africa Innovation Symposium (YAIS) which took place from November 11th to November 12th. The YAIS is designed to move beyond the stan...
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...

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