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Einaudi Center for International Studies

Cornell University

IAD Global Africa Monthly Webinar Series

Technology and Science
March 4, 2021

Africans in Science and Technology

In contrast to the objective conditions and the current images of Africa in the global geo-politics measured by indicators of socio-economic performance, as the cradle of humankind, for tens of thousands of years the people of the continent exhibited what Basil Davidson referred to as the “African genius.” From the onset and throughout the different historical moments, ingenuity was crucial in all aspects of their livelihood. The tragic centuries of the transatlantic enslavement did not halt the creative capacities of the Africans who survived, amidst extreme hostile contexts.

This webinar focuses on the historical trajectories and projection into the future beyond the 21st century, exhibiting African innovative competence in science and technology as part of the most critical areas of a holistic organization for social progress.

 

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Moderator: N'Dri Assie-Lumumba, Professor, Africana Studies, and Director, Institute for African Development, Cornell 
Discussant: Professor Gregory Jenkins, Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Geography, and African Studies, Penn State University
“Ancient African Inventions and Innovations”  - Professor Gloria Emeagwali, Central Connecticut State University
“African Knowledge and Skills in the Creation of the Americas”  - Professor Sheila S. Walker, Afrodiaspora, Inc.
“ Challenges and Potential Long-Term Solutions to Sustainable Agricultural Development in Africa”  - Professor Kifle G. Gebremedhin, Cornell University
“Building Resilience: Low-cost Innovation as the cornerstone for facing challenges and improving the lives of young people in Africa and its Diaspora” - Professor Gregory S. Jenkins, the Pennsylvania State University

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Institute for African Development