The Issues in African Development Seminar Series examines critical concerns in contemporary Africa using a different theme each semester. The seminars provide a forum for participants to explore alternative perspectives and exchange ideas. They are also a focal activity for students and faculty interested in African development. In addition, this seminar series prepares students for higher level courses on African economic, social, and political development.

Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm  153 Uris Hall

https://events.cornell.edu/event/tracing_the_chinese_crayfish_trade_in_kenya

In this talk, Amanda Kaminsky will present a paper that untangles the supply chain of Kenya's crayfish industry, to explore how multispecies landscapes come to manifest and shape our social and cultural norms. Amanda draws from one year of ethnographic fieldwork to analyze the historical political ecology of crayfish in Kenya and its contemporary meaning among Chinese consumers. As a nonnative species feeding a primarily Chinese market, crayfish highlight the ambiguity of foreign and native categories, as well as the ambiguous position occupied by China in the Kenyan imagination.

Amanda Kaminsky is a Ph.D. candidate in sociocultural anthropology at the University of Michigan. Amanda earned an M.S. in Environmental Policy at the University of Michigan School of Environment and Sustainability, and a B.A. in Chinese from Middlebury College.

AU Agenda 2063 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Friday, December 2nd, 2022  Virtual event / eCornell    10:00am EST / 5:00pm EAT

"The prize, founded in 2014 by Dr. Lizzy Attree (Short Story Day Africa) and Dr. Mukoma Wa Ngugi (Cornell University), has the express goal of recognizing writing in African languages and encouraging translation from, between and into African languages."

This event is supported by an Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Languages (UISFL) grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

Watch the competition here :  https://cornell.zoom.us/j/93544898237?pwd=SzhCZ05EVHFkN0JFVnRGRGRIYmJDZz09  The Institute of African Development and the OKB Hope Foundation, in collaboration with Cornell Healthcare Student Association,  present the second Global Case Competition Nov. 19th at 9:00am EST.  The competition gives students the opportunity to merge academic learning with practical design in addressing health-related global challenges.  Students from different fields, universities, and countries bring their perspectives and knowledge to design innovative solutions for the future of health and wellbeing.  Join us tomorrow for the presentations and for a panel of eminent judges made up of faculty, doctors and other medical practitioners from Washington University, Cornell University, Sanford Health, Mount Sinai Morningside, University of Ghana, Komfo Anoyke Teaching Hospital, and Ghana National Ambulance Service as they deliberate and choose the winning team based on select criteria.