2011 Conference Videos

Videos of panelists from the 2011 Africa Conference: Africa in World Politics.

Watch this video from UT Africa Conference on Vimeo.

Veteran and first-time participants describe their experiences at the annual UT Africa Conference.

About the conference: The UT Africa conference, now in its eleventh year, brings together over 150 participants from around the world. Previous topics have included African health and illness, war and conflicts, and popular culture. Next year's theme is poverty and empowerment: http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/​

Watch this keynote from UT Africa Conference on Vimeo.

Introductory remarks: 0:00 - 2:10
Lecture: 2:11 - 48:25
Q&A: 49:30 - 58:12

Watch this panel from UT Africa Conference on Vimeo.

Panelists:Chair: Dr. Okpeh O. Okpeh
Dr. Felix Kiruthu and Francis Muchoki; Kenyatta University; The New Scramble for Africa? Indo-Kenyan Economic Relations, 1980-201
Catherine Jimbo Odari; Miami University; The Third Scramble for Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Chinese, Indian, and Brazilian Relations in Africa
Jessica Achberger

Dr. Felix Kiruthu: 00:30
Catherine Jimbo Odari: 14:40
Q&A: 29:28

Watch this panel  from UT Africa Conference on Vimeo.

Panelists:Chair: Dr. Catherine Boone
Prof. Emmanuel M. Mbah; City University of New York, College of Staten Island; Globalization and Rural Land Conflict in North-West Cameroon
Alexandra Sowash; University of Texas at Austin; The Political Effects of China’s Acquisition of Agricultural Land in Tanzania and Mozambique
Dr. Christine Saidi; Kutztown Pennsylvania State University; Neo-Apartheid in Modern Zambia

Prof. Emmanuel M. Mbah: 01:31
Alexandra Sowash: 16:50
Dr. Christine Saidi: 31:40
Q&A: 46:21

Watch this panel from UT Africa Conference on Vimeo.

Panelists:Chair: Charles Thomas
Sati Fwatshak; University of Jos; The Cold War and the Emergence of Economic Divergencies: Africa and Asia Compared
Leslie James; London School of Economics and Political Science; ‘Playing the Russian Game’: the writing of George Padmore and the labeling of African resistance as Soviet Propaganda
Dr. Cranston S. Knight; Independent Researcher; Cuba and South Africa: Regionalism and Internationalism, Ideology and Conflict, in Southern Africa during the Cold War
Aurélien Poilbout; Research Center of the French Air Force; Sub-Saharan Africa, a key issue for France in Cold War

Sati Fwatshak: 00:41
Leslie James: 13:30
Dr. Cranston S. Knight: 28:42
Aurélien Poilbout: 42:25