Ghana’s President Mahama to deliver the First Chinua Achebe Leadership Lecture on December 10
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The Chinua Achebe Foundation has announced that John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, will deliver the first Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum Lecture on December 10, 2013, at Bard College.
Mahama’s lecture is entitled: “Women in Africa: How the Other Half Lives.”
Following the lecture, according to a statement sent to USAfricaonline.com, there will be a round table discussion with the President Mahama, Ghana’s Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection Nana Oye Lithur; and three other panelists including the moderator. The subject of the round table discussion is “The Role of Women in the Development and Democratization of Africa.”
The Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum is “being organized as a high profile international platform to discuss Africa’s challenges in keeping with Professor Chinua Achebe’s life’s work. The theme for the gathering this year is Africa’s Future: Hopes and impediments – inspired by Professor Achebe’s work.
We would be honored if you could attend this important event that will tackle clearly one of the great challenges facing the African continent.”
President Mahama’s lecture is sponsored by Bard College President’s Office, Bard College Center for International Affairs and Civic Engagement, the Achebe Center at Bard and the Chinua Achebe Foundation
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