Current Events
David Phillips is with the Darfur Development Initiative at Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Human Rights
Can postconflict activities take place amid a conflict situation? The author explains how in his note on the peace process in Darfur.
Arts & Culture
From April 22 through May 22, the Jack Shainman Gallery will host artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s first solo exhibition in New York City.
Titled Essays and Documents, the exhibition will feature a series of portraits. Ms. Yiadom-Boakye’s portraits of mostly black subjects are bold, often confronting the viewer with a direct gaze. The manner of her painting is expressionistic with strong brush strokes that, along with her dark palette, evoke a theatrical mood. Her direct, centralized compositions emphasize the inner world and narrative of her subjects, leaving the simplified background setting to the viewer’s imagination.
Business & Finance
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Lena Sene × on April 12, 2010 at 11:23 pm ×
U.S. financial institutions can both make money and help alleviate poverty in Africa and throughout the developing world by investing in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in those countries.
Social Enterprise & Philanthropy
Heard of the flying doctors? That’s AMREF, or the African Medical and Research Foundation. But AMREF is so much, much more. On April 14th, AMREF USA will be hosting a fundraiser lunch and panel discussion entitled “Healthy Girls and Women = Healthy Africa” in New York City. Panelists and presenters include Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn, Richard Branson, and Ida Odinga, wife of Kenya’s Prime Minister.
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