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Let Art Talk
Tuesday, 15 Apr, 2008 – 21:30 | 3 Comments
Let Art Talk

We here at Project Diaspora believe that the real hope for change in Uganda and the rest of Africa lies with its people both at home and in the Diaspora. So it was with no …

Fred Mutebi: Honored by Fulbright Office of Alumni Affairs
Tuesday, 8 Apr, 2008 – 21:09 | One Comment
Fred Mutebi: Honored by Fulbright Office of Alumni Affairs

This announcement was just released yesterday by the US Embassy in Kampala, Uganda regarding Fred Mutebi.
FRED MUTEBI
April 2008 State Alumni Member of the Month.
Mr. Fred Mutebi, a 2003 alumnus of the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program, has …

African Reading Challenge Review 2: King Leopold’s Ghost A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa
Sunday, 16 Mar, 2008 – 20:56 | 3 Comments
African Reading Challenge Review 2: King Leopold’s Ghost A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa

If you want to learn more about the reading challenge visit Dave… and he will tell you all about it!
King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild
So far this reading challenge is turning into a crash …

Forest Whitaker and “Let Art Talk”
Saturday, 15 Mar, 2008 – 21:09 | No Comment
Forest Whitaker and “Let Art Talk”

Our friend Michael Kirkpatrick sent us this little bit of news. We are thrilled to see Fred Mutebi’s work as well as the work he is doing with “Let Art Talk” (in the organization he …

Fred Mutebi: Artist and Social Activist
Saturday, 8 Mar, 2008 – 15:59 | No Comment
Fred Mutebi: Artist and Social Activist

So, I get this random e-mail. It says “Do you know this guy?” Mind you this e-mail was not even sent to me, it was a forward from TMS Ruge. Which he got randomly from …

African Reading Challenge Review 1: Half of a Yellow Sun
Thursday, 6 Mar, 2008 – 23:29 | 2 Comments
African Reading Challenge Review 1: Half of a Yellow Sun

You don’t know, what you don’t know… until you do.
I joined this challenge, because I have been frustrated in my attempts to find note-worthy African authors. Clearly there are plenty, but without knowing who they …

Africa Reading Challenge List 2nd draft
Wednesday, 20 Feb, 2008 – 20:03 | One Comment
Africa Reading Challenge List 2nd draft

If you want to learn more about the reading challenge visit Dave… and he will tell you all about it!
Ok thanks to Mike, Dave, the Insomniac and olmoti8 I am ready to revise my list. …

HELP! I am Joining the African Reading Challenge.
Tuesday, 19 Feb, 2008 – 21:46 | 5 Comments
HELP! I am Joining the African Reading Challenge.

If you want to learn more about the reading challenge visit Dave… and he will tell you all about it!
Ok everybody… I need some serious help. I am both overwhelmed by the options and frustrated …