Stories about "Africa"
What we owe genocide survivors

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 10:22 am

Alexandre Dauge-Roth, recipient of the 2015 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching, delivers the Kroepsch lecture.

Aliza Luft ’06 examines ‘risky defections’ during the genocide in Rwanda

Friday, April 18, 2014 11:58 am

Why, Luft asks in her guest blog post, did some Hutu "evade participation and help Tutsi" instead of killing them?

2014 Watson Fellow Simone Schriger

Thursday, April 3, 2014 1:24 pm

Simone Schriger, a senior psychology major from Los Angeles, is one of two Bates seniors to be awarded a 2014 Watson Fellowship.

Jewish family history, hands-on health care in Africa motivate 2013 Phillips Student Fellows

Friday, January 31, 2014 12:47 pm

Rachel Baumann '14 and Asha Mohamud '15 sought to understand experiences outside the U.S. that had changed the lives of people close to them.

Intersections between health and culture draw Phillips Fellow Mohamud ’15 to Tanzania

Friday, January 31, 2014 12:37 pm

In Tanzania during the summer of 2013, Phillips Fellow Asha Mohamud '15 learned a valuable lesson about perspective.

Third annual Inside Africa Fashion Show celebrates diversity within the continent

Thursday, November 7, 2013 1:53 pm

Celebrating the depth and variety of African culture, Bates presents the third annual Inside Africa Fashion Show on Nov. 8

Architect of post-apartheid constitution in South Africa to speak at Bates

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 3:15 pm

Justice Albert Sachs, a key architect of South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, speaks at Bates Oct. 24.

Inside Africa Fashion Show explores traditional fashions, Africa’s worldwide influence

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 1:10 pm

Reflecting the influence of African fashion abroad as well as the diversity of the continent's apparel, the second annual Inside Africa Fashion Show takes place March 15.

Rwandan filmmaker to screen latest documentary

Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:31 am

A filmmaker dedicated to producing documentaries about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Gilbert Ndahayo shows his new film at Bates on March 4.

Detwiler ’95 plays key role in confirming new African monkey species

Tuesday, February 19, 2013 1:02 pm

An African monkey known as a lesula was recently confirmed as a new species by Kate Detwiler '95 and her fellow primate researchers.

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