African Diaspora: before and after COVID-19
The articles in this special issue are derived from a virtual activity lasting just over five months between May and October 2020. Dubbed the Old and New African Diaspora: Before and After COVID-19, the series of activities kicked off with
Biden and Africa: Continuity or Change
The edition takes a general to the specific? structure, from broad policy offerings to specific sectors, issues, and dynamics of engagement. Bob Wekesa sets off the discussion by framing the overarching contours of what a coherent policy framework for
Global Dialogue: An International Affairs Reviews Published by The Institute for Global Dialogue Associated with UNISA
One of the major series of events in South Africa in 2018 was the commemoration of the centennial of Nelson Mandela’s birth. At the peak of the event, former US president Barack Obama delivered the sixteenth annual Nelson Mandela lecture
African Digital Diplomacy in the era of COVID-19:Virtual Introduction to Digital Diplomacy Seminars
The concept and practice of digital diplomacy, also referred to as virtual diplomacy, e-diplomacy, mobile diplomacy, cyber diplomacy, and networked diplomacy, was already becoming standard practice before the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic. The measures implemented globally to contain the
Strengthening Linkages Between the African Diaspora in the US to Benefit Africa’s Development
By Michael Sudarkasa, CEO, Africa Business GroupAugust 2021America and Africa have a 500-year-plus long history of engagement. The US Library of Congress notes that as early as the 1500s, Africans were involved in the Age of Exploration and traveled widely.
Introducing the Africa-US-Forum Blog
Bob WekesaIn Africa, the United States of America is a well-known country – rights! Most Americas can point out the location of Africa on the world map – right! Well, not quite! Ask any average African what the name Wyoming
Breaking the ice: First Africa-US Public Diplomacy Conference
March 10, 2018Co-hosted by Wits African Centre for the Study of the USA (ACSUS) and Centre on Public Diplomacy (CPD), University of Southern California (USC)Report of Part I of the ProceedingsGloria Ooko and Bob WekesaAppreciation to Bongiwe Tutu for video
African Digital Diplomacy in the era of COVID-19
Report of a Seminar for African Diplomats held 24 June to 12 August 2020 Compiled and Edited by Dr Bob Wekesa, African Centre for the Study of the United States and Mr Sean Pike, Department of International Relations and Cooperation Published by
Old and new African diaspora networks: intersections, distinctions and strategies
Conference concept note20 – 21 May 2020IntroductionAnimated discussions, vibrant debates and strategic policies around diaspora and migrations are as wide-ranging as they are historical and contested. This reflects heterogeneity in concept and practice attendant to past migrations and underlined by
African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS) postgraduate program curriculum development at the University of the Witwatersrand
Extensive work has been done since the formation of ACSUS in establishing the viability of an American Studies program at the University of the Witwatersrand, and now, the ongoing development of the program, the first of its kind on the