Podcasts

• Former Bugandan PM: National Land Policy Needed
  Uganda needs a national land policy that ends legalized seizures of territory, former Bugandan Prime Minister (Katikkiro) Daniel Muliika tells a UCLA audience in this podcast.
  Posted: 2/26/2008
• Can People Power Change Kenya?
  Resolving the election crisis of 2007-08 is one thing, argues GRCA Research Associate Stephen Ndegwa, and addressing underlying injustices is quite another. Ndegwa and an engaged UCLA audience debate the likelihood of significant change from below.
  Posted: 2/14/2008
• Post-Screening Discussion of the film, Darfur Now
  Stephen Rapp, former chief prosecutor for the United Nations-International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, UCLA History Chair Edward Alpers, UCLA graduate and activist Adam Sterling, and director Ted Braun discuss genocide and the film "Darfur Now" following a screening.
  Posted: 10/31/2007
• Promises in AIDS Fight Not Met
  Focusing on Africa, former UN envoy Stephen Lewis expresses amazement at the passivity of the international community as the HIV/AIDS epidemic traumatizes women, creates orphans, and continues on its decades-long path of devastation. Listen to a Podcast of his speech.
  Posted: 5/22/2007
• Roots of Epidemic Still Go Unaddressed
  Debrework Zewdie, the director of the Global HIV/AIDS Program at the World Bank, argues that efforts to fight the pandemic will come up short as long as "fundamental drivers" such as poverty, gender inequality, and the marginalization of high-risk groups are not dealt with. Listen to a Podcast of her speech.
  Posted: 5/22/2007
• A World of Conflict
  Listen to a UCLAradio story about a documentary screening by Kevin Sites, a pioneering solo journalist for Yahoo! News, on war zones around the world. The event was presented by AsiaMedia, sponsored by the UCLA International Institute, Latin American Center, African Studies Center and Asia Institute.
  Posted: 5/1/2007