March 24, 2009 issue

AFRICAN HISTORY: Ali Mazrui, EMU's Thelma McAndless Distinguished Scholar, discusses "The Africans: A Triple Heritage," with EMU students in Pray-Harrold March 18. During his visit, which concluded March 23, Mazrui discussed racial prejudice against Islam; hosted a four-day seminar to discuss Africa; attended a student mixer in his honor; and presented a public lecture, entitled "Africa in Global Racial Context: From Othello to Obama," in the Student Center Auditorium. Mazrui is director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies and Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities at Binghamton University-State University of New York. The McAndless endowed chair is designed to bring distinguished artists and scholars in the humanities to campus each year. Photo by Anthony Gattine

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