Africa

In early February, South Africa’s University of the Free State, Vrije Universiteit in the Netherlands and UCLA held their fourth symposium on diversity and equity in higher education.

UCLA’s Fowler Museum will celebrate the opening of “African-Print Fashion Now!” from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Fowler’s Lenart Auditorium on Saturday, March 25.

Impoverished locals in Mai Adrasha panning for tiny flakes of gold have dismantled much of what in other parts of the country has been preserved as tourist destinations.

Dr. Ippolytos Kalofonos has woven together his interests in global health, medicine and culture into a career as a medical anthropologist.

In a study of rural communities in five countries, researchers found that women provide far more hours of care in their daily lives than do their male counterparts.

The photographs in capture a cultural movement that has been inspired by Jazz-era America and Europe to both South African dance styles and American hip-hop.

The UCLA professor emerita of anthropology and gender studies was honored by Ahfad University for Women in Omdurman, Sudan.

Wayne Wong spent three years at UCLA studying microbiology and globalization, never suspecting that he would soon be facing issues he studied and discussed in the classroom in Uganda.

The finding could be a cause for concern because many countries rely on the agency to help pay for vital health care services for people with the diseases.

“The Collector and the Dealer: Gifts of African Art from Jay T. Last and Merton D. Simpson” underscores the lasting impact that two men have had on the development of the museum’s acclaimed African art holdings.

Whether she’s studying Wall Street or Equatorial Guinea, Hannah Appel uses the lens of anthropology to understand how people create and make sense of their economic lives.

UCLA Anderson alumna Sandy Tesch Wilkins is part of a solid core of Anderson students and alumni who are intent on putting their business skills to use in positive ways to have social impact.

Steven Nelson recently joined a long line of respected Africanists who have led the center at the UCLA International Institute.

Archaeologist Matthew Curtis was part of a team that recently discovered a skeleton that yielded the first complete ancient genome ever found in Africa.

The exhibition reveals how masks have influenced 21st century African and African-American artists.

Thanks to UCLA student Grant Guess, schoolchildren with developmental and intellectual disabilities in West Africa are reaping the benefits of working on sustainable farm projects that he has developed for them.

UCLA’s Dr. Matthew Waxman writes about the two months he spent in Sierra Leone treating people suffering from the deadly Ebola virus.

The Congo Basin Institute in Cameroon will provide a one-of-a-kind center to address the challenges of food and water security, climate change, biodiversity loss, public health and emerging diseases.

In an exhibition opening May 3, hair adornments and a contemporary film address changing ideas of beauty and identity in Africa.

The UCLA Center for World Health and its partners currently participate in 170 projects in 65 countries worldwide. It focuses not only on education, training and capacity building to improve health, but projects also include research and clinical care initiatives.

“Letter to Jimmy,” Alain Mabanckou’s much-lauded book, is a fitting tribute to the pivotal American essayist, activist and playwright, author of the novel, “Go Tell It on the Mountain” and a collection of essays, “Notes of a Native Son,” among other major works.

From a digital literacy program in Ecuador's rainforest to enhancing math education in Lusaka, Zambia, UCLA's 2014 Global Citizens Fellows demonstrate what can be done with $5,000 and one summer.

For more than 20 years, professor David Gere of the Department of World Arts and Cultures has been using art and a network of artists to communicate his message about ending the AIDS epidemic around the world. Are we any closer to making that happen?

UCLA study shows that community-based interventions lead to better health outcomes in both mothers and children.

UCLA geographer Judith Carney is part of an international team of interdisciplinary researchers who have sequenced the complete genome of African rice (Oryza glaberrima). The findings were reported online Sunday in the scholarly journal Nature Genetics.