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** Please visit our website: http://www.africanassociation.org **
Please join us Thursday for this special occasion.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison African Studies Program presents a
Special Lecture "South Africa 2005" presented by Barbara Masekela,
South African Ambassador to the United States.
Thursday, March 10,
3:30-4:30 p.m., 313 Pyle Center
Barbara Masekela received her early education in South Africa and Zambia
and graduated with a BA (cum laude) from the University of Ohio in
1971. After an academic career in which she was assistant professor of
English Literature at Staten Island Community College, NY, and at Rutgers
University, NJ, she founded the African National Congress Office of Arts
and Culture and served as its secretary for seven years. After the release
of Nelson Mandela from prison, she joined him as his chief of staff, a
position she held until 1994. She also was elected to the National
Executive Committee of the ANC and to its National Working Committee.
President Mandela appointed Ms. Masekela Ambassador to the Republic of
France as well as Ambassador to UNESCO, in 1995. In 1999, when she
returned to South Africa, she held a number of directorships, including
Standard Bank of South Africa, South African Broadcasting Corporation, and
the International Marketing Council. At this time she also served as a
trustee of the Nelson Mandela Childrens Fund and the Nelson Mandela
Foundation. She retired in March 2003 as Executive Director for Public and
Corporate Affairs for De Beers Consolidated Mines. President Mbeki appointed
Ms. Masekela Ambassador to the United States of America in June 2003.
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