Green Festivals - Akuetteh, Nii

Akuetteh, Nii

Akuetteh is a widely published author and frequent speaker on African affairs in the United States, Europe and Africa; serves as a Member of TransAfrica Forum’s Scholars Council; and was an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown’s University’s School of Foreign Service from 1987-1996. A Ghanaian, he has served as the Founder of the Democracy and Conflict Research Institute, based in Accra, Ghana. He has also served as the Executive Director of the Open Society Insititute West Africa.
Action for Africa: What You Can Do
The year 2007 marks the 200th anniversary of the end of the transatlantic slave trade. Despite this passage of time, however, the exploitation of the African continent and her people by the U.S. and other developed countries still exists with devastating results. Learn from this group of prominent advocates of the African cause what is going on and what you can do about it.