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April 10, 2003 For more information contact:
Irene Ratliff
(847) 735-6010 or ratliff@lfc.edu

For Immediate Release



Neo-Colonialism and African Development


Lake Forest, Ill.-Lake Forest College hosts Professor Joseph Mbele, a Tanzanian Africanist scholar, who will present a lecture titled “Neo-Colonialism and African Development” on Thursday, April 17 at 4 p.m. in Meyer Auditorium in Hotchkiss Hall, located on the College’s Middle Campus. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information please call 847-735-6010.

Mbele, a professor of English at St. Olaf College, is the author of two novels, Matengo Folktales (1999) and Viewpoints: Essays on Literature and Drama (1980), as well as several essays about African folklore.

The event is co-sponsored by the Politics Department, International Relations Program, and the Mojekwu Fund for Intercultural Understanding.

Lake Forest College is a private, liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The college has 1,300 students representing 45 states and 43 other countries.

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