MATRIX and African Studies Center at Michigan State University hosted a ribbon cutting Friday May 2, 2008 at the Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center in honor of their recently launched websites Overcoming Apartheid and Community Video Education Trust.
Among the guests was MSU Trustee, Melanie Foster, who spoke on MSU’s dual missions of African studies and digital humanities. Trustee Foster described the work as “…interdisciplinary research, scholarship, and outreach at its best.”
Yusef Omar, previous South African Consul General in Chicago, spoke of the importance or recording memories and teaching about the struggle against apartheid. Omar is interviewed on the Overcoming Apartheid website.
Both websites contribute to MATRIX and African Studies Center engagement of preserving and providing access to materials about the struggle for freedom and democracy in Africa. Please browse these sites at http://overcomingapartheid.msu.edu and http://cvet.org.za
Please visit http://www.overcomingapartheid.msu.edu/promo.php to view the Overcoming Apartheid promotional video.
Included in photo (from left to right; click on photo to enlarge): Jeffrey Riedinger, Dean of MSU’s International Studies and Programs; Satish Udpa, Dean of MSU’s College of Engineering; Melanie Foster, MSU Trustee; Yusef Omar, former South African Counsul General in Chicago, IL; Mark Kornbluh, MATRIX Director; and David Wiley, MSU’s African Studies Center Director