Sankofa: Let’s go back to our good roots

Friday 29 October 2021   17:30

Speakers:

H.E Muhammadou M.O. Kah, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of The Gambia to the UN Office at Geneva, World Trade Organization (WTO), and other offices in Geneva

Mr. Ebenezer Azamati, President, Oxford Africa Society, University of Oxford

Mrs. Josephine Agyeman-Duah, International Health Expert, GTC Black Students’ Representative, University of Oxford

Location:

EP Abraham Lecture Theatre and Online

Black History Month celebration with symposium, exhibition, dinner, music and more.

H.E Amb. Prof. Muhammadou M.O. Kahprof.muhammadou Kah in front of a white background. They wear glasses and a hat

His Excellency Professor Muhammadou M.O. Kah is the Ambassador & Permanent Representative of The Gambia to the UN Office at Geneva, World Trade Organization (WTO), and other offices in Geneva. He currently Chairs the Africa Group of Ambassadors at Geneva (April 2021- to Date) and is the Vice Chair for UNCTAD’s Commission on Science and Technology Development’s 25th session and a member of the Advisory Board of the UNCTAD TDB Advisory Body (June 2021-July 2022). Ambassador Prof. Kah is also one of three Ambassadors designated as Friends of the Chair of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) General Assembly.

Prior to his appointment in Geneva, Professor Kah served as the Founding Chairman of Zenith Bank, The Gambia, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Africa Consulting & Trading Group (ACT), Dakar, Senegal and as the first Gambian-born third Vice Chancellor of The University of The Gambia (UTG) from 2009- 2015 and recently appointed as a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Read more about H.E Prof. Muhammadou M.O Kah

Ebenezer Azamati, leaning on a railing they wear a suit jacket and red checked shirt.Mr. Ebenezer Azamati, President, Oxford Africa Society, University of Oxford

Ebenezer Azamati reads for the DPhil International Relations at University College, Oxford. He is a Ghanaian, member and President of the Oxford Africa Society with a BA in Political Science from the University of Ghana. Azamati enjoys classic literature, debates in philosophy, history and world politics.

Josephine Agyeman-Duah stood in front of a group of trees, hair pulled back wearing a red outfitMrs. Josephine Agyeman-Duah, International Health Expert, GTC Black Students’ Representative, University of Oxford

Josephine is an international health professional with extensive work experience in Africa and Europe. Prior to her DPhil studies, she worked in Switzerland as a consultant for HIV program quality and efficiency at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, and also with the Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research to promote sexual and reproductive health. In Ghana, she led the regional implementation of a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sponsored project to reduce children under 5 mortality and improve maternal health in the country. Her DPhil research is on neurodevelopmental assessment at age 2 for all children born preterm.

Josephine is the first Black Students’ Representative of Green Templeton College.

Vector Adinkra Akan Art Symbol Illustration: Sankofa. The Sankofa Represents The Importance Of Learning From The Past.

Sankofa illustration

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Please direct any questions to GTC Black Students’ Representative Josephine Agyeman-Duah.