African Presidential Center Collection

African Presidential Center Collection

Boston University

Boston University’s African Presidential Center (APC), also known as the African Presidential Archives and Research Center (APARC) was led by the former US Ambassador to Tanzania, Charles Stith, who began this organization with the intent to chronicle and facilitate developmental growth in Africa. The Center worked with fifteen democratic African countries: Benin, Botswana, Cape Verde, Ghana, Liberia, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia. This Center focused on five major programs that offered particularly unique insights into contemporary trends and developments in Africa. With the President-in-Residence program, a former democratically elected African head of state took up residence at Boston University and spoke at various venues throughout the United States. The Public Papers/Private Conversations Project was an oral and documentary history project focusing on current trends and development in Africa. The African Leaders State of Africa Report is comprised of reports presenting the perspectives of select African heads of state relative to their respective countries and regions. It is an annual report that allowed the Center to disseminate the African point of view to those involved in creating policy and shaping opinions about Africa. The African Presidential Roundtable was a gathering of former African heads of state, policy makers, and public sector leaders. Discussants came together on a yearly basis to deliberate on issues of growth and development as they pertain to the continent. The APC American – African Universities Collaborative was a partnership between the Center, HBCUs, and African Universities that was designed to provide students at partnering institutions to the full range of APC programs.


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BU: Boston University · 14 April 2009

This is the video of a lecture by his excellency Festus Gontebanye Mogae, former President of the Republic of Botswana. His presentation was entitled: Democratization in Africa: The Case of …


BU: Boston University · 14 April 2009

This is the archive of a speech given by President Mogae of the Republic of Botswana, APC's 4th President in Residence, on April 14, 2009.


BU: Boston University · 1 April 2009

This is the video of the 2009 African Presidential Roundtable, from April 27-29, 2009, where former African heads of state from a broad spectrum of countries gathered in Berlin, Germany …


BU: Boston University · 1 April 2008

This is the video summary of the 2008 African Presidential Roundtable proceedings, where former African heads of state from a broad spectrum of countries gathered from April 13-15, 2008 in …


BU: Boston University · 11 September 2007

This is the archive of a speech given by President Monteiro of Cape Verde, APC's 5th President in Residence, on September 11, 2007.


BU: Boston University · 1 April 2007

The 2007 African Presidential Roundtable proceedings had former African heads of state from a broad spectrum of countries. They gathered from April 17-19, 2007 in Boston, and Los Angeles in …


BU: Boston University · 1 April 2006

The 2006 African Presidential Roundtable proceedings had former African heads of state from a broad spectrum of countries. They gathered from April 19-22, 2006 at the University of Witwatersrand in …


BU: Boston University · 3 November 2005

This is the archive of a speech given by President Masire of the Republic of Botswana, APC's 4th President in Residence, on November 3, 2005.


BU: Boston University · 23 September 2004

This is the archive of a speech given by President Offmann of the Republic of Mauritius, APC's 3rd President in Residence, on September 23, 2004.


BU: Boston University · 4 March 2004

This is the archive of a speech given by President Perry of Liberia, APC's 2nd President in Residence, on March 4, 2004.