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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This is the archive of the annual reports for the African Presidential Center's President-in-Residence program.
This is the image of Dr. Kenneth Jennings, Managing Director of K2J Environmental at the 2012 Roundtable.
This is the archive of a pictorial chronicle of the 2011 African Presidential Roundtable Event. Cover photo standing (left to right) - His Excellency Thabo Mbeki (Former President of the …
This is the archive of the summer 2009 APARC Communiqué, a bi-annual newsletter, which was a special report on the 2009 African Presidential Roundtable.
This is the archive of a fact sheet on democracy in Africa. It shows the advances in the democratic process and the achievements that have occurred within the realm of …
This is the image of Ambassador Stith and Their Excellencies at the 2013 Roundtable.
This is the image of a choir singing at the 2012 Roundtable in Johannesburg, South Africa.
This is the image of Senator John Kerry and Ambassador Charles Stith meeting in 2009.
This is the image of discussant Dr. Muhammad Zaman of Boston University speaking at the 2012 Roundtable.
This is the image of Ambassador Charles Stith with APC's Spring 2012 President in Residence, former President of Zambia Rupiah Banda and First Lady Mrs. Banda.