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 · 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 …
This is the archive of a pictorial chronicle of the 2013 African Presidential Roundtable Event. Cover photo (left to right) - Ambassador Charles Stith (Director APC), His Excellency Frederick Tluway …
This is a video compilation of interviews and presentations related to the 2007 African Leaders State of Africa Report with Ambassador Charles Stith, director of the African Presidential Archives and …
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 a pictorial chronicle of the 2012 African Presidential Roundtable Event. Cover photo (left to right)- Ambassador Charles Stith (Director APC), His Excellency Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo …