This Thursday I will deliver a lecture at Brescia University (Owensboro KY) in the Lecture Hall at 7pm. The title is Focus on Togo. A Personal Perspective. The lecture is open to the public. If you are in the area, please feel free to come by. Check out the flier below...
cordially invites you to a
FREE PUBLIC LECTURE
Kevin Brown
“Focus on Togo: A Personal Perspective”
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Brescia University
Science Building Lecture Hall
7:00 p.m.
French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe Eyadema, installed as military ruler in 1967, ruled Togo with a heavy hand for almost four decades. Despite the facade of multiparty elections instituted in the early 1990s, the government was largely dominated by President Eyadema, whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has maintained power almost continually since 1967 and maintains a majority of seats in today's legislature. Upon Eyadema’s death in February 2005, the military installed the president's son, Faure Gnassingbe, and then engineered his formal election two months later. Democratic gains since then allowed Togo to hold its first relatively free and fair legislative elections in October 2007. After years of political unrest and fire from international organizations for human rights abuses, the West African nation of Togo is finally being re-welcomed into the international community.
Kevin Brown is an English Language Fellow in Togo. He has taught there since 2007.
For more information, contact the Owensboro Area World Affairs Council via e-mail at: goawac@gmail.com.
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4 comments:
Hey Kevin! I just received this email from Brescia...it's awesome that you're presenting! I hope I get to go! :)
Man, do I wish I could go to this...
gr8 show, KB! Sorry Anna slept...at least she didn't snore...being tired, warm & seven years old won out over learning about Togo. I learned a lot! My Michelle thought that "fat" being a good thing was funny and liked learning about the schools. Good job on getting the grant for books & tuition!
Great job, Kevin! Your story was really interesting and inspiring. It was also really good seeing you again :)
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