News
Celebrating Struggle, Joy and Triumph: Campus Affinity Groups Honor Black History Month
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Student groups at Cornell University celebrate Black History Month with educational and entertainment events.
Science
Virology Prof. On Rise in Monkeypox Cases During COVID-19
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Virology Prof. John Parker discusses the origin of monkeypox in addition to why cases have been rising this year.
empowerment
African Women Don’t Need Saving, Professor Says
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“There’s very little teaching about African countries, much less about African women, so we often show African women as victims,” Van Allen said.
Africa
Student Chefs Bring Taste of Africa to Duffield Hall
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In a dimly lit Duffield Hall on Saturday evening, students lined up for a “night market” to sample cuisine from Ghana, Ethiopia and Nigeria and enjoy the diverse culinary culture of Africa. “The purpose of the Africa Night Market is to expose the Cornell community to different African cultures because there is misconception that we’re all kind of the same,” said Maame Ohemeng ’20, organizer of the event and president of Ghanaians at Cornell. “We have different foods, different music, different people and it’s a way to bring us together and expose us to that.”
Dishes offered included — among many others — jollof rice from Ghana and Nigeria; waakye, a Ghanaian dish of rice and beans; and tibs, a type of grilled beef from Ethiopia. Ohemeng said the food was cooked by members of the community. The home-made quality of the buffet presented a logistical problem for the organizers, as they experienced difficulty trying to get the student volunteers “out of their comfort zones” to cook for the Cornell community.
Ndaba Mandela
Grandson of Nelson Mandela Leads Students in Intimate Roundtable Discussion
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“There’s no room for failure in Africa,” said Ndaba on the lack of support for entrepreneurial spirit on his continent. “But as an entrepreneur, failure has to become your friend.”
Elephant Listening Project
Elephant Listening Project Uses Artificial Intelligence to Combat Poaching in Africa
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The ELP, which is part of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, is hoping to reverse the impact poachers have had on the forest elephant population in central Africa.
Africa
Poverty in Africa a Challenge that ‘Agricultural Universities Like Cornell Need to Tackle,’ Says Prof
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Sub-Saharan Africa “remains, unfortunately, the world’s poorest subcontinent,” said Christopher Barrett.
Africa
Cornell Students Shed Western Perspectives, Gain Business Experience In South Africa
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“As Cornelians, we are a product of western education and perspectives, and while we were conducting business and interviews in South Africa we had to take that into account and listen carefully and learn from others,” said Newburger ’18.
Africa
NIH Grants Researchers $1M For Cancer Detection Technology in Africa
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The four-year grant will help fight one of the most common cancers with high morbidity and mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the University.
Arts & Culture
Netflix’s Beasts of No Nation
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By LEV AKABAS
Sometimes, in an art museum, you’ll come to a beautiful but conventional painting, perhaps a portrait or a still life. You’ll stand in front of it for a minute, marveling at the brushstrokes that bring it to life, but by the time you leave the museum, you won’t remember much about the piece. A work like Pablo Picasso’s Guernica, for example, which depicts the destruction caused by war in a unique and thought-provoking way, will stick with you much more than paintings that simply portray their subjects accurately. Netflix original, Beasts of No Nation, based on a novel of the same name, is a devastating portrayal of child warfare. The film follows a young boy, Agu (Abraham Attah), who escapes into the jungle when a violent civil war reaches his home village in an unnamed African country.