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LOCATION:Braamfontein Campus East Senate Room, 2nd Floor, Solomon Mahlangu House
DESCRIPTION:The African Centre for the Study of the United States will host a forum to analyse Barack Obama's Mandela Lecture. Under the theme of the Mandela-Obama effect: Legacies and Soft power, the forum undertake a rapid and in-depth analysis and review of the events. The forum will focus on the following issues:
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<br />What are the key themes and the significance of Obama’s Nelson Mandela lecture?
<br />What does the media coverage tell us about the representation of Obama and Mandela? 
<br />What does the Obama lecture and related events tell us about the legacies of both Obama and Mandela? 
<br />Which insights can we gain from the events are as relates to Africa-US and global relations?
<br />To what extent do the Mandela centennial and the involvement of the Obama Foundation advance the concept of global Africa?
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<br />An impressive panel of speakers, experts on African, American and global dynamics has been put together to provide incisive, comprehensive and wide ranging perspectives on the theme.&nbsp;
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong>The African Centre for the Study of the United States will host a forum to analyse Barack Obama's Mandela Lecture. </strong><p><span>Under the theme of <em>the Mandela-Obama effect</em>: <em>Legacies and Soft power,</em> the forum undertake a rapid and in-depth analysis and review of the events. The forum will focus on the following issues:</span></p>
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<br /><li><span>What are the key themes and the significance of Obama’s Nelson Mandela lecture?</span></li>
<br /><li><span>What does the media coverage tell us about the representation of Obama and Mandela? </span></li>
<br /><li><span>What does the Obama lecture and related events tell us about the legacies of both Obama and Mandela? </span></li>
<br /><li><span>Which insights can we gain from the events are as relates to Africa-US and global relations?</span></li>
<br /><li><span>To what extent do the Mandela centennial and the involvement of the Obama Foundation advance the concept of global Africa?</span></li>
<br /></ul>
<br /><p><span>An impressive panel of speakers, experts on African, American and global dynamics has been put together to provide incisive, comprehensive and wide ranging perspectives on the theme.&nbsp;</span></p>
SUMMARY:Obama's Mandela Lecture: A review forum 
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