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Welcome to the calendar of the Illinois Global Institute. We are home to 10 longstanding international area studies centers and thematic programs. Bringing the units together as part of the IGI will improve organizational support, raise visibility, and foster additional cross-campus collaboration on essential international programs

film screening and discussion, The Great Green Wall

Event Type: Film Screening
Sponsor: Center for African Studies; Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
Location: 202 S. Broadway; Urbana, IL, 61801
Date: Apr 22, 2022 6:30 pm
Speaker: Dr. Emmanuel Nuesiri
Contact: Adeyinke Alasade
E-Mail: tdavis5@Illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar: African studies - Outreach Calendar; Malian singer Inna Modja makes a musical journey across the Sahel from Senegal to Ethiopia to monitor the
state of the African Union’s project of the Great Green Wall. The acute consequences of severe land
degradation and accelerating climate change are revealed. The film is an inspiring call to action to save the
continent.

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