UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM

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Press Release
PUBLIC LECTURE BY PROFESSOR YASH TANDON
This is to inform the University of Dar es Salaam community that, the
Senior Advisor of the South Centre, Professor Yash Tandon, will
visit the University of Dar es Salaam and deliver a Public Lecture on
EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA): Whats in for
Africa? at the Mwalimu J.K. Nyerere Mlimani Campus, Tuesday
10th June in Nkrumah Hall from 15:00 hrs to 17:00 hrs.
Born in Uganda, Yash Tandon is a Professor, policymaker, political
activist, author and public intellectual. He has lectured, researched
and published extensively in the areas of International Relations and
Political Economy. He was deeply involved in the struggle against the
dictatorship of Idi Amin in 1970's Uganda and has spent time in exile.
During exile, he taught at the University of Dar es Salaam from 1973
to 1979.
He has served as Executive Director of the South Centre which is an
intergovernmental think tank of the South founded by leaders of the
South, among them China, India, Brazil and a number of African
countries. Mwalimu Nyerere was the first Chairman of the South
Centre. The current Chairman of the South Centre H.E. former
President of the United Republic of Tanzania Benjamin W. Mkapa will
attend and contribute to the discussions. Prof. Tandon is currently
engaged in advocating for Africa to stand united against pressure from
Europe to sign an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rwekaza S. Mukandala, cordially invites all
members of the University community and the general public to
attend this important lecture.
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04/06/2014
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