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Howard French, The New York Times bureau chief in Abidjan on Africa's Ivory Coast, will talk about the fate of the African city at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, in Room 101 Duncker Hall. His talk is titled "Between Gunpowder and Growth: the Fate of the African City at Century's End." The talk is part of the African Lecture Series sponsored by the African and Afro-American Studies Program.
French also will give a brown bag lunch talk at noon the same day for students interested in learning more about careers in international journalism. That session will be in Room 220 Cupples II Hall.
French won the prestigious Overseas Press Club Award in 1997 for his reports from Africa. He has led the Times staff in Abidjan since 1994 and served as the paper's Caribbean correspondent from 1990-94. He joined the Times as a reporter in 1986.
His articles from the Ivory Coast have appeared in papers and magazines around the world, including The Economist, The Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune, Africa News and The Chronicle of Higher Education. French speaks Nzima, Haitian Creole, Spanish and French.
