Biography

Dr. Osita Afoaku is Director of Outreach in the African Studies Program and faculty in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Bloomington. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Washington State University, Pullman, and his Bachelor’s degree in French at the University of Ife, Nigeria and L’Université des Langues et Lettres, Grenoble, France. Among his recent works is a co-authored book Sustainable Development in Africa: A Multifaceted Challenge (African World Press, 2005). Dr. Afoaku was the 1998 recipient of the Lawrence Dunbar Reddick Memorial Scholarship Award from the Association of Third World Studies for his work on US-Congo relations.