ABEGUNRIN OLAYIWOLA : Political scientist, foreign policy analyst, university teacher, Pan-Africanist; Born June 6, 1944 in Ikire, Osun State, Western Nigeria, West Africa; Married Funmilola Atoke Abegunrin (nee Adekemi) in1981, they have 2 sons, one daughter
Education: Aiyede Grammar School, Ikire, BS, Dallas Baptist College, Dallas, TX, USA, MA, North Texas State University, TX, USA, PhD, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
Career history: Currently, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA ,formerly, Research fellow, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, Western Nigeria, Chairperson, Dept. of International Relations, University of Ife, Ile-Ife; Author: “US Foreign Policy Toward South Africa: Andrew Young and Beyond ” (1987), “ Lagos Plan of Action and Beyond ”(1985), “African Development: OAU/ECA Plan of Action and Beyond” (1985); Member, African Studies Association, Southern African Research Association, International Studies Association, International Advisory Board of United Black Fund of the USA, Washington, DC, USA, Regional editor, 3 rd World Affairs Monograph Series, VA, USA; Recipient, Political Science Academic Excellence, Dallas Baptist College, Dallas, TX,USA; Hobbies: reading, writing, farming, table tennis
Contact: Dept. of Political Science, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059 USA, Tel: 202 806 6720, 202 238 2389, Fax: 301 459 4235 or 7427 Jefferson Street, New Carrolton, MD 20784 USA; Email: oabegunrin@howard.edu

ACHEBE ALBERT CHINUALUMAGO: Author, writer, renowned scholar, politician, literary critic, Pan-Africanist; Born November 36, 1936 in Ogidi, Anambra State, Eastern Nigeria, West Africa; Married Christie Achebe (nee Okoli) 1963; children: 5
Education: BA, University College, Ibadan, Western Nigeria: 1949-1953, LLB
Career history: currently, Distinguished Professor of English &Literature, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA, since 1998 to date, formerly, Visiting Professor of Literature, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA, Montgomery Visiting Fellow Professor of Literature, Dartmouth College, Hanover, Professor of English, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Eastern Nigeria, Professor of English, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA, Professor of English & Literary Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT,USA, Regents Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles,( UCLA) CA, USA, Producer, Nigerian Broadcasting Service(now Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN),Regional Director, NBC, Enugu, Eastern Nigeria, Director, Voice of Nigeria Radio, Lagos, Western Nigeria, Chairman, Board of Directors, NBC-FRCN; Author: “ Things Fall Apart” (1958), “ No Longer at Ease ” (1960 ), “The Sacrificial Egg and other Stories” (1962), “ Arrow of God ” (1964), “ A Man of the People” (1966), “ Chike and the River ” (1966), “ Beware Soul Brother” (1972), “Girls at War” (1972), “How the Leopard Got His Claws ” (1973), “ Morning Yet on Creation Day ” (1975), “ The Flute ” (1978), “ The Drum ”(1978), “ The Trouble with Nigeria ” (1983), “ Anthills of the Savannah ” (1987 ), “Hopes and Impediments” (1987), “Nigerian Topics ” (1987); Recipient: Jock Campbell New Statesman Award, Neil Gunn International Prize of the Scottish Arts Council, Certificate of Merit Best Selling Author Award(Fourth Dimension Publishers, Nigeria, Fulbright Fellowship Award, Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Award, Honorary Doctorate Awards: University of Portharcourt, Southeastern Nigeria, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK, University of Southampton, UK, University of Massachusetts, Prince Edward Island University, USA, Trinity College of Connecticut, CT,USA; formerly, President, Association of Nigerian Authors, Editorial Adviser, African Writer's Series, UK; Hobbies: music, reading and writing
Contact: Dept. of English, Bard College, P. O. Box 5000, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504 USA; Tel: 845 758 7325, 845 758 6822; Email: achebe@bard.edu

ALI MAZRUI : administrator, academician, political scientist, University teacher Born February 24, 1933 at Mombassa, Kenya, East Africa
Education: B.A University of Manchester, UK, M.A; Columbia University, New York, USA, D.Phil., Oxford University, London, U.K Career
History: Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, East Africa: 1967-1969, Director, Center for Afro-American and African Studies, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA: 1978-1981, Senior Scholar, African Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, Professor-at-Large, University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, West Africa, Chancellor, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Narba, Kenya, East Africa, Professor of Political Science and African Studies, University at Binghamton, State University of New York (SUNY), New York, USA, Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities, University at Binghamton, State University of New York (SUNY), New York, USA, Director, Institute of Global Cultural Studies, University at Binghamton, State University of New York (SUNY), New York, USA; Member: Advisory Board, AFRICARE, Vice-President, International African Institute, London, U.K, Bank's Council of African Advisors, The World Bank, Washington, D.C, USA, Distinguished Visiting Professor , Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Member, United Nations Committee on Transnational Corporations, Vice-President, World Congress of Black Intellectuals, Member, Pan-African Advisory Council to United Nations International Children Educational Fund (UNICEF), Fellow, African Academy of Science, Author; Africa Since 1935 (1993), The Power of Babel: Language and Communication in the African Experience (1998), Co-author: The African Diaspora : African Origins and New World Identities ; Recipient: Dubois-Garvey Award for Pan-African Unity, Morgan State University, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA, 1998; Honorary Doctor of Letters, Nkumba University, Entebbe, Uganda, East Africa, 2000; Walter Rodney Professor of , University of Georgetown, Guyana, West Indies. Contact: Institute of Global Cultural Studies, University at Binghamton, State University of New York (SUNY), P.O. Box 6000, LNG-100, Binghamton, New York, 13902-6000, USA; Tel: 607 7774494, Email: igcs@binghamton.edu, amazrui@binghamton.edu

AJAYI ADEYINKLA ADESUYI : surgeon, cardiologist, medical Doctor, medical consultant; Born May 29, 1958 in Ibadan, Oyo State, Western Nigeria, West Africa; Married Abimbola Temitayo Ajayi (nee Omojokun) in 1984,they have one daughter
Education: Corona Elementary School, Lagos, Western Nigeria: 1961-1968, Christ School, Ado-Ekiti, Western Nigeria: 1969-1973, MBBS, University of Ife, (now Obafemi Awolowo University) Ile-Ife, Western Nigeria: MD, BS, University of Nottingham, UK, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC,USA
Career history: currently, Professor of Surgery, Texas Southern University Center for Cardiovascular Health, Houston, TX, concurrently, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA, formerly, Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA, Professor of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Western Nigeria; Author: “ Cardiology ” ( 1993), “ Handbook for Rapid Bedside Physical Examination and Pathophysiology” (1995), “Advances in Protagladins, Thromboxane and LeadOtriene Research” ( 1995); Member: British Pharmaceutical Society, Nigeria Cardiac Society, Association of Hospital Consultants, Amnesty International, Nigerian Medical Association, New York Academy of Sciences, West African Society for Pharmacology, American Medical Association, American Federation for Clinical Research, American Association for Advancement of Science, Club 2, University of Ife, Staff Club, University of Ife, Nigerian Hypertension Society, American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, fellow, West African College of Physicians; Hobbies: computer games, classical music, jazz, bird-watching
Contact: Center for Cardiovascular Health, Texas Southern University, 3100 Cleburne Avenue, Houston, TX 77004 USA, Or The Margaret M &Albert B. Alkek Dept. of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Faculty Center, 1709, Dryden Road, Suite 500, Houston, TX 77030 USA;Tel: 713 798 2500, 713 798 2450,Fax: 713 798 2451; Email: adeajayi@aol.com

AMODA MOYIBI JOHN : political scientist, university teacher, public affairs analyst, Pan-Africanist; Born July 15,1941 in Warri, Mid-Western Nigeria, West Africa; Married Morounmubo Amoda (nee Coker) in 1987 and they have one son, two daughters
Education: Government College, Ughelli, Eastern Nigeria: 1954-1959, Government College, Ibadan, Western Nigeria: 1960/1961, BA, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA: 1962-1965, MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) CA, USA: 1965-1969
Career history: currently, Professor Emeritus , Political Studies, The City College, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, USA, formerly, Chairperson, Dept., of Political, concurrently, Professor of Political Science, University of Lagos, Nigeria: 1985-1988, Visiting Professor of Political Science: 1980-1982, part-time Lecturer, National Institute of Policy & Strategic Studies(NIPS), Kuru, Plateau State, Central Nigeria: 1982, Asst., Professor of Political Science, Mary's College, Morago, CA,USA, Asst., Professor, of Black Studies, San Francisco State College, San Francisco, CA, USA, Assoc., Professor, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA; Author: “ Hegemonic Ethnicity: The Response to a Culture of Racism for US Department of Health Education and Welfare” (1974), “Festac Colloquium and Black World Political Development” (1978), “Black Politics, Black Vision ” (1972), “ Technological Development in Nigeria ” (1979), “ The Diasporic African Interest in the America” ( 1995); Executive Secretary, Nigerian-American Committee for Rapid Technological Development in Nigeria, Director-General, International Training Institute for Peace, Nigeria, Member, Constituent Assembly, Nigeria, Organizing Committee for All-Nigerian Political Science Association, Hobbies: karate, jogging, running , reading
Contact: Black Studies Program, Division of Social Science, City College, City University of New York (CUNY), NAC 4.150,138 TH Street & Convent Avenue, New York City, NY 10031 USA;Tel: 212 650 8661,212 650 8117,Fax: 212 650 5464;Email: jamoda@msn.edu

ANADU DONALD IGWEGBE : zoologist, researcher, scientist, university teacher; Born April 24, 1948 in Eastern Nigeria, West Africa; Married Edith Chijoke Anadu (nee Nwankwo) in 1978 and they have 4 daughters
Education: Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha, Eastern Nigeria: 1961-1967, BS, MS, PhD, Oregon State University, OR, USA
Career history: Professor of Biological Sciences, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC, USA, formerly, Senior Lecturer and Acting Chairperson, Dept., of Animal Production and Aquaculture, Anambra State University of Science and Technology, Abakaliki, Eastern Nigeria: 1987, Lecturer, University of Jos, Plateau State, Central Nigeria, Fisheries Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Kano, Northern Nigeria: 1974/1975, Graduate Asst., University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Eastern Nigeria: 1975/1976; Member: Science Association of Nigeria, Freshwater Biological Association, London, UK, American Fisheries Association; Hobbies: fishing, soccer , lawn tennis
Contact : Dept., of Biological Sciences, Campus Box PO # 7501, South Carolina State University, 300 College Street, NE, Orangeburg, SC 29117 USA; Tel: 803 536 8503, Fax: 803 516 4685;Email: dianadu@scsu.edu

ANNAN ATTA KOFI: administrator, diplomat, politician, bureaucrat, Born April 8, 1938 in Kumasi , Ghana , West Africa . Married Alakija (divorced) second wife Nane Lagergren 1984. Has two children.
Education: University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, BA, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, 1961, PG: Institut Universitaire des Hautes Internationales, Geneva, Switzerland, MA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA: 1972, Sloan Fellow MIT.
Career history: currently, Secretary-General of the United Nations, NY, USA since December 13, 1996, formerly, Under Secretary-General of the UN: 1993, Head, Human Resources & Security, UN, Director of Budget, UN, Chief of Personnel, United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Administrative & Budget Officer, WHO; Recipient, Nobel Peace Prize: 2001.
Contact: Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations, S-378, New York , NY 10017 USA ; Tel: 212 963 4475, fax: 212 963 7055; Email: inquiries@un.org

APPIAH KWAME ANTHONY: academician, author, pan-Africanist, philosopher and university teacher; Born in Accra, Ghana, West Africa on May 8, 1954
Education: B.A, MA, and PhD: St. Clare College, Cambridge University, London, UK, 1975, 1980, and 1981
Career History: Currently, Laurence S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA Formerly, visiting fellow, Yale College, teaching assistant, University of Ghana, West Africa, Tutor, Sussex College, UK, research fellow, Clare College, Cambridge University, UK, asst. professor, philosophy and Africa-American Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, asst. professor of philosophy at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA; Author ; For Truth in Semantics 1986, In My Father's House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture 1992, Color Conscience: the Political Morality of Race, Thinking it Through: An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy 2003, The Ethics of Identity , 2004.
Contact: Louis Marx Hall 208, Department of Literature and Philosophy, Princeton University, 133 East Payne , Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA Tel: 609 258 4302, 609 258 4798, 609 258 4027, Fax: 609 258 1873, 609 258 1502. Email: kappiah@princeton.edu

AYELE KASSAHUN : administrator, engineer, diplomat, politician; Born June 17, 1949 in Bale Goba, Ethiopia, East Africa
Education: BS, Haile Selassie University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, East Africa, Mechanical Engineering, MS University of Leeds, Leeds, England, 1988
Career histor: currently, Ambassador, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the United States of America since 2000; formerly, Minister of Trade and Industry, Ethiopia, Head; Production and Support Services, Office of Prime Minister, Ethiopia 1995, General Manager; Development Project Authority, Ethiopia, 1994, Project Engineer; Industrial Project Services, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1992; Technical Expert; Ethio-Libyan Joint Sugar Company, 1983; Chief Engineer; Metahara Sugar Co., Metahara, Ethiopia 1982; Chairman, Ethiopian Society of Mechanical Engineers, Board Member; Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopian Investment Authority, Basic Metals & Engineering Industrial Agency, National Bank of Ethiopia, Export Promotion Agency of Ethiopia, Public Enterprises Supervising Authority, Environmental Protection Agency, Ethiopian National Council for HIV/AIDS
Contact: Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, 3506 International Drive, NW Washington DC 20008 USA Tel: 202 364 1200 Fax: 202 587 0195 Email: info@ethiopianembassy.org

AYINE GABRIEL : mathematician, scientist, researcher, university teacher; Born January 1, 1955 in Accra , Ghana , West Africa
Education : BS, MS, M.Phil. University of Cape Coast, Ghana, West Africa, PhD, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA: 2002
Career history : currently, Asst., Professor of Mathematics, Howard County Community College, Columbia, MD, USA since 2002, formerly, Research Asst., Howard University, DC, USA, Visiting Professor, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Contact : Room 350, Hickory Ridge Building, Dept. of Mathematics, Howard Community College, 10901, Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD 21044 USA; Tel: 410 772 4856, 410 772 4483, 410 609 0737 (Home); Email: gayine@howardcc.edu

AZUONYE ANYA CHUKWUMA: author, literary analyst, university teacher; Born March 31, 1945 in Okigwe, Isuiikwanto-Okigwe, Imo State, Eastern Nigeria, West Africa; Married: Chioma Ulumma Nwogu, 1976, three sons, one daughter
Education: Okigwe Grammar School, Umuna, Eastern Nigeria: 1959-1963, Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar, Southeastern Nigeria: 1964-1965, BA, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Eastern Nigeria: 1966-1972, MA, PhD: School of Oriental 7African Studies, University of London, UK: 1973-1976, 1978-1979
Career history : currently, Professor of African Studies & English, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, USA; formerly, acting Head of Linguistics & Nigeria Languages, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Eastern Nigeria: 1985, Lecturer, Oral Literature, Dept. of Linguistics &African/Nigeria Languages, UNN, Eastern Nigeria, Senior Lecturer in Oral Literature &Stylistics, 1984, English & Arts Teacher, Anglican Grammar School, Oraukwu, Imo State: 1966, Asst., Commercial Artist, Information Division, Ministry of Agriculture, East Central State, Enugu: 1967, War Correspondent, War Information Bureau, 1967; Author: “ Nsukka Harvest: New Poetry from Nsukka” (1966-1967), Editor: “ Nsukka Journal of Linguistics &African Languages ” (1987), “ Nsukka Journal of the Humanities since1987” Hobbies: publishing, editing, reading and writing
Contact: Dept. of African Studies , Wheatley, 04- 102, University of Massachusetts at Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125-3393 USA; Tel: 617 287 5000, 617 287 6795;Email: chukwuma.azuonye@umb.edu

BANYAGA AUGUSTIN : author, mathematician, researcher; Born March 31, 1949 in Kigali, Rwanda, Central Africa
Education: BS, MS, PhD, University of Geneva, Switzerland: 1971, 1972, 1976
Career history : currently, Professor of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA since 1992, formerly, Director of Graduate Studies, Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA, Asst., Professor of Mathematics, Boston University, MA, USA, Benjamin Pierce Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; Author: “ The Structure of Classical Differomorphism Group” (1997), Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Geneva, Switzerland, 1977, Recipient; Fulbright Fellowship Award, Scholar; Member: African Mathematical Union, National Committee for Mathematics, International Scientific Advisory Board, Research specialty: topology, contact geometry
Contact: Room 225, McAllister Building, Dept. of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA; Tel: 814 863 2376, Fax:814 865 3735; Email: banyaga@math.psu.edu

CHUKWU NWAKUCHE ETHELBERT : administrator , mathematician, author, researcher, university teacher; Born November 22, 1940 in Eastern Nigeria, West Africa; Married and has six children
Education : BS, Brown University, RI, USA, Applied Mathematics: 1965, MS, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Eastern Nigeria, 1972, PhD, Case Western Reserve University, Mathematics
Career history : currently, Tenured Professor of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA since 1998 to date, formerly, Visiting Prof. NCSU, Raleigh, NC, USA, 1987-1988,Visiting Prof., University of Tennessee, TN, USA, 1985-1987, Visiting Prof., Iowa Sate University, Iowa City, IA, USA, 1983-1985, Prof., of Mathematics, University of Jos, Plateau State, Middle Belt, Nigeria, 1981, Reader, University of Jos, 1976-178, Assoc. Prof., Cleveland State University, OH, USA 1976-1978, Asst. , Prof., 1972-1976,Lecturer, 1972, Asst., Lecturer, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1970, Acting Chairman, Dept. of Mathematics, UNN, Enugu Campus, 1966-1967; Visiting Research Prof., Brown University, RI, USA, Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Yola, Gongola State, Northern Nigeria, 1981-1984, Dean, School of Post-Graduate Studies, University of Jos, 1977-1981, Chairperson, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Jos, 1979-1981, Recipient: Nigerian State Scholar, 1954-1960, African Scholarship program for American Universities, University Fellow, Case Western University, NASA Research Grant Award; Author: “ On the Stability of a Non-Homogenous Differential Equation of the Fourth Order” ( 1972), “ Symmetries of Linear Central Systems” (1974), “ On the Boundedness and Stability Properties of Solutions of Some Differential Equations of the Fifth Order” (1975), Member: National University Commission of Nigeria, National President, Mathematical Society of Nigeria, American, Mathematical Society, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Contact: Dept. of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Box 8205, Raleigh, NC 27695-8205 USA; Email: chukwu@math.ncsu.edu

GAMBARI AGBOOLA IBRAHIM : diplomat, political scientist, politician, administrator, Pan-Africanist, university teacher; Born November 24, 1944 in Ilorin Kwara State, Western Nigeria; Married Fatima Gambari (nee Oniyangi) in 1969, they have one son, one daughter
Education: King's College, Lagos, Western Nigeria: 1963-1964, BA, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK: 1965-1968, MA, PhD, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA: 1968-1974;
Career history: currently, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, United Nations, July, 2005, formerly, Under Secretary-General, Office of the Special Adviser on African Affairs (OSAA), Special Adviser on Africa at the United Nations, NY, USA, Special Asst., to the Secretary-General of the UN, NY, USA: 2000, Director-General , Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos, Nigeria, Asst., Professor of Political Science & International Relations, State University of New York (SUNY)-Albany, NY, USA, Senior Lecturer, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Northern Nigeria, Professor of Political Science, Minister of External Affairs, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria, Visiting Professor, The Johns Hopkins School of International Studies, Baltimore, MD, USA, Lecturer, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), NY, USA, Director, Graduate Studies, Dept., of African and African-American Studies, SUNY-Albany, NY, USA, Coordinator/Founder, International Studies Program, ABU, Zaria, Kaduna State, Northern Nigeria; Author: “ The Domestic Politics of Nigeria's Foreign Policy” (1979), “ The Theory and Reality in Foreign Policy Decision-Making” Member: African Studies Association, African Political Science Association, International Political Science Association, Nigerian Society of International Affairs, Recipient, Columbia University Award, Hobbies: writing, reading
Contact : Dept. of Political Affairs, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY 10007

FAIDA MITIFU : academician, ambassador, diplomat, linguist, polyglot; Born March 16, 1959 in Bukavu, Kuru, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)
Education: BA National University of Zaire (DRC), MA, Auburn University, Auburn, AZ, USA, PhD University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Career history: Currently, Ambassador, Democratic Republic of Congo to the United States of America since November, 1999; Formerly, Professor of French Literature and Romance Languages, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA 1994-1997, Professor, French Literature and Culture, Columbia University, NY,USA 1997-1999; Author: “ Africa's Great Lakes: Prospects for Peace” (2002);. Research interest; French Literature, Francophone Literature and Caribbean culture
Contact: Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1800 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Washington DC 20009 USA; Tel: 202 234 7690, 202 234 7890 Fax: 202 234 2609; Email: vpsequeira@aol.com

GALAYOH ALI KHALIF: administrator, civil servant, international relations expert, politician, political scientist, statesman, university teacher; Born October 15, 1941 in Lasanod, Somalia, East Africa;
Education: BA, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA: 1965, MA, PhD, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA: 1969, 1972
Career history: currently, Professor of International Relations and International Affairs, Herbert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, MN, USA since 2001 to date, formerly, Hon., Prime Minister, Republic of Somalia, 2001, Chairman, &CEO, Somtel Inc., Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), 2000, Professor, Asst., Professor, Assoc., Professor, Maxwell House School of International Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA: 1991-1996, Hon. Minister of Industry, Republic of Somalia, Mogadishu, Somalia, East Africa: 1982, Executive Chairman, Juba Sugar Project, Mogadishu, Somalia, East Africa: 197601980, Director-General, Training and Research Office, Somalia Institute of Public Affairs, Mogadishu, Somalia: 1970-1976, Minister, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Somalia, Mogadishu, Somalia: 1965-1967; Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA: 1984-1989; Research interest: Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO'S), Development Strategies, Politics of Public Affairs
Contact: Room 137, Humphrey Center, Herbert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 301, 19 th Avenue South, 130 HHH Center, Box 7451, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA; Tel: 612 625 9505, 612 625 8367, Fax: 612 625 3513; Email: agalaydh@hhh.umn.edu

INES KARUKETWA KALIZA : woman leader, attorney at law; Born Feb., 19, 1976 in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central Africa
Education: LLB, BL, National University of Rwanda, LLM, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Career history: currently, Economic Attaché, Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda, United States of America; formerly, Research Asst., Professor of Law, National University of Rwanda; Research Assoc., London School of Economics and Political Science, UK; Office of the Prime Minister , Republic of Rwanda; Second Secretary, Embassy of Rwanda, USA; Research interests: human rights law in developing countries, international finance and substantive law
Contact: The Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda, 1714 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009 USA; tel:20 2882 1314; Fax: 202 232 4544; Email: rwandaemb@rwandaemb.org

OKOUDJOU KASSO : mathematician; Born March 30, 1973 in Abomey near Cotonou, Benin Republic, West Africa
Education: BS, Maitreese es Sciences, Universite Nationale du Benin, Abomey-Calawi, Benin Republic, West Africa: 1996, MS, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA: 2003
Career history: currently, Asst. Professor of Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA since 2004 to date, formerly, Research Asst., GIT, Atlanta, GA, USA, Teaching Research Assoc., Universite Nationale du Benin, Abomey-Calawi, Benin, Instructor of Mathematics, Scolaire William Pointy de Porto-Novo, Benin Republic, West Africa
Contact: Malot Hall, Dept. of Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-7244 USA; Tel: 607 255 7244, Fax: 607 255 7149 Or 9D, Gaslight Village, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA; Tel: 607 257 1446 (Home); Email: kasso@math.cornell.edu

OMATSEYE JIM NESIN : philosopher; Born July31, 1946 in Mid-Western Nigeria, West Africa; Married in1975; Children: Jim Jr., Tosan, Ete and Toju
Education: BA: Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro, KY, USA; MA: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA, Ed.D: University of Kentucky, KY, USA
Career history: currently, Professor of Educational Philosophy, College of Education, Eastern Kentucky State University, Richmond, KY, USA since 1995to date; formerly, Professor of Education, University of Benin, Mid-Western Nigeria, Professor, Assoc., Asst., Professor, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, USA; Visiting Professor, Research Professor, University of Benin; Graduate Research Asst., Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro, KY,USA; Recipient: Fulbright Scholarship Award; Member: Educational Studies Association, Kiwanis Baptist Church; Hobbies: gardening, jogging and music
Contact: Dept. of Educational Philosophy, College of Education, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 40475 USA; Tel: 606 622 1125 or 230 South Madison Avenue, Madison County, Richmond KY 40475 USA: Tel: 606 623 2019; Email: edomats@acs.eku.edu

PANGUENE ALEXANDRE ARMANDO: administrator, diplomat and politician. Born December 18, 1941 in Maputo, Mozambique, Southern Africa Currently, Ambassador of the Republic of Mozambique to the United States of America since 2002 and concurrently accredited to Canada. Formerly, Ambassador of the Republic of Mozambique to Great Britain, South Africa and concurrently to Lesotho and Namibia (1983-2001) Formerly, provincial governor; Nampular Province, Mozambique 1974, deputy minister; Foreign Affairs, Maputo, Mozambique, 1977, ambassador of the Republic of Mozambique to Portugal 1980. Fluent in English, French, Portuguese and Swahili
Contact: Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique , 1990, M Street, Suite 570 Washington DC 20036 USA Tel: 202 293 7146, Fax: 202 835 0245 Email: embamco@aol.com

SOYINKA OLUWOLE AKINWANADE : author writer, poet, dramatist, human rights activist, satirist, political activist, university teacher. Born July 13, 1934 in Isharra, Ijebu-Remo, Abeokuta , Ogun State , Western Nigeria, West Africa . Married and has children.
Education: St. Peter's School, Ake, Abeokuta, Western Nigeria, Abeokuta Grammar School, Abeokuta, Western Nigeria: 1944-1955, Government College, Ibadan, Western Nigeria: 1956-1950, BA, University of Ibadan (formerly University College), Ibadan, Western Nigeria: 1952-1954, BA, MA, PhD, University of Leeds, UK: 1954-1957.
Career history : currently, Visiting Professor of English, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA, formerly, Chairman, Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigeria, Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, Western Nigeria, Visiting Professor, Sheffield University, UK, Visiting Professor, University of Ghana, Legon, Professor, & acting Chairperson, Dept. of English, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, Research Fellow In Drama, Royal Court Theatre, UK, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Director, School of Drama, University of Ibadan; Author: “ Blues for a Prodigal ” (film-1985), “ Unlimited Liability Company ” (film-1983), “A Scourge of Hyacinth ”(1992), “ From Zia with Love” (1991), “ A Play of Giants ” (1984), “ Ogun Abibiman ” (1977), “Myths, Literature and the African World” ( 1976), “Art, Dialog and Outrage-Essays ” (1988 ), “Isara- Autobiography ” (1990), “Continuity and Amnesia”( 1991), “ The Penkelemes Years- A Memoir (1991 ), “Idanre and other Poems” ( 1967), “A Shuttle in the Crypt ”(1972), A Dance of the Forest ” (1963), “ The Lion and the Jewel ” (1963), “The Trials of Brother Jero ” (1964 ), “The Strong Breed” (1965), “ The Swamp Dwellers ” (1965), “The Road ” (1965), “ Kongi's Harvest ” (1967), “ Madmen and Specialist ” (1971), “ Plays from the Third World: An Anthology” (1971), “ The Open Sore of a Continent' (1997), “ Death and the King's Horseman ” (1975) , “ Opera Wonyonsi ” (1978), “ A Play of Giants” (1984)-Plays; “ The Interpreters ” (1965), “ The Forrest of a Thousand Demons” (1968), “ Season of Anomy ” (1974), “-Novels; “ The Man Died-Prison Memoirs” (1972); Recipient: Nobel Prize for Literature: 1986, Jock-Campbell.