FLORENCE -- Emmanuel Ike Udogu, Francis Marion University professor of political science, had his article “The Issue of Ethnicity and Democratization in Africa: Toward the Millennium,” published in the Journal of Black Studies (Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 790-808). 

A variation of this paper was presented at the international conference on Africa and Globalization: Toward the Millennium, held at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England in April.  Yakita Brunson-Raigns, a senior in political science at FMU assisted in the research and publication. 

The magazine is available in the Rogers Library.  Udogu also presented papers at a workshop on Human Rights and Development in Africa -- Establishing the “Rule of Law,” held in July at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagn.  He presented a paper titled “Human Rights and Minorities in Africa: A Theoretical and Conceptual Overview.” 

The conference was co-sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education.

FMU’s Zadeh presents Year 2000 paper

FLORENCE -- Jeff Zadeh, Francis Marion University associate professor of computer science, presented a paper titled “Year 2000 Problem, Before and After” at the World MultiConference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatice in August. 

He was an invited keynote speaker for the conference.

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