TUKUMBI LUMUMBA-KASONGO presented the final paper on his research on "The Impact of the Structural Adjustment Programs of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund on Higher Education in Africa, in Abidjan, CÙte d'Ivoire, on August 3-8. He has also accepted the position of member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Africa Today.
Professor Lumumba-Kasongo, with a strong recommendation from Professor Bird Stasz, was invited by Cayuga Community College Honors Program in English and History to present his paper entitled, "Contradictions of a Colonial Legacy: The Case of the Belgian Congo (now Zaire)," on October 9. He organized a seminar on "Economic and Policy Analysis of African Education: Assessment of the Current State and Strategies for an Effective Response to the Challenge of the 21st Century," to be held in the Centre Panafrican d'Etudes et de Recherches en Relations Internationales et en Education pour le DÈveloppement en Afrique (CEPARRED), Abidjan, CÙte d'Ivoire between December 13-15, 1996. Professor Lumumba-Kasongo received a grant of $15,000 from the World Bank to organize the conference. The Rockefeller Foundation also provided $35,000 for the CEPARRED Seminar. He convened the international conference in Abidjan, CÙte d'Ivoire on "Economic Assessment of Higher Education in Africa on December 12-16 and presented a paper entitled, "Economic Community of West Africa State and Its Educational Policy Foundation." He presented a public lecture on "Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Democracy in Africa: The Cases of Liberia, Somalia, and Rwanda" at the Finger Lakes Community College in Canandaigua, New York .
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