We are sad to learn that the great Kenya author, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, passed away on 28 May 2025 at age 87. He was also Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature, and the director of the International Center for Writing and Translation. We appreciate his dedication to championing local languages. At one point, he worked on such issues with Professor Emerita Patricia Hilden in...
The LL.M. Program shares profiles of the first three LL.M. Mastercard Foundation Scholars at UC Berkeley: Hudheifa Aden from Kenya with ties to Somalia, Agbor Tabe from Cameroon, and Getachew Gayzibayso from Ethiopia.
The UC Berkeley Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program supported this collaboration by UC Berkeley & University of Nairobi Collaboration on a six-week “Virtual Global Innovation Workshop” on biomedical equipment design for low-resource settings through a Faculty Seed Grant. Scholar Alum,...
