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Africa at Noon

When Doctors Were Kings: Exploring the Remains of a Colonial Medical Utopia in East Cameroon

Event Details

Date
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Time
12 p.m.
Location
Description
Join the African Studies Program for Africa at Noon, a weekly Wednesday event since 1973.

In the last 5 years, Lachenal traveled regularly in Cameroon to explore the traces and remains left by a strange medical utopia – songs and memories, ruined buildings and abandoned plantations. This presentation is a reflection on the presences of the colonial past in contemporary Cameroon.
Cost
Free

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