African Professor P.L.O. Lumumba to visit UC July 21
Campus event open to students, faculty, staff
African law Professor P.L.O. Lumumba, founder of the P.L.O. Lumumba Foundation, consultant with Lumumba and Lumumba Advocates and member of the Africa Justice Group (AJG), will visit the University of Cincinnati July 21.
Lumumba is an advocate of the High Courts of Kenya and Tanganyika and a certified mediator. He is a fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya FCPS (K), a fellow of the Kenya Institute of Management (FKIM) and honorary fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (FAAS). Lumumba is the chairman of Farafina Investment Group in Monrovia, Liberia, and Economic Strategic Growth and Development Initiative for Africa based in Nigeria. He has authored a number of books on diverse subjects. With speeches on diverse subjects delivered in and outside Africa, Lumumba is recognized as one of the leading public speakers in Africa and the African in Diaspora. He is the founder of several organizations including the P.L.O. Lumumba Foundation, a charitable organization that has been in operation since 1990. He has also been twice recognized as one of the 100 most influential Africans by New African Magazine.
For more information, please email UC Clermont Professor Prince Ellis at ellispc@uc.edu or call 513-658-1699.
A special thanks to the UC Office of the Provost, UC Clermont, UC Department of Africana Studies and the UC Office of Equity, Inclusion & Community Impact for making his visit possible. PLO Cincinnati public events at https://apnetcincy.eventbrite.com/
All current on-campus event protocols, CDC guidelines, COVID room capacity guidelines, safety measures and oversight requirements will be followed during the event.
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