The 2011 Brown University Achebe Colloquium on Africa will focus on several crucial issues that are impacting the continent and the world, including the Arab Spring, the ongoing crisis in Darfur, China’s presence in Africa, as well as the political crisis in Zimbabwe. The colloquium will be held at Brown University on Saturday and Sunday, December 3-4, 2011, in the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.