This is an event for all Augsburg University faculty, staff, and students, with CGEE’s Global Faculty member from Namibia, Pinias Kashedi.

The Augsburg community is invited to join CGEE in welcoming Pinias Kashedi, Global Faculty from Namibia, on campus! He will be hosting a talk about the marginalization of youth in Southern Africa, titled, “Education Capture and Youth Marginalization in Namibia.” A brief description is below:

Using an historic perspective on Namibia, the speaker will discuss the development of education from colonialism and through apartheid. The unemployment rate in Namibia is one of highest within Africa, at 41%. Economic opportunities for young people are less compared to employed adults. There is also a very low youth representation in leadership and decision making structures. Most Namibian youth believe that political activism does not yield results. There are close to 90,000 unemployed graduates, some with graduate education qualifications, in a country with a total population around 2.5 million. Colonial and social injustice are a factor to these issues, but also an inherited education system which perpetuates economic and social marginalization of young people. What, if anything, is the Namibian government doing to address the issues? Mr. Kashedi will discuss all of this and much more at this invigorating global lecture!
We will conclude the talk with a meet and greet with our colleague Pinias for you to get to know him better and welcome him to the Augsburg University community.

• When: Wednesday, September 20th
• Time: 3:40 p.m.
• Where: OGC 100

ALL are welcome to attend! Please RSVP here.