Dr. Christopher Isike, Professor and Director of the African Centre for the Study of the United States at the University of Pretoria in South Africa visits the Great Lakes Center for the Study of the United States (and IPSA - International Political Studies Association conference in Seoul)

In town for the ARUA conference (See this blog post:

Professor and Director of the African Centre for the Study of the United States at the University of Pretoria in South Africa - Dr. Christopher Isike - stopped by to meet with our Center for the Study of the United States at Makerere University.

For more about the Centre at the University of Pretoria, see https://www.up.ac.za/acsus

As soon as he left - I was thinking how familiar he seemed.  And then I remembered -- I attended his conference presentation at the International Political Science Association meeting in Seoul, South Korea earlier this summer!  (My notes from that presentation are on my desk at my office at USF in St. Petersburg - but - I do still have the photos that I took in the camera roll on my phone.) His research was comparing civics education in Nigeria and South Africa.) Yes, it truly is a "small world."

Looking forward to collaborating with Dr. Isike as we launch the Center for the Study of the US in Uganda - as well as our shared research agenda related to strengthening civics education.

Center Director Dr. Isike with Center Director Dr. Kaweesi

Center Directors in Uganda, USA, South Africa 

Dr. Isike's presentation at the IPSA Conference in Seoul!