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Area Focus Lecture Winter 2006 Ambassadorial Insights South Africa– U.S. Relations Her Excellency Barbara Joyce Mosima Masekela South African Ambassador to the U.S. Thursday, 13 April NOON 238 HRCB Barbara Masekela became ambassador of South Africa to the United States on 8 September 2003, after retiring as executive director for public and corporate affairs for De Beers Consolidated Mines in March 2003. Masekela had also served as a trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and the Nelson Mandela Founda- tion. Beginning in 1999, she held various executive and non-executive directorships, including director of the Standard Bank of South Africa, the South African Broad- casting Corporation, and the International Marketing Council. She also served as ambassador to France and UNESCO (1995–99). After Nelson Mandela was released from prison, Masekela served as his chief of staff (1990–94). Founder of the African National Congress Office of Arts and Culture, she served as its secretary for seven years. Following her education, she was an assistant professor of English literature at Staten Island Community College in New York and at Rutgers University in New Jersey. After study in both South Africa and Zambia, she received a BA, graduating cum laude, from Ohio University. Born in Limpopo province, north of Johannesburg, Masekela speaks her native Sotho language and is fluent in English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and French. She enjoys gardening, music, and reading and is the mother of two sons, Mabusha and Selema. This lecture will be archived online. For more information on Kennedy Center events, see the calendar and News online at http://kennedy.byu.edu..

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