A Maasai Jewelry Gift presentation ceremony
Channel: Victor Okafor
Date: 09/12/2021

EMU’s Department of Africology and African American Studies (AAAS) has received a set of pieces of Maasai jewelries from Dr. David Victor, professor of Management and International Business and his wife, Dianne Victor. A well-attended and colorful gift presentation ceremony took place 12/08/2021 on the Ypsilanti campus of Eastern Michigan University. During the occasion, Professor Victor gave the audience a rundown of how he and his wife acquired the jewelries over several years of working visits to the East African homeland of Maasai people. 
Welcoming remarks and expressions of gratitude were made by Professor Victor Okafor, head of AAAS; Professor Dana Heller, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences; and Mr. Chuck Coleman, who represented the External Advisory Board of EMU’s Department of Africology and African American Studies. In his remarks, Professor Okafor promised that AAAS would take measures to deploy the Maasai jewelries in a manner that could advance the department’s educational mission.