Admission is free and open to the public.
The panel discussion aims to introduce the Rhodes and Memphis communities to some of the recent political developments in southern Africa, including attempts at political liberalization and constitutional reform in Zimbabwe, and prospects for democratic consolidation in South Africa in the post-Nelson Mandela era. Mandela, former president of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, will be in Memphis Nov. 21 to accept the National Civil Rights Museum's 2000 Freedom Award. Sean Jacobs is a senior policy researcher and political analyst with the Institute for Democracy in South Africa. He was a Fulbright scholar at Northwestern University, where he received his master's degree. He was also a visiting fellow at Harvard University, and is currently pursuing a doctor of philosophy degree at the University of London.