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SUMMARY:Year of Global Africa: Distinguished African Leaders to receive Honorary Degrees
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 Two prominent African leaders will be on campus 
 to receive honorary degrees during the 2018 
 Spring Commencement. Michigan State University's 
 commencement ceremonies will be held on 
 May 4 at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center, 
 534 Birch Road.\n
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 	Undergraduate Convocation: 
 May 4 - 1:00 p.m.\n
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 Justice Albert "Albie" 
 Louis Sachs, activist and former judge on 
 the Constitutional Court of South Africa, will 
 receive an honorary doctorate of law. Sachs' 
 career in human rights started at 17, when, 
 as a second-year law student at the University 
 of Cape Town, he participated in the Defiance 
 of Unjust Laws Campaign, which was the 
 first large-scale, multi-racial political mobilization 
 against apartheid laws under a common 
 leadership. At the age of 21, he started practicing 
 law, working to defend people charged 
 under racist statutes and security laws. After 
 being placed in solitary confinement, Sachs 
 went into exile in 1966 in England. He spent 
 11 years studying and teaching law there, 
 followed by another 11 years teaching in Mozambique, 
 South Africa.\n
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 Advanced degree ceremony: 
 May 4 - 3:30 p.m.\n
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 Akinwumi "Akin" Adesina, 
 president of the African Development 
 Bank Group will receive an honorary doctorate 
 of agriculture. Adesina was elected president 
 of the African Development Bank Group in 2015. 
 He previously served as Nigeria's minister 
 of agriculture and rural development. During 
 his tenure, he established transformative agriculture 
 policies and empowered millions of 
 rural farmers through the introduction of an 
 electronic wallet system that provided seeds 
 and fertilizers to farmers. \n
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 Commencements 
 are free and open to the public. The convocation 
 will also be live streamed and can be watched 
 at https://commencement.msu.edu/.\n
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 Additional 
 details regarding public activities 
 are forthcoming.\n
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LOCATION:Breslin Center, Michigan State University
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