Focus on Africa - Photo Gallery
A showcase of images chronicling the journey of student and faculty participants in Merrill College's Focus on Africa program - as they move toward the re-establishment of a viable constituency for Africa on the UC Santa Cruz campus and in their home communities.
Old Town - Mombasa, Kenya - August, 2016
Kelvin "Sterling" Scott and Thomas Logwood - Julius Nyerere International Airport, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - August, 2016
Manda Hill Mall, Lusaka, Zambia - August, 2016
Kelvin "Sterling" Scott - Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya - August, 2016
Elizabeth Abrams, Provost, Merrill College - Santa Cruz, CA - May, 2015
Provost Elizabeth Abrams and Melvin Cox - Santa Cruz, CA - May, 2015
John Hopkins, Melvin Cox and Laneisha Butler - Santa Cruz, California - May, 2015
Provost Elizabeth Abrams and Bill Dickinson - Santa Cruz, California - May, 2015
...on the bus from Nairobi to Mombasa - August, 2016
Lusaka, Zambia - August, 2016
Lusaka, Zambia - August, 2016
University of California Trust (UK) Dinner - Antalya Restaurant, London, United Kingdom - May, 2015
Olimpia Blanco - Antalya Restaurant, London, United Kingdom - May, 2015
Focus on Africa Inaugural Class Send-off - Merrill College - Santa Cruz, California - May, 2015
Kelvin "Sterling" Scott - aboard BA 284 - May 27, 2015
Off-campus 'team-building' exercise - Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA - November, 2016
Dr. Kimberly Helmer - May, 2015
Da'Shinique Holland - San Francisco International Airport - May, 2015
Lisa Hickman - San Francisco International Airport - May, 2015
Heathrow Airport - London, United Kingdom - May, 2015
Focus on Africa Inaugural Class, with Dr. Kimberly Helmer - Buckingham Palace, London, United Kingdom - May, 2015
(L to R) Dr. Kimberly Helmer (back to camera), Melvin Cox, Raquel Chavez, Lisa Hickman - St. James Park, London, United Kingdom - May, 2015
Olimpia Blanco - St. James Park, London, United Kingdom - May, 2015
Thomas Logwood - London, United Kingdom - May, 2015
Selina Sanchez Cristobal - The Mall - London, United Kingdom - May, 2015
Old Town - Mombasa, Kenya - August, 2016
Raquel Chavez - Westminster Bridge - London, United Kingdom - May, 2015
Olimpia Blanco - Sainsbury African Galleries, The British Museum - London, United Kingdom - May, 2015
(L to R) Asia Skinner, Kamaria Potier and Melvin Cox - Antalya Restaurant, London, United Kingdom - May, 2015
South African Jewish Museum - Cape Town, South Africa - June, 2015
Asia Skinner - South African Jewish Museum - Cape Town - June, 2015
Cape Town Holocaust Center - June, 2015
Raquel Chavez, Olimpia Blanco and Melvin Cox - Cape Town, South Africa - June, 2015
Jonathan Fu - Cape Town, South Africa - June, 2015
Lisa Hickman - Cape Town, South Africa - June, 2015
Focus on Africa Inaugural Class, with Melvin Cox and Dr. Kimberly Helmer - Table Mountain Cable Car Station - Cape Town, South Africa - June, 2015
Da'Shinique Holland, Kamaria Potier and Laneisha Butler - Table Mountain - Cape Town, South Africa - June, 2015
Robben Island - South Africa - June, 2015
Focus on Africa Inaugural Class at National Museum of Tanzania with Dr. Gabriel Upunda (1st row, center) - Dar es Salaam - June, 2015
Laneisha Butler - Sunrise Beach Resort - Mjimwema, Tanzania - June, 2015
Melvin Cox, Thomas Logwood, Da'Shinique Holland, Asia Skinner - Sunrise Beach Resort - Mjimwema, Tanzania - June, 2015
Raquel Chavez - Sunrise Beach Resort - Mjimwema, Tanzania - June, 2015
(L to R) Keyarea Jones, Lina Salam, El'roi 'Lily' Hailemarim, Melvin Cox, Thomas Logwood - San Francisco, CA - May, 2016
Lina Salam engages guest speaker Dr. Stephen S. Robinson, M.D. - Santa Cruz, CA - May, 2016
All Saints Cathedral (Anglican) - Nairobi, Kenya - August, 2016
The Carnivore Restaurant - Nairobi, Kenya - August, 2016
Masjid Ut Tawheed - Lusaka, Zambia - August, 2016
Kelvin "Sterling" Scott - Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (Ethiopia) - August, 2016
Melvin Cox and Olimpia Blanco - Table Mountain - Cape Town, South Africa - June, 2015
Admiralty Arch - London, United Kingdom - May, 2015
Selina Sanchez Cristobal - Outskirts of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania - June, 2015
Asia Skinner and Kelvin "Sterling" Scott - Sunrise Beach Resort - Mjimwema, Tanzania - June, 2015
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - June, 2015
Sunrise Beach Resort - Mjimwema, Tanzania - June, 2015
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - June, 2015
Manchinchi Road at the T4 Highway (Great East Road), Lusaka, Zambia - August, 2016
Addis Ababa Drive, Lusaka, Zambia - August, 2016
Dr. Kimberly Helmer - Sunrise Beach Resort - Mjimwema, Tanzania - June, 2015
Dental Exam Room - Strathmore University Health Clinic - Nairobi, Kenya - December, 2017
Focus on Africa Inaugural class members with Melvin Cox, Provost Elizabeth Abrams and Alice Michel, née Hancock (Director, UCSC Study Abroad) - Santa Cruz, CA - March, 2015
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