Richard Leakey to Discuss Human Rights
Famed paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey will discuss Kenya’s political climate and human rights abuses Thursday as part of the Human Rights Lecture Series at Soka University of America.
A longtime champion of human rights and wildlife conservation, Leakey will speak on “Africa’s Perilous Sport: The Hunt for Democracy” beginning at 7 p.m. at the university, 26800 W. Mulholland Highway.
His accounts of human rights violations were culled from his experience as the president-appointed head of the Kenya Wildlife Service, whose goal is to stop elephant poaching.
Upon resigning from the service in 1994 Leakey formed his own political party, Safina. In cooperation with six other parties, Safina--Swahili for Noah’s Ark--is expected to be a political force in Kenya’s 1997 election, according to university officials.
Thursday’s lecture is free to the public. For more information, call (818) 878-3780.
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