{"id":2731,"date":"2023-05-17T18:43:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T18:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acadiploafricaine.org\/?page_id=2731"},"modified":"2023-05-17T20:14:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T20:14:40","slug":"ada-national-representative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acadiploafricaine.org\/en\/ada-national-representative\/","title":{"rendered":"ADA National Representative\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2731\" class=\"elementor elementor-2731\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3164c96 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3164c96\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3d7447\" data-id=\"b3d7447\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e32a33f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e32a33f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PR. BALLA KEITA      NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ADA IN THE USA<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b6f67cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b6f67cf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0af853e\" data-id=\"0af853e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1cb310 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1cb310\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The ADA has appointed as the National Representative in the USA Mr<b>\u00a0Balla Keita ,Associate Professor of Political ScienceDepartment of History and Political ScienceAlabama State University<\/b><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d2495ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d2495ed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-414b22a\" data-id=\"414b22a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-281bfe6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"281bfe6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Keita is an expert in International Relations and Comparative Politics. His diverse experience reaches the political, corporate, and diplomatic domains. Throughout his career, Dr. Keita assisted foreign officials and was instrumental in bridging the gap between the U.S. and several African countries such as C\u00f4te d&rsquo;Ivoire, Togo, and Angola. Dr. Keita has built important ties with the US Congress, working closely with US Senator Paul Strauss. Dr. Keita has negotiated petroleum contracts in West and Central Africa with US oil and gas corporations facilitating contacts and cooperation with various government officials in West Africa<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8deefc0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8deefc0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4765b3c\" data-id=\"4765b3c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbe083a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbe083a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Keita is fluent in French, English and Bambara. He has published articles and provided interviews in both languages on C\u00f4te d&rsquo;Ivoire and US media. He is very familiar with the West African region and Europe. Dr. Keita currently teaches political science at The George Washington University with a focus on comparative politics and international development. Dr. Keita obtained a Ph.D. in Political Science with a concentration on International Relations and Comparative Politics from Howard University. A Master&rsquo;s degree in History from Howard University and a Bachelor&rsquo;s Degree in History from the University of Houston, TX.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fef7e02 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fef7e02\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7a6d14\" data-id=\"a7a6d14\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a5bff0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a5bff0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Keita edited many books on Africa. His publications include: Book: Balla M. Keita, Politics of Ethnicity, Region and Religion in Post Houphou\u00ebt-Boigny C\u00f4te d&rsquo;Ivoire: Political History 1936-2011 (The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd: Ceredigion, Wales 2013); Book: Balla M. Keita, \u00ab\u00a0The 2010 Presidential Election Crisis in C\u00f4te d&rsquo;Ivoire\u00a0\u00bb, in Olayiwola Abegunrin, ed., Africa in the New World Order: Peace and Security Challenges in the Twenty First Century (Lexington Books: Lanham 2014); Article: Balla M. Keita, Professionalization of Political Parties: A Precondition to Peace and Stability in Africa. Brookings Institution. January 2014, available at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blogs\/africa-in-focus\/posts\/2014\/01\/15-peace-stability-africa-keita\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blogs\/africa-in-focus\/posts\/2014\/01\/15-peace-stability-africa-keita&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684422728414000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Ref8ou7PTJ-SqH0o3T8_3\">http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/<wbr \/>blogs\/africa-in-focus\/posts\/<wbr \/>2014\/01\/15-peace-stability-<wbr \/>africa-keita<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bbc5be6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bbc5be6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b95c541\" data-id=\"b95c541\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29dd365 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29dd365\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ADA with\u00a0 Dr Keita will be able to carry out a number of programs relating to the relationship between economic and diplomatic between Africa and the United States through the African Diaspora.<\/p><p>This \/Diaspora that Africa has defined as its 6th Region will be at the center of ADA&rsquo;s actions in the USA.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0348814 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0348814\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb5f682\" data-id=\"cb5f682\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ee9cb8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2ee9cb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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BALLA KEITA NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ADA IN THE USA The ADA has appointed as the National Representative in the USA Mr\u00a0Balla Keita ,Associate Professor of Political ScienceDepartment of History and Political ScienceAlabama State University \u00a0 Dr. Keita is an expert in International Relations and Comparative Politics. 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