Nigeria

Rejecting theatrical realism, “Nollywood Dreams” isn’t afraid of a pratfall, melodramatic line readings and fourth wall demolition.

When Ifafunke Oladigbolu moved to Berkeley from Nigeria in 1991, she missed the vibrancy and vividness of Nigerian fashion.

Prevailing lines of thought in the United States often dissuade critical thinking — after all, isn’t “charity” a good thing? But the dark underbelly of American consumerism operates in the dark, hiding beneath notions of charity or international aid. It’s a virtually invisible market, far out of sight and out of mind for the vast majority of American sports fans.

Olaseni Bello, a student pursuing his MBA at the Haas School of Business, was awarded a $20,000 scholarship Dec. 17 from the Sallie Mae’s Bridging the Dream Scholarship for Graduate Students.

San Francisco Fashion Community Week graced the Bay Area last weekend with a four-day celebration of what brings us together and what makes us unique on a local and global scale.

One of the first things I learned is that life here is not easy. Many people struggle to feed their families and/or do not have good educational opportunities, and people get malaria as often as once a year.

What do illegal camping, bilingual sailing lessons and Robert Kennedy have in common? They each could be your path to a future university professorship — or, at least, they each were part of a UC Berkeley faculty member's road to success.

Kate Harrison has worked in 14 countries, including Serbia, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria and Indonesia — but she’s always come back to Berkeley.

In recent years, about one-fifth of the students attending summer classes at UC Berkeley have hailed from countries beyond the campus’s own.