Author: Desiree Evans

DESIREE EVANS is a Research Associate at the Institute for Southern Studies, where she blogs at Facing South (http://www.southernstudies.org/). She is formerly a policy associate at TransAfrica Forum, where she covered issues impacting the African world. Her writing has also appeared in Alternet, Chicago Reporter, In These Times, The Indianapolis Star, and elsewhere. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.