Come listen to, meet and view the work of 10 student photojournalists, a professor and a photographic assistant from the College of Journalism and Mass Communications about life in Kyrgzystan.
Titled “Kyrgyzstan: After the Revolt,” the University of Nebraska-Lincoln students will preview their work about life in Kyrgyzstan – from documentary photographs to videos and audio clips – at a free event Wednesday, February 1 at 6 p.m., at The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center in Lincoln.
Kyrgyzstan, which has about the same number of square miles as Nebraska, is an emerging country in which there is great need.
Kyrgyzstan declared its independence on August 31, 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union. Since that demise, there has been instability economically, politically and culturally.
Antigovernment protesters helped topple the government in April 2010, when extensive violence and unrest broke out across the country. Hundreds of people were killed during this time. The president fled the country.
Kyrgyzstan approved a new constitution in June 2010. A new president was elected November 1, 2011.
Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country located in Central Asia. It is surrounded by China on the east, Tajikistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west and Kazakhstan to the north.
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/4r7