| Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa |
| Conseil pour le développement de la recherche en sciences sociales en Afrique |
| Conselho para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais em África |
| مجلس تنمية البحوث الإجتماعية في أفريقيا |
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The Vice President of the Executive Committee of Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Professor Nkolo Foe was the guest of pan-African television channel, Ouest TV. He talked extensively about CODESRIA, its vision, mission and objectives, as well as its...
Within the framework of the Pan-African Summit on Higher Education in Africa to be held in Dakar from 10 to 12 March 2015 on the theme "Revitalization of Higher Education for the development of Africa," we are pleased to inform you of the recording of a televised debate within the premises of CODESRIA on Monday March 9, 2015 from 15:00. The debate was...
Patricia Nweteyim reflects on her experience of a personal experience of ebola control measures at the Cameroon-Nigeria border and some of the shortcomings of the measures put in place by many African countries in the face of an expanding epidemic. Patricia Nweteyim réfléchit sur son expérience personnelle des mesures de contrôle du virus d’Ebola à la...
CODESRIA wishes to extend its condolences, on behalf of the African Social Science community, to the family, friends and former colleagues of the late Prof. Ali Mazrui, who played a pioneering role in re-imagining Africa in the postcolonial era and was a long time CODESRIA member. Below are reflections on the life and work of Prof. Ali Mazrui by his...
A petition calling for concerted in the struggle to contain the EVD epidemic in West Africa. It suggests concrete courses of action that stray away from isolationist measures and that display solidarity with the affected countries. Une pétition appelant à la concertation dans la lutte pour contenir l’épidémie de FHV en Afrique de l’Ouest. Elle propose des...
Prof. Elikia M’bokolo, an erudite African historian honoured by CODESRIA. The event took place on Saturday October 24th 2015 in the premises of CODESRIA in the presence Prof. Iba Der Thiam, the rector of the University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar Ibrahima Thioub, Prof. Boubacar Barry Thierno Ba, Penda Mbow, Bouba Diop among other eminent scholars. “The...
Message from Dr BE Nzimande, MP, South African Minister of Higher Education and Training I would like to express my deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Professor Samson Moyo. His untimely passing was a great shock to me and to other South Africans who knew him. I feel his loss very deeply as he was a friend as well as a...
Kotoka International Airport , Accra, was the last place I ran into Sam, seated in the departure lounge after a workshop on the land questions that he devoted his intellectual life to. We shared a beer, talked with intimacy about his life and mine, how both are inflected with the disparate ancestral and present-day contradictions that typify our...
Hosted in Durban, South Africa, the World Social Science Forum 2015 took place against the backdrop of multiple transitions that affect global governance, resource utilisation, social relations and quality of life leading to increased global inequalities. The Forum is the most significant gathering of scholars and policy-oriented intellectuals drawn...
Abstract The objective of this research is to determine the quantity and quality of publications in biomedical research in top-producing countries in West Africa during 2005–14 as well as characteristics of journals and collaborative evidence in the area. Data was drawn from MEDLINE/PubMed and Google Scholar while the impact factors of the journals were...