| 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...
Dear friends, I don’t know how to thank you for the support you gave me over the past couple of weeks. I have suspended my hunger strike on 29 October at 12.00 (noon) after the decision of the tribunal to give me back my freedom to travel outside of Morocco. But my battle is not yet over because I have been summoned to the tribunal (the Tribunal de...
In times of crisis, those who would like us to keep just one idea in our heads at any one time are quick to the megaphones. By framing events in Manichean terms – dark versus light; good versus evil – an imposed binary morality seeks to corral us into crude camps. There are no dilemmas, only declarations. What some lack in complexity they make up for in...
Keynote Lecture delivered at the National Dissertations Workshop Organised by the National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) of South Africa Johannesburg, 29-30 July 2015 Ebrima Sall CODESRIA, Dakar DRAFT • Dr Sarah Motsoetsa, CEO of NIHSS • Professor Sitas and Dear Brother • My Brother Professor Adam Habib • Professor Nhlanhla...
Independent consultants Dr Fatou Francesca Mbow and Dr Olakounlé Gilles Yabi addess an open letter to the West African Health Organization in the context of the ongoing ebola virus disease outbreak. Des consultants indépendants Dr Fatou Francesca Mbow et Dr Olakoundé Gilles Yabi adressent une lettre ouverte à l’Organisation Ouest Africaine de la santé,...
By Munyaradzi Makoni and Karen MacGregor Violent protests and racial clashes closed universities around South Africa last week. Vice-chancellors called for help in identifying perpetrators of campus violence, who showed “total disregard for the academic project, the rules of engagement and the laws and Constitution”. There have been arrests, injuries,...
The African Capacity Building Foundation joined top African business leaders at a roundtable to establish an emergency fund to help countries hit by the Ebola outbreak in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on November 8, 2014. The meeting held at the African Union Conference Centre brought together the African Union, the African Development Bank, the United Nations...
A new kind of protectionism is haunting the world: the spectre of ebola protectionism. As the ebola virus disease ravages the societies of the Mano River Union (MRU) states of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, there are increasing calls from conservative politicians, right-wing groups, and sections of the media to prevent people from MRU states from...
Dear CODESRIA Members, Dear Colleagues, The dates of the 14th General Assembly of CODESRIA are fast approaching. The Scientific Conference of the General Assembly (GA) will be held on 8-9-10 June 2015, and the business/governance session will be held on 11 and 12 June 2015. One of the important items on the agenda of the governance session is the...
By Dr. Ebrima Sall and Dr. Ibrahim Oanda Introduction This paper draws on and summaries research findings from the CODESRIA Higher Education Leadership Programme (HELP). HELP is one of the most recent initiatives included on the council’s research activities as a special Programme. With the support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the...