December 2023

Day 2: Tuesday, 5th December 2023 - 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm Plenary Session 7: Militarisms in Contemporary Africa Chair : Amy Niang , Senior Programme Officer, CODESRIA (Senegal) Discussant: Shadrack Nasong’o, Rhodes College (USA) Speakers: i) Moses Khisa, North Carolina State University (USA) ii) Hamidou

Day 2: Tuesday, 5th December 2023 - 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Plenary Session 6: Panel - Gender and Pandemic Experiences Chair: Theresa Moyo, Researcher (South Africa) Discussant: Josephine Ahikire, Makerere University (Uganda) Presenters: i) Toyin Ajao, Imole of Afrika Centre (iAfrika) - Healing Justice

Day 2: Tuesday, 5th December 2023 - 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Plenary Session 5: Social Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from Africa Chair : Jimi Adesina, University of South Africa (South Africa) Discussant: Dzodzi Tsikata, SOAS University of London (UK) Presenters

Day 2: Tuesday, 5th December 2023 - 9:15 am – 10:30 am SOLIDARITY MESSAGES i) Kofi Anyidoho, University of Ghana-Legon (Ghana) ii) Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun, Former Minister of National Education (Algeria) PLENARY SESSION 4: Cheikh Anta Diop Panel in Lieu of Lecture - Higher Education,

Day 1: Monday, 4th December 2023 - 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Planery Session 3 - Legacies of the Other ‘Pandemics’: A Case for Reparations Solidarity Messages Abdoulaye Bathily, Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général pour la Libye et Chef de la Mission d’appui

Day 1: Monday, 4th December 2023 - 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Plenary Session 2 - The Social Sciences and Humanities in Times of Disruption: Grounding the Debate Solidarity Messages i) Deana Arsenian, Vice President, International Program, Carnegie Corporation of New York

Day 1: Monday, 4th December 2023 - 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Plenary Session 1 - Claude Ake Presidential Lecture Solidarity Messages i) Therese Sjömander Magnusson, Director, Nordic Africa Institute (Sweden) ii) Catherine Chinedum (ChiChi) Aniagolu-Okoye, Regional Director for West Africa, Ford Foundation