Chikouna Cissé
Chikouna Cissé is a lecturer in African History at the University Félix Houphouet Boigny in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire). He hold a Ph.D. on Migrations et mise en valeur de la Basse Côte d’Ivoire (1920-1960. His field of research also extends to the study of the Jula merchant diaspora in West
Ismail Rashid
Ismail Rashid is the Marion Musser Lloyd '32 Chair of History and International Relations at Vassar College https://www.vassar.edu/faculty/departments/history. He received his PhD in African History from McGill University. Quebec, Canada. Professor Rashid's teaching interests are modern African history, African Diaspora, and International Relations. His research interests include subaltern resistance against colonialism, public
MRI 2023/2024 WINNERS
CODESRIA is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023/2024 Meaning-making Research Initiatives (MRI) competition. Launched in 2017, the MRI serves as CODESRIA's primary instrument for supporting research in the social sciences and humanities. The Council extends its congratulations to the researchers involved in the selected projects. LIST OF WINNERS MRI GENERAL N° Names Gender Institutional
Congratulations Prof. Abdoulaye Bathily
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is delighted to learn that the President of the Republic of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has designated Professor Abdoulaye Bathily to be his special envoy on international affairs. Not only does this designation make Prof. Bathily a Special
Book Launch: UNIVERSIDADES PÙBLICAS EM ANGOLA, MOÇAMBIQUE E CABO VERDE: EXPERIÊNCIAS DE MUDANÇA E DESAFIOS DE LIDERANÇA (1975 – 2009)
Get ready for the book launch “UNIVERSIDADES PÙBLICAS EM ANGOLA, MOÇAMBIQUE E CABO VERDE: EXPERIÊNCIAS DE MUDANÇA E DESAFIOS DE LIDERANÇA (1975 – 2009) by Teresa Cruz e Silva Monday, April 15th, 2024, at Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique! ???? Join us during our workshop on Academic Freedom for
Amy Niang
Amy Niang is Senior Programme Officer and Head of the Research Programme. She is specialised in African Political History and Political Thought. Her work also examines Africa’s International relations and the geopolitics of security in the Sahel. Amy is the author of The Postcolonial African State in Transition: Stateness and
CODESRIA Bulletin Online, No. 2, February 2024 – Paulin Hountondji on African Philosophy
By Souleymane Bachir Diagne Columbia University, New York, USA In 1977, a book entitled Sur la “philosophie africaine”: Critique de l’ethnophilosophie was published by Maspero, in its ‘Textes à l’appui’ collection. The book immediately became a resounding success and has been declared one of the 100 most influential African books of the
Paulin J. Hountondji (1942 – 2024): A tribute to a great thinker
It is with profound sorrow and a sense of great loss that the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) received news of the passing of eminent Beninese philosopher, Professor Paulin Hountondji, on 2nd February 2024. Born on April 11th, 1942, Professor Hountondji became a towering
CODESRIA Newly Elected President and Vice President
President: LYN OSSOME Vice-President: BRAHIM EL MORCHID
