Academic Freedom Colloquium – 7th – 9th November 2023 – University of Dar Es Salaam
A CODESRIA Team is currently attending the Academic Freedom Colloquium taking place at the University of Dar Es Salaam from today the 7th – 9th November 2023. Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/jyS8kdBfcko?si=aVm7I1_vRRIvkqVz See the Program and Poster
2023 CODESRIA College of Mentors Doctoral Students Mentorship Institute
Program Activities and Institute Syllabus Facilitators: Prof. Abdul Karim Bangura (American University, USA) Coordinator Prof. Josephine Ahikire (Makerere University, Uganda) Prof Amy Niang (Research Program, CODESRIA) Coordinated by CODESRIA Secretariat Email: tgf@codesria.org Seminar Description This seminar is meant to augment other efforts by CODESRIA to support doctoral education in the Social Sciences and Humanities in African Universities. The
Book Exhibition at the 16th CODESRIA General Assembly
Application Form for Advertisement in the Programme Book Exhibition registration - English / French Book Exhibition registration Local Shipping Instructions
CODESRIA Bulletin Online, No. 9, October 2023 – Development, Development Cooperation and Africa in the Twenty-First Century
This Note, prepared as a knowledge product for the forthcoming Development Leaders Conference in Oslo, Prof. Grieve Chelwa of the Africa Institute in Sharjah explores the prospects for Africa’s development in the 21st Century by assessing several factors that he anticipates will impact the prospects. Prof. Chelwa concludes that “granting
2024 Social Policy in Africa Conference
The SARS-CoV-2 virus unleashed a global (Covid-19) pandemic. As of April 2023, the total global confirmed cases of infection were 762,790,388, and the total global confirmed deaths were 6,897,012. At the onset of the pandemic in 2020, the predictions for Africa were dire. The predictions turned out to be exaggerated.
Africa Development Vol. 48 No. 2 (2023): Special Issue on Covid-19 Pandemic and African Economies
Special Issue on Covid-19 Pandemic and African Economies (Including a Revised Text of the Second Thandika Mkandawire Annual Memorial Lecture) Contents Editorial Badar Alam Iqbal
State of Africa: Call for authors
According to the 2018 UN-HABITAT report entitled ‘The State of African Cities’, more than 400 million Africans live below the poverty line. Income inequality has escalated, youth unemployment has intensified, and gender inequality persisted on the continent.1 UN-HABITAT further noted that despite a massive agricultural potential many African countries remain
Jean Pierre Idrissa Benoit Diouf, 1959 – 2023
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Jean Pierre Diouf who passed away on Wednesday, August 2nd 2023 in Dakar, Senegal. He was laid to rest later that same day in Dakar. Born in 1959 in
Patricia Gomes
Patrícia Alexandra Godinho Gomes is originay from Guinea-Bissau. Before joining CODESRIA, Patricia Alexandra Godinho Gomes acted as Associate Professor, level 4, according to Brazilian national academic system, at the Post-Graduate Program on Ethnic and African Studies, at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. She graduated in International Relations at the
