Thandika Mkandawire 2026 Memorial Lecture
The Thandika Mkandawire Memorial Lecture is an initiative of the South African Research Chair in Social Policy (SARChI) at the College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa (UNISA), in partnership with CODESRIA and the United Nations Research Institute for
Message to the CODESRIA Community
Dear Members of the CODESRIA Community, Greetings from Dakar! I write to you today as I formally assume office as the Executive Secretary of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). It is both an immense
Nancy Mwali
Dr. Nancy Mwali is a finance expert, researcher and academic with over 21 years of experience in financial leadership, institutional development and donor-funded programmes across Africa. She has extensive experience managing multi-donor, multi-currency portfolios, strengthening financial systems and promoting accountability. Prior
Moving Africa: Labour Mobility, Free Movement and the Democratic Governance of Belonging
CODESRIA Bulletin Online, No. 15, October 2026 Kayode Fayemi, School of Global Affairs, King’s College, London, UK Keynote address delivered at the CODESRIA 2026 Democratic Governance Institute, on Migration Governance: Rethinking Mobility and Democratic Agency in Africa (with the Centre for Migration
Call for Proposals: Research Grants on University Ecosystems
Higher Education, Gender, Academic Freedom and Quality Associational Life in African Universities The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is a pan-African social science and humanities organisation headquatered in Dakar, Senegal. Founded in 1973, the organisation
Beyond the Colonial Meridian: Towards Historical Self-Grounding in African Historiography
CODESRIA Bulletin Online, No. 14, October 2026 by Ibrahim Abdullah, Department of History and African Studies, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone ‘“When will this independence end?” a Congolese peasant asked, … amid the reign of Mobuto Sese Seko.’ (Mamdani 2022:
Whose Ecosystem? Whose Africa? Whose Future? A Decolonial Critique of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Approach to African Development
CODESRIA Bulletin Online, No. 13, September 2026 by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Professor of History and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Pluralistic Societies: Epistemic Pluralism and Ecologies of Knowledges, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Introduction Africa continues to be treated as a
