Pr. Achille Mbembe (1996-2000)
Achille Mbembe is a Cameroonian historian and political scientist. As a student, he travelled around Africa, and discovered in Tanzania the thinking of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere at a time when Dar Es Salam was the center of intellectual debate and one
Pr. Thandika Mkandawire (1985-1996)
Thandika Mkandawire, a Swedish national of Malawian origin, was an economist with keen interest in the promotion of comparative research on development issues. He held a DLit in Economics from Rhodes University, South Africa. His fields of speciality were development
Pr. Abdalla Bujra (1975-1985)
The late Abdalla S. Bujra was a Kenyan national from Lamu born in 1938. He attended Lamu Primary School and Mombasa Secondary School before joining the University of London, where he earned a BA in African Studies. He later obtained
Pr. Samir Amin (1973-1975)
Samir Amin was a franco-egyptian economist with a PhD in Economic Sciences (1957) from the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), France. He returned to Egypt in the same year, and his first official position was to represent
Dominique SambouÂ
Bilingual Administrative Assistant Dominique Sambou hails from Congo – Brazzaville. She is Bilingual Administrative Assistant in the Training, Grants and Fellowship Programme. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Law and proceeded to work in a law firm then as legal consultant.
Ndéye Aïssatou Ndiaye
Administrative and Bilingual Assistant Holder of a Master’s degree in International Business, Ndéye Aïssatou Ndiaye attended her training at the Ecole Normale Supérieure Polytechnique in Dakar called ENSTP today. She has joined the Council as mails and Receptionist Assistant and also assistant
Mamay Jah
Program Assistant Mamay Jah joined CODESRIA in 2012 as a Bilingual Administrative Assistant. Since 2017, she has been promoted to the position of Program Assistant in the Research Program. Prior to joining the Council, she worked with commercial firms in the UK,
Etienne Sagna
Headquarter and Maintenance Staff Etienne Sagna is a cleaner in the CODESRIA secretariat, Dakar. Etienne Sagna who is Senegalese, joined CODESRIA in 2009
Babacar Anne
Store keeper, Reproduction Services and Postages Babacar Anne is a Digitalization Agent in the CODESRIA secretariat, Dakar. Babacar Anne who is Senegalese, joined CODESRIA in 2005.
