MRI 2025: SELECTED PROJECTS
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is pleased to share the results of the selection process for the 2025 edition of the Meaning-Making Research Initiative (MRI). The selected projects reflect the richness and diversity of scientific approaches being developed by scholars across the continent and the
CODESRIA Bulletin Online, No. 7, July 2025
SAFEGUARDING ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN AFRICA: THE 2025 DAR ES SALAAM ANNEX TO THE 1990 KAMPALA DECLARATION Edward Mboyonga, University of the Free State, South Africa The article was originally published as an opinion piece for African Arguments. https://africanarguments.org/2025/06/safeguarding-academic-freedom-the-dar-es-salaam-annex-to-the-kampala-declaration/ Around the world, academic freedom in universities is increasingly under threat from the rise of populist
CODESRIA Bulletin, No 2, 2025
NÚMERO ESPECIAL MOÇAMBIQUE - Visão de alguns intelectuais moçambicanos sobre a violência pós-eleitoral In this Issue Editorial Godwin R. Murunga & Patrícia Godinho Gomes
CODESRIA Bulletin Online, No. 6, May 2025
Indigenous African Knowledge and the Challenge of Epistemic Translation Zubairu Wai, University of Toronto, Canada Keynote Address: African Fellowships for Research in Indigenous and Alternative Knowledges (AFRIAK), Conference organised by CODESRIA, King Fahd Palace Hotel – Dakar, Senegal, 25–27 November 2024 Allow me to start by recalling an encounter at another CODESRIA meeting
CODESRIA Bulletin Online, No. 5, May 2025
The Changing World Order and Rise of Transcontinental Racial Politics by Yusuf Bangura. I recently listened to an insightful 25-minute interview of The Guardian journalist, Chris McGreal, on Democracy Now!’s YouTube channel (Democracy Now! 2025), which discussed the apartheid roots of Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, who has carved out for
CODESRIA Bulletin Online, No. 4, May 2025 – V. Y. MUDIMBE: A Tribute
Zubairu Wai, University of Toronto, Canada During the recently concluded Academic Freedom in Africa Conference, convened by CODESRIA at the University of Dar es Salaam, the gathering took a moment out of the planned schedule to reflect upon the late Professor Valentin Mudimbe. Prof. Mudimbe’s passing on 21st April 2025 occurred
Academic Freedom Conference 2025: Revisiting the Kampala Declaration
Academic Freedom Conference 2025: Revisiting the Kampala Declaration 29 April - 02 Mai 2025, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania All information about this conference can be seen here.
The Intellectual in Africa’s Policy Processes: A Convening in Memory of Prof Abdalla S. Bujra
Malindi, Kenya | 7-8 April 2025 CODESRIA is fifty-two years old. Although it was formally established in 1973, its ideational origins date back to a conference held in Bellagio, Italy in 1964 on ‘Economic Research in Africa’. Among the ten directors of African-based research institutes invited, only two were African. The
CODESRIA Bulletin , number 1, 2025
Special Issue Reflection on the Contribution of CODESRIA Second Executive Secretary In this Issue Walking with Professor ABDALLA S. BUJRA // Cheminer avec le professeur ABDALLA S. BUJRA Prof. ABDALLA BUJRA, 1938–2025: CODESRIA's Towering Pillar Godwin Murunga
ACADEMIC FREEDOM CONFERENCE: Application opportunities for self-sponsored participants
University of Dar es Salaam, 29th April – 2nd May 2025 The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is delighted to announce a limited number of additional opportunities on its agenda for participation in the forthcoming conference on Academic Freedom in Africa: Revisiting the Kampala Declaration.
