Bulletin

Africa has been given different derogatory names by the West. It was at one time called the Dark Continent! In the year 2000, the Economist in a major article came out screaming “Hopeless Africa”. It had its own motivations and evidence: “At the start of the 19th century, Freetown was

This issue of the CODESRIA Bulletin focuses on child and youth studies. All the articles, except the last one by Francis Nyamnjoh, were ‘think pieces’ first presented at an international conference on the theme: ‘New Frontiers of Child and Youth Research in Africa’, held in Douala, Cameroon, on the 26

This issue of the CODESRIA Bulletin focuses on child and youth studies. All the articles, except the last one by Francis Nyamnjoh, were ‘think pieces’ first presented at an international conference on the theme: ‘New Frontiers of Child and Youth Research in Africa’, held in Douala, Cameroon, on the 26

December 2008 will go down in history as a month of triple significance in the life of CODESRIA: First, as the month of the Council’s 12th General Assembly; second, as the month when the Council celebrated its 35th anniversary; and third, as the month marking a smooth and orderly transition

This 12th General Assembly is taking place exactly one year and nine months after the death of an illustrious member of CODESRIA, one most committed to the problematic of the public sphere in Africa. Wednesday 28 March 2007 will go down as a sad day among social researchers all over

This 12th General Assembly is taking place exactly one year and nine months after the death of an illustrious member of CODESRIA, one most committed to the problematic of the public sphere in Africa. Wednesday 28 March 2007 will go down as a sad day among social researchers all over

Este número especial do Boletim do CODESRIA é uma homenagem ao Professor Joseph Ki-Zerbo, falecido a 4 de Dezembro de 2006 em Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). Joseph Ki-Zerbo representava um dos intelectuais-cidadãos mais ilustre de África. Historiador universitário de primeira categoria, pan-africanista ao longo de toda a sua vida por instinto