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
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
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
2026 Democratic Governance Institute
CODESRIA is organising its 2026 Democratic Governance Institute from 28 September to 09 October 2026, in Lagos, Nigeria. Theme: “Migration Governance”: Rethinking Mobility and Democratic Agency in Africa Dates: 28 September to 9 October Venue: Lagos (Nigeria) Draft Programme List of participants
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Conference Announcement – The Indelible Footprints of B. A. Ogot on the Sands of Time: History, Method and Knowledge Production in Africa.
The Making of the Essential Mamdani: Reading Citizen and Subject After Three Decades
CODESRIA Bulletin Online, No. 12, September 2026 by Ibrahim Abdullah, Department of History and African Studies, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone ‘Each generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.’ Frantz Fanon La Problématique Thirty years
17th CODESRIA General Assembly: CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANEL PROPOSALS
Africa in Times of Rapid Global Transformation: Reclaiming Agency, Rethinking Leadership, Advancing Justice. September 6th 2026 (extended deadline) Venue: Dakar, Senegal Date: 7th to 11th December 2026 The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is pleased to announce its
