Congratulations Prof. Abdoulaye Bathily
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is delighted to learn that the President of the Republic of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has designated Professor Abdoulaye Bathily to be his special envoy on international affairs. Not only does this designation make Prof. Bathily a Special
Tributes to Professor Momar Coumba Diop
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is saddened to learn of the passing of Prof. Momar Coumba Diop in Paris on 9 July 2024 following a long illness. Prof. Diop was 73 years old at the time of his death. ⇒ A Library is
Africa Development, Volume 49, Number 1, 2024
AFRICA DEVELOPMENT, Vol. XLIX, No. 1, 2024 Contents Soft Power Diplomacy: Analytical and Conceptual Contextualisation of Cuba’s Peregrination in Africa Kekgaoditse Suping & Korwa Gombe Adar
CODESRIA African Diaspora Support to African Universities Programme
Call for African Academic Diaspora Visiting Fellowships in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Higher Education Studies at African Universities. Period of Visiting Professorship: From November 2024 to July 2025. Application Deadline: 15th August 2024. The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) invites joint proposals from African academics in
Available Now – Africa Development, Volume 49, Number 2, 2024
AFRICA DEVELOPMENT, Vol. XLIX, No. 2, 2024 Contents Leçons de la pandémie : science, religion et citoyenneté mondiale, Souleymane Bachir Diagne *Revised Text of the Endnote Lecture delievered at the 16th CODESRIA General Assembly held from 4th to 8th December 2023. Thandika Mkandawire’s Model for an African Developmental State, and the Ethiopian
Africa Development, Volume 48, Number 4, 2023
Contents Guerre et formation de l’État au Sahel Abdoul Karim Saidou
Africa Development, Volume 48, Number 3, 2024
Contents Towards Unpacking the Origin and Development of Eswatini (Swazi) Irredentism Hlengiwe Portia Dlamini, Manka’ah Mafor Awasom-Fru, Lenhle Precious Dlamini & Sirri Awasom-Fru
Forthcoming – Global Pandemics in the Media: An African Perspective
In Global Pandemics in the Media: An African Perspective, Nkosinothando Mpofu, Phillip Santos, Admire Mare and Hugh Ellis have expertly put together a tour de force collection of African perspectives on the varied ways in which journalists, communicators, citizens, government communicators and other stakeholders mediated the recent global pandemics. Using
Forthcoming – Beyond the Coloniality of Internationalism: Reworlding the World from the Global South
“That the post-1945 global multilateral system is in crisis is no longer in dispute. What is at issue is the question of how best to transcend its many discontents and build a qualitatively new order. Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni argues vigorously, and with ample historical references, that what is called for
Forthcoming – Re-envisioning the African and American Academies by Paul T. Zeleza
This is an exceptionally comprehensive, rich and highly textured study of higher education in two regions that are rarely compared to each other, Africa and the United States written by a scholar with an unusually extensive experience with both systems. The book examines the development of higher education in the
