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.
INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON TRANSFORMATIVE SOCIAL POLICIES IN AFRICA (IFTSPA)
CHEIKH ANTA DIOP UNIVERSITY 19-20-21 NOVEMBER 2024 Mobilization around social policies Call for papers The African continent is often perceived and presented as a homogeneous entity. This trend is certainly reductive since it erases de facto the differences and socio-cultural, political and even the
CODESRIA Bulletin Online, No. 2, February 2024 – Paulin Hountondji on African Philosophy
By Souleymane Bachir Diagne Columbia University, New York, USA In 1977, a book entitled Sur la “philosophie africaine”: Critique de l’ethnophilosophie was published by Maspero, in its ‘Textes à l’appui’ collection. The book immediately became a resounding success and has been declared
Paulin J. Hountondji (1942 – 2024): A tribute to a great thinker
It is with profound sorrow and a sense of great loss that the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) received news of the passing of eminent Beninese philosopher, Professor Paulin Hountondji, on 2nd February 2024.
Panel : Décoloniser les savoirs / décloisonner les disciplines, en temps de crise
Day 5: Friday, 8th December 2023 - 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Plenary Session 13: Décoloniser les savoirs / décloisonner les disciplines, en temps de crise Chair : Bado Ndoye, (Senegal) Presenters: i) Seloua Luste Boulbina, ICSP, Université Paris Cité (France) - Penser en
Endnote Lecture
Day 5: Friday, 8th December 2023 - 9:00 am – 10:30 am Plenary Session 12: Endnote Lecture Speaker: Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Columbia University (USA) Title: Les leçons de la pandémie Chair: Kofi Anyidoho, University of Ghana-Legon (Ghana)
Panel : Nurturing the Next Generation
Day 4: Thursday, 7th December 2023 - 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Plenary Session 11: Nurturing the Next Generation Chair: Mshai Mwangola, Uraia Trust (Kenya) | CODESRIA Executive Committee Speakers: Brahim El Morchid, Université Cadi Ayyad (Morocco) | CODESRIA Executive Committee Member Therese Felicitee Azeng,
Panel : Implementing a Pan-African Scientific Agenda
Day 4: Thursday, 7th December 2023 - 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Plenary Session 10 : Implementing a Pan-African Scientific Agenda Chair: Georges Kobou, Université de Yaoundé II (Cameroun) Speakers: Ebrima Sall, Trust Africa (Senegal) , 6th Executive Secretary of CODESRIA, 2009-2017 Adebayo Olukoshi, Wits
Panel : Governing the Council: Reflections by Former Presidents of CODESRIA
Day 4: Thursday, 7th December 2023 - 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Plenary Session 9: Governing the Council: Reflections by Former Presidents of CODESRIA Chair: Marema Toure Thiam, CODESRIA Scientific Committee (Senegal) Speakers: Zenebeworke Tadesse, (Ethiopia) , President of CODESRIA, 2003-2005 Teresa Cruz de Silva,
Panel :CODESRIA: Origin and Agenda – Solidarity Speech from H. Thoko Didiza
Day 4: Thursday, 7th December 2023 - 9:00 am – 10:30 am Solidarity Speech Chief Guest: The Honourable Thoko Didiza, Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Republic of South Africa Plenary Session 8 : CODESRIA: Origin and Agenda Chair : Godwin Murunga,
