Editorial: Research andAfrica’s Independence, Transformation and Unity …….. 1
New Directions and Priorities for Research in Africa: More Think Pieces
Social Stratification and Nomadism in Africa
Amady Aly Dieng ………………………………………………………………………… 3
African Unity, Religion, and Philosophy
Souleymane Bachir Diagne ……………………………………………………………. 5
Africa-centered Research in the Context of the New Industrialization
Bernard Founou-Tchuigoua ……………………………………………………………. 6
Fulfilling the CODESRIA Mandate in a new Context
Fabien Boulaga ………………………………………………………………………….. 7
The Social Foundations of Research and the Need for Institutional Semantic Reforms
Laroussi Amri ……………………………………………………………………………. 9
Africa in a Highly Globalized World
Taladidia Thiombiano………………………………………………………………………….. 12
China-Africa Relations: Cooperation or Exploitation?
Aminata Diaw …………………………………………………………………………… 14
Africa’s Research Priorities from a Political Science Perspective
Abdallah Saaf ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 15
Debates
A Name is More than the Tyranny of Taste
Wole Soyinka …………………………………………………………………………………………. 16
Amilcar Cabral – 40 Years on: Tribute to a Revolutionary Intellectual
Demba Moussa Dembélé …………………………………………………………….. 22
Building a United and Cohesive Society
Yusuf Bangura…………………………………………………………………………………….. 24
First Steps to Creating the ‘Nilo’ Currency for Africa
Yash Tandon ……………………………………………………………………………. 26
Rediscovering Archie Mafeje and How South Africa is Coming to Terms with its Ignored Intellectual Icon: A Rejoinder
Teboho J. Lebakeng ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 32
Marikana Massacre: A Turning Point in South African History?
Peter Alexander ……………………………………………………………………….. 36
Recognitions
Francis Nyamnjoh: African Hero of the Year ………………………………………. 41
African Hero of the Year 2013: Nyamnjoh’s Acceptance Speech ……………… 41
Assié-Lumumba Elected to CIES Leadership ……………………………………… 43
Tributes
Professor Bernard Makhosezwe Magubane: An Obituary
Jimi O. Adesina ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 44
Professor Hocine Khelfaoui
Mamadou Drame ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 47
CODESRIA Report
Pan-Africanism: Adapting African Stories/Histories from Text to Screen
Manthia Diawara & Carlos Cardoso ……………………………………………… 48
