Walter Rodney and the Unclaimed Past: Sierra Leone Historiography’s Refusal of a Radical Inheritance
Bulletin en ligne du CODESRIA, No. 5, June 2026 by Ibrahim Abdullah, Department of History and African Studies, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone Walter Rodney occupies a strange place in the historiography of Sierra Leone. He is everywhere and nowhere. His
When Lawfare Becomes Warfare: Personal Stories, Political Landscapes
Bulletin en ligne du CODESRIA, No. 4, June 2026 Issa G. Shivji, Professor Emeritus, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania When the bourgeoisie feels confident, when there is relative peace and stability, and when the class struggle is at a low ebb,
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
African Feminist Theory Articulated and Grounded in Tanzania: A response to Western Patriarchal Neoliberalism
A Response to Western Patriarchal Neoliberalism In African Feminist Theory Articulated and Grounded in Tanzania: A Response to Western Patriarchal Neoliberalism, the intricate ways Tanzanian women have defined and defended their own liberation are meticulously explored. Moving beyond the constraints of Western-centric
Fantu Cheru: An Obituary (1949 –2026)
Bulletin en ligne du CODESRIA, No. 3, Juin 2026 by Dr Cyril Obi, Programme Director, Social Science Research Council, New York (former NAI senior programme researcher) Carin Norberg, Director: Nordic Africa Institute (2006–2012), Stockholm Lennart Wohlgemuth, Director: Nordic Africa Institute (1993–2005 Professor Fantu Cheru was
The Mwomboko Dance: A Symbol for Creating Spaces to Break the Silence on Sexuality in Central Kenya
This book, based on a study undertaken at the height of the global HIV and AIDS pandemic in the 1990s, is about the value of community engagement in research. The health interventions of the time focused on individuals, asking them
The Compradorial Intellectual Challenge in Africa
Bulletin en ligne du CODESRIA, No. 2, Mai 2026 Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Professor of History & Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in Pluralistic Societies: Epistemic Pluralism and Ecologies of Knowledges, Department of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Emails:
