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 School of Governance (South Africa), 5th Executive Secretary of CODESRIA,
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, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique) , President of CODESRIA, 2005-2008 Fatima Harrak,
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, CODESRIA (Senegal) Speakers Peter Anyang Nyong’o, County Government of Kisumu (Kenya) Penda Mbow,
Panel: Militarisms in Contemporary Africa
Day 2: Tuesday, 5th December 2023 - 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm Plenary Session 7: Militarisms in Contemporary Africa Chair : Amy Niang , Senior Programme Officer, CODESRIA (Senegal) Discussant: Shadrack Nasong’o, Rhodes College (USA) Speakers: i) Moses Khisa, North Carolina State University (USA) ii) Hamidou Magassa, CERNES (Mali)
Panel: Gender and Pandemic Experiences
Day 2: Tuesday, 5th December 2023 - 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Plenary Session 6: Panel - Gender and Pandemic Experiences Chair: Theresa Moyo, Researcher (South Africa) Discussant: Josephine Ahikire, Makerere University (Uganda) Presenters: i) Toyin Ajao, Imole of Afrika Centre (iAfrika) - Healing Justice SOULidarity: A Feminist Republik’s Collective Care Approach in a Pandemic ii)
Panel: Social Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from Africa
Day 2: Tuesday, 5th December 2023 - 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Plenary Session 5: Social Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from Africa Chair : Jimi Adesina, University of South Africa (South Africa) Discussant: Dzodzi Tsikata, SOAS University of London (UK) Presenters : i) Clement Chipenda, University of South Africa (South Africa) -
Panel: Higher Education, Agency and Inequalities: Perspectives on Pandemics
Day 2: Tuesday, 5th December 2023 - 9:15 am – 10:30 am SOLIDARITY MESSAGES i) Kofi Anyidoho, University of Ghana-Legon (Ghana) ii) Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun, Former Minister of National Education (Algeria) PLENARY SESSION 4: Cheikh Anta Diop Panel in Lieu of Lecture - Higher Education, Agency and Inequalities: Perspectives on Pandemics Chair : Funmi Olonisakin, King’s
Panel: Legacies of the Other ‘Pandemics’: A Case for Reparations
Day 1: Monday, 4th December 2023 - 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Planery Session 3 - Legacies of the Other ‘Pandemics’: A Case for Reparations Solidarity Messages Abdoulaye Bathily, Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général pour la Libye et Chef de la Mission d’appui des Nations Unies en Libye (Libya) Chair : Brian Kagoro, Open Society
Session plénière 2 – The Social Sciences and Humanities in Times of Disruption: Grounding the Debate
Solidarity Messages i) Deana Arsenian Vice President, International Program, Carnegie Corporation of New York (USA) ii) Abdoulaye Bathily Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général pour la Libye et Chef de la Mission d’appui des Nations Unies en Libye (Libya) Chair: Teresa Cruz e Silva Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique) Discussant: Ato Onoma University of Toronto
Session Plénière 1 – Claude Ake Presidential Lecture
Solidarity Messages i) Therese Sjömander Magnusson, Director, Nordic Africa Institute (Sweden) ii) Catherine Chinedum (ChiChi) Aniagolu-Okoye, Regional Director for West Africa, Ford Foundation (Nigeria) Keynote Speaker: Isabel Maria Cortesão Casimiro, President of CODESRIA, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique) Title: Challenges facing Women, Gender and Feminist Studies in the African Portuguese Speaking Countries Chair: Rokhaya Fall,
