CODESRIA Secretariat celebrates International Women’s Day 2023
The CODESRIA secretariat took part in the global celebrations of International Women's Day on March 8, 2023. As part of the festivities, the Council invited Mrs. Esther Lehmann Sow, CEO of Lehmann-Sow-Coaching-and-Consultancy (lsc), to speak to staff about the significance
Announcement of Seminar Series 2023: The Changing African Idea of Africa and the Future of African Studies
The Chair in Epistemologies of the Global South with Emphasis on Africa at the University of Bayreuth in Germany in collaboration with the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa and CODESRIA launched
CODESRIA Executive Secretary In Mozambique and Tanzania
Dr. Godwin Murunga, Executive Secretary of CODESRIA, paid separate visits to colleagues at the University of Dar es Salaam's College of Social Sciences, the Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique, and the Pedagogical University of Maputo in February 2023 to deliberate
5TH CODESRIA/CASB SUMMER SCHOOL IN AFRICAN STUDIES AND AREA STUDIES IN AFRICA
Theme: How Political is Knowledge? Venue: Dakar, Senegal Date: 8-12 August 2022 Applications deadline: 30th June 2022 The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and The Centre for African Studies in Basel (CASB) call for applications for their 5th Summer School in
Forthcoming Book: Justice during Transitions: Policies that reflect African Realities
Edited by Cori Wielenga & Christopher C. Nshimbi. Transitional justice interventions, particularly in Africa, have largely failed. In this context, there is a growing interest in tradition-based community led practices for resolving justice. Yet little is known or understood about these
Forthcoming Book: Diversity and the essence of Pan-African Arts
The Arts, artistic, and literary production in Africa are echoes of Africa’s cultural heritage in its diversities, its essence, its values, its realities and its contradictions, being transmitted across generations. These resonances are translated in different ways from one period
Generation Exodus? Youth mobility politics and radical change in West Africa
1½-day workshop organised by CODESRIA / NAI 8-9 December 2022, Dakar, Senegal This hybrid workshop invites a collective reflection on the role of human mobility in shaping West Africa’s economic, political, and social future, with a particular focus on the practices, aspirations,
