Hlengiwe Portia Dlamini
Hlengiwe Portia Dlamini is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Eswatini, Eswatini. She received her PhD from the University of Pretoria in South Africa Her BA and MA degrees were obtained from the University of Swaziland. She is Eswatini topmost constitutional scholar with her pioneer landmark book on: A Constitutional History of the
Chikouna Cissé
Chikouna Cissé is a lecturer in African History at the University Félix Houphouet Boigny in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire). He hold a Ph.D. on Migrations et mise en valeur de la Basse Côte d’Ivoire (1920-1960. His field of research also extends to the study of the Jula merchant diaspora in West
Ismail Rashid
Ismail Rashid is the Marion Musser Lloyd '32 Chair of History and International Relations at Vassar College https://www.vassar.edu/faculty/departments/history. He received his PhD in African History from McGill University. Quebec, Canada. Professor Rashid's teaching interests are modern African history, African Diaspora, and International Relations. His research interests include subaltern resistance against colonialism, public
MRI 2023/2024 WINNERS
CODESRIA is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023/2024 Meaning-making Research Initiatives (MRI) competition. Launched in 2017, the MRI serves as CODESRIA's primary instrument for supporting research in the social sciences and humanities. The Council extends its congratulations to the researchers involved in the selected projects. LIST OF WINNERS MRI GENERAL N° Names Gender Institutional
Congratulations Prof. Abdoulaye Bathily
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is delighted to learn that the President of the Republic of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has designated Professor Abdoulaye Bathily to be his special envoy on international affairs. Not only does this designation make Prof. Bathily a Special
Tributes to Professor Momar Coumba Diop
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is saddened to learn of the passing of Prof. Momar Coumba Diop in Paris on 9 July 2024 following a long illness. Prof. Diop was 73 years old at the time of his death. ⇒ A Library is
Africa Development, Volume 49, Number 1, 2024
AFRICA DEVELOPMENT, Vol. XLIX, No. 1, 2024 Contents Soft Power Diplomacy: Analytical and Conceptual Contextualisation of Cuba’s Peregrination in Africa Kekgaoditse Suping & Korwa Gombe Adar
CODESRIA African Diaspora Support to African Universities Programme
Call for African Academic Diaspora Visiting Fellowships in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Higher Education Studies at African Universities. Period of Visiting Professorship: From November 2024 to July 2025. Application Deadline: 15th August 2024. The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) invites joint proposals from African academics in
Executive Committee meeting held June 19-21, 2024
The Executive Committee is the second-highest governing organ of CODESRIA after the General Assembly. It provides strategic leadership to the Council and exercises oversight over the Council’s overall activities that are implemented by the Executive Secretariat. The Committee is elected by the General Assembly and has 10 members, with equal
Available Now – Africa Development, Volume 49, Number 2, 2024
AFRICA DEVELOPMENT, Vol. XLIX, No. 2, 2024 Contents Leçons de la pandémie : science, religion et citoyenneté mondiale, Souleymane Bachir Diagne *Revised Text of the Endnote Lecture delievered at the 16th CODESRIA General Assembly held from 4th to 8th December 2023. Thandika Mkandawire’s Model for an African Developmental State, and the Ethiopian
