Note to the Community: Launch of the New CODESRIA Website
Over the last few years, CODESRIA has had to deliver on its mandate in increasingly creative ways so as to take into account the digital trajectory of our current knowledge economies. This was especially made urgent at the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic where the Council, like most institutions,
In Memory of Thandika Mkandawire
This article by Fantu Cheru, forthcoming in Africa Development vol. 47, No. 2, 2022, is shared with you in memory of Thandika Mkandawire, former Executive Secretary of CODESRIA. Vol. 47 No. 2 (2022): Forthcoming Issue - On Resuscitating the Aborted National Project: A Retrospective and Prospective View (Notes from my Last
Public Humanities: Thinking freedom in the Africa University
For those interested in the questioning of the humanities, this is a significant contribution for rethinking the university in the Global South and in the corporatized Western academy. It is a strong critique of neo-liberal policies and practices that, together with colonial legacies and authoritarian rule, plague African higher education.
Micere Githae Mugo
Micere Githae Mugo est un professeur distingué, dramaturge, poète, auteur, activiste et critique littéraire du Kenya. Elle est professeur émérite au département des études afro-américaines de l’université de Syracuse. Le professeur Micere Mugo a étudié à l’université de Makerere, en Ouganda, où elle a obtenu son B.A. en 1966, et
Micere Githae Mugo
Micere Githae Mugo est un professeur distingué, dramaturge, poète, auteur, activiste et critique littéraire du Kenya. Elle est professeur émérite au département des études afro-américaines de l’université de Syracuse. Le professeur Micere Mugo a étudié à l’université de Makerere, en Ouganda, où elle a obtenu son B.A. en 1966, et
Micere Githae Mugo
Micere Githae Mugo is a distinguished professor, playwright, poet, author, activist, and literary critic from Kenya. She is an Emerita Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Syracruse Uinversity. Prof Micere Mugo attended Makerere University, Uganda where she received her B.A in 1966 and the University of New
Mamadou Diouf
Mamadou Diouf is a Senegalese historian and specialist in colonial history and religion in Senegal. He is the Leitner Family Professor of African Studies and the Director of Columbia University’s Institute for African Studies. Before joining the faculty at Columbia University, he was the Charles D. Moody Jr. Collegiate Professor