| Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa |
| Conseil pour le développement de la recherche en sciences sociales en Afrique |
| Conselho para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais em África |
| مجلس تنمية البحوث الإجتماعية في أفريقيا |
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by Nebila Abdulmelik I envision an Africa Where our little ones grow up Believing the world is their oyster Knowing that whatever dreams they may have, ‘Their dreams are valid’ And not only are pockets packed with dreams But dreams also pack pockets An Africa Where our elders are well taken care of Because we’re not only thinking about the ‘youth...
By Dr. Ebrima Sall and Dr. Ibrahim Oanda Introduction This paper draws on and summaries research findings from the CODESRIA Higher Education Leadership Programme (HELP). HELP is one of the most recent initiatives included on the council’s research activities as a special Programme. With the support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the...
By Munyaradzi Makoni and Karen MacGregor Violent protests and racial clashes closed universities around South Africa last week. Vice-chancellors called for help in identifying perpetrators of campus violence, who showed “total disregard for the academic project, the rules of engagement and the laws and Constitution”. There have been arrests, injuries,...
The heinous nature of the crime against the journalists and cartoonists from Charlie Hebdo makes it extremely difficult to offer a cool-headed analysis of what is entailed in this barbaric act, its context and precedents, as well as its impact and future repercussions. Still an analysis is urgently needed, lest we fan the flames of a fire that one of...
Le CODESRIA (Conseil pour le Développement de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales en Afrique –ndlr) célèbre ses 43 ans d’existence en ce mois de février. Aminata Diaw administrateur principal du programme Formation de cette institution revisite avec nous le CODESRIA, les enjeux de la formation en Afrique, l’équation des moyens et les perspectives. Aminata Diaw...
Francis B Nyamnjoh is a professor of social anthropology at the University of Cape Town. Everyone in South Africa – citizens and foreigners alike – should be worried by the recent spate of attacks on black foreigners that started in KwaZulu-Natal and have subsequently spread to other parts of the country, says social anthropologist Professor Francis B...
This year’s general assembly focused on the future of Africa and tackled a whole range of issues the continent grapples, with including terrorism and radicalisation of the youth. As a solution to the problem of terrorism, prominent political scientist Prof Mahmood Mamdani of Columbia and Makerere Universities, recommended that governments consider...
Ousmane Oumar Kane, Non-Europhone Intellectuals. Victoria Bawtree (trad.). Dakar : CODESRIA, 2012, 75 p. This book was originally published in French as Intellectuels non-Europhones by CODESRIA in 2003. Cette réflexion a été publiée en français en 2003 par le CODESRIA (Nous utilisons ici la version anglaise traduite du français par Victoria Bawtree)....
Keynote Lecture delivered at the National Dissertations Workshop Organised by the National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) of South Africa Johannesburg, 29-30 July 2015 Ebrima Sall CODESRIA, Dakar DRAFT • Dr Sarah Motsoetsa, CEO of NIHSS • Professor Sitas and Dear Brother • My Brother Professor Adam Habib • Professor Nhlanhla...
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