| 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 |
We got news of the death of our colleague, friend and long time CODESRIA member and militant Professor Abubakar Momoh of Lagos State University in Nigeria. Momoh died today, Monday 29 May 2017 at 9am local time. He was the Director of the Electoral Institute of Nigeria in Abuja. May his soul rest in peace....
UNESCO, CODESRIA, Article 19, in collaboration with ECOWAS, the African Union, the Government of The Gambia, and several organisations of African youth are organising a three-day regional conference on Youth, Peace-building, and Regional Solidarity to be held in Banjul on 8-10 May 2017. The conference will bring together youth leaders from across...
Dakar: Friday 14 April 2017 It is with profound regret and extreme sadness that I write, on behalf of the President of CODESRIA Dzodzi Tsikata and on my own behalf, to inform the CODESRIA community that professor Aminata Diaw, immediate past head of the CODESRIA Training, Grants and Fellowships Programme has passed away. This sad event occurred last...
Dakar, 13th March 2017. The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Godwin Murunga as its seventh executive secretary. Dr Murunga is a historian and political analyst of Kenyan origin, currently teaching at the Institute of Development Studies of the University of...
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa ( CODESRIA ) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the collaboration between both institutions. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on 13th of March 2017 during a high level seminar on...
As usual, International Women’s Rights Day was celebrated at CODESRIA.
Dear Colleagues and Friends, On 27 March 2017, CODESRIA pays tribute to Fatou Sow, researcher and women’s rights activist by organizing a roundtable on the theme: Gender on All Fronts: Tribute to Fatou Sow. The roundtable will take place at 3:00 p.m. at CODESRIA. As part of the tribute to Fatou Sow, we would like to prepare a small brochure with...
CODESRIA in partnership with la Guilde Africaine des Réalisateurs et Producteurs and the Pan African Film & Television Festival (FESPACO) is organizing a workshop on “‘Emergence’ on Screen and on Stage.” The organization of a workshop on the sidelines of the bi-annual Pan-Africa Film and Television Festival, FESPACO in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso has for...
CODESRIA in partnership with la Guilde Africaine des Réalisateurs et Producteurs and the Pan African Film & Television Festival (FESPACO), announces a workshop on “‘Emergence’ on Screen and on Stage.” The organization of a workshop on the sidelines of the bi-annual Pan-Africa Film and Television Festival, FESPACO in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso has for 10...
One of the strategies in CODESRIA’s efforts to benchmark evidence of production and use of African scholarly literature is the creation of a Citation Index. CODESRIA has realised this vision by a successful completion of the African Citation Index. CODESRIA is convening a Forum of stakeholders at Hotel NOVOTEL in Dakar Senegal February 23-24...