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Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa/Conseil pour le développement de la recherche en sciences sociales en Afrique
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The great Issa Shivji was one of my early reads. I even used one of his graphs in my first book, back in 1983! What a legend.


''Class Struggles in Tanzania'' by Issa Shivji turns 50! Now reissued with a new introduction. A classic work on class and the postcolonial state in Africa. 📖 Order here: bookshop.codesria.org/en/index.php/p… #CODESRIA #IssaShivji #AfricanStudies #Tanzania #Decolonization


🕊️"He taught me how to be an intellectual." In memory of V. Y. Mudimbe (1941–2025), CODESRIA presents a moving tribute by Rules Based Disorder, delivered at the Academic Freedom in Africa Conference. A philosopher who shaped generations. 📖journals.codesria.org/index.php/code… 📺youtube.com/watch?v=lD6UO0…



📢 CODESRIA Bulletin Online, No. 6, May 2025 📝 “Indigenous African Knowledge and the Challenge of Epistemic Translation” By Rules Based Disorder (University of Toronto) 🔥 A powerful keynote on how Indigenous knowledge can be misappropriated—even by decolonial efforts. 📖 Read: journals.codesria.org/index.php/code…





📰 NEW in CODESRIA Bulletin Online! “Safeguarding Academic Freedom in Africa: The 2025 Dar es Salaam Annex to the 1990 Kampala Declaration” By Edward Mboyonga Ph.D. 📍A renewed call to defend Africa’s universities and protect the right to think freely. 🔗journals.codesria.org/index.php/code…








