Global Pandemics in the Media: An African Perspective
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In Global Pandemics in the Media: An African Perspective, Nkosinothando Mpofu, Phillip Santos, Admire Mare and Hugh Ellis have expertly put together a tour de force collection of African perspectives on the varied ways in which journalists, communicators, citizens, government communicators and other stakeholders mediated the recent global pandemics. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a critical juncture, the book underscores the political nature of (mis)representing, (mis)framing and illuminating stories in a pandemic context. Drawing mostly on case studies from Southern, East, and West Africa, the volume foregrounds the various ways in which the media covered the recent global pandemics. It also looks at how public officials were instrumental in communicating about the causes, nature, prevention, and vaccination-related interventions. It also focuses on citizen-initiated communications on social media and how these were implicated in the viral production and circulation of mis/disinformation.
ISBN 978 2 38234 102 5
Authors
Nkosinothando Mpofu is a Senior Lecturer, teaching and supervising students in the Department of Informatics, Journalism and Media Technology at the Namibia University of Science and Technology.
Phillip Santos teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Journalism and Media Technology at the Namibia University of Science and Technology.
Admire Mare is an Associate Professor and Head of Department of Communication and Media at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Hugh Ellis is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Journalism and Media Technology at the Namibia University of Science and Technology.
African Feminist Theory Articulated and Grounded in Tanzania: A response to Western Patriarchal Neoliberalism
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A Response to Western Patriarchal Neoliberalism
In African Feminist Theory Articulated and Grounded in Tanzania: A Response to Western Patriarchal Neoliberalism, the intricate ways Tanzanian women have defined and defended their own liberation are meticulously explored. Moving beyond the constraints of Western-centric frameworks, this work examines how local activists and scholars have articulated a unique African feminism—one deeply rooted in communal values, historical resistance, and local realities.
By investigating the intersection of patriarchal structures and neoliberal economic policies, the book highlights how Tanzanian women challenge global power dynamics while grounding their theory in the lived experiences of their communities. It is a vital contribution to decolonial thought, offering a powerful testament to the intellectual agency and resilience of African women.
This study serves as both a historical record and a forward-looking manifesto for a feminism that is authentically grounded, fiercely independent, and transformative.
Author
Rasel Madaha is a multidisciplinary scholar-activist whose work reclaims the narrative of African feminism from the shadows of Western patriarchal neoliberalism. Since 2007, he has dedicated his career to grounding feminist theory in the lived experiences of Tanzanian women and men through consistent action research and community engagement.
The Mwomboko Dance: A Symbol for Creating Spaces to Break the Silence on Sexuality in Central Kenya
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This book, based on a study undertaken at the height of the global HIV and AIDS pandemic in the 1990s, is about the value of community engagement in research. The health interventions of the time focused on individuals, asking them how many sexual partners they had and whether they used condoms for prevention. The adequacy of this approach came into question.
Ideas arose about doing research differently, especially in Central Kenya, where large numbers of teenage premarital pregnancies suggested widespread unprotected sexual intercourse, despite the family, school, church and state all promoting chastity until marriage. Community dialogues were initiated, using the symbolism of a local dance, Mwomboko, to create a collaborative and reflective research process.
This book is an important read for anyone interested in preventive health issues. It offers a vivid example of an interdisciplinary approach that has far-reaching implications for sustainable interventions. Furthermore, it is based on a long process of cross-cultural engagement that goes beyond the usual quick and simple methods of research and intervention.
Authors
Beth Maina Ahlberg
Professor Emerita of International Health, PhD in Sociology from Uppsala University. Her research areas include sexual and reproductive health, gender and health, migration and health, HIV/AIDS, and racism in healthcare.
Ingela Krantz
Professor Emerita at Umeå University. Medical doctor with two PhDs, whose research has focused on respiratory infections, HIV prevention, schistosomiasis, and Tunga penetrans.
ISBN: 978-2-38234-107-0
LES FEMMES DANS LES FORCES DE DEFENSE ET DE SECURITE AU SENEGAL / UNE INTEGRATION MITIGEE
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LES FEMMES DANS LES FORCES DE DEFENSE ET DE SECURITE AU SENEGAL / UNE INTEGRATION MITIGEE
L’intégration des femmes dans les forces de défense et de sécurité est au cœur du processus de démocratisation des systèmes politiques africains. L’image fortement masculine des forces de défense et de sécurité intervient dans la construction d’une identité professionnelle dont les plus grandes préoccupations sont liées à ancien un agent capable de devenir « homme », symbole de la virilité. Par conséquent, les filles nouvellement admises dans le secteur sont formées en tant qu’agents devant faire abstraction de leur statut de femme. De ce point de vue, introduire l’analyse genre dans les études sur les forces de défense et de sécurité (FDS), c’est donc s’interroger sur les statuts et rôles des femmes et des hommes dans cet espace, tout en appréhendant l’impact des rapports sociaux dans l’exercice de leurs fonctions.
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Re-envisioning the African and American Academies
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This book is a true masterpiece from one of the preeminent minds in higher education today. […]
By looking across Africa and the United States in the periods before and after Covid, […].
— Ben Vinson III, President, Howard University, Washington DC, USA
In Re-envisioning the African and American Academies, Paul Tiyambe Zeleza presents a thought-provoking analysis of the state of higher education in African and American institutions, with the Covid-19 pandemic as an inflection point. […].
— Tshilidzi Marwala, Rector, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan
Re-envisioning the African and American Academies is a seminal book for researchers, practitioners, leaders and students in wanting to interrogate and understand the state of higher education in Africa and the United States in a post-Covid world. […].
— Fanta Aw, PhD, CEO and Executive Director, NAFSA
[…], Zeleza undertakes a stringent critique of the neoliberal university and proposes concrete recommendations on how to reform and restructure the contemporary university in the world. Superb! A must-read.
— Adam Habib, Director, SOAS, University of London, England
From an academic’s and a practitioner’s perspective, Paul Zeleza intricately examines the trajectories of the development of higher education systems on two continents, with universal applicability. […].
— Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Vice Chancellor, University of Ghana
[…]. Zeleza provides us a courageous roadmap to re-envision the African and American academies[…].
— Catherine Koverola, Director, Center for African Studies, USA
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LA SÉCURITÉ ET LA RÉFORME DE L’ÉTAT: perspectives comparées entre la région de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et la région arabe
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Le livre tente de traiter de la corrélation entre la question de la réforme de l’État et celle des services de sécurité dans les pays arabes du Proche-Orient et ceux de l’Afrique de l’Ouest. La restructuration des secteurs de sécurité signifie le réaménagement de l’appareil de l’État, avec les effets sur la société. Les enjeux renvoient aux figures classiques de la conflictualité, la démocratisation, l’évolution des droits de l’homme, le modèle des reformés des secteurs de sécurité, le développement, la militarisation rampante mais aussi la de sécurisation, les anciennes et nouvelles menaces à la lumière des changements géopolitiques dans le monde. II aborde la sécurité dans ses multiples sens de sécurité dans l’État et de sécurité de l’État, et leurs impacts sur la reforme de l’État dans les deux régions étudiées qui constituent un angle d’étude précieux pour comprendre les réalités institutionnelles, politiques, économiques, sociales et culturelles.
Abdallah Saaf, Professeur émérite de science politique à l’Université Mohammed V de Rabat est actuellement professeur à la faculté de gouvernance économique, sciences économiques et sociales (FGSES) de l’Université polytechnique Mohammed VI (UM6P), et directeur du Centre d’études et de recherches en sciences sociales (CERSS). Ancien doyen de la faculté des sciences juridiques, économiques et sociales de Mohammedia et ancien ministre de !’éducation, le Professeur Saaf a plusieurs articles et ouvrages sur plusieurs thèmes dont celui de la sécurité.
CODESRIA 2024
ISBN 978 2 38234 097 4
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Yes in my lifetime
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Saida Yahya-Othman is a retired Associate Professor of the University of Dar es Salaam, where she worked for over 40 years. She trained at the Universities of Dar es Salaam, York and Edinburgh, in English linguistics, and has taught and published largely in that area, particularly discourse analysis and pragmatics. In 1972 she married Haroub Othman, who died in 2009. She lives in Dar es Salaam, where she does pre-publication work.
ISBN 9789987082834
2013
JUSTICE DURING TRANSITIONS – Policies that Reflect African Realities
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JUSTICE DURING TRANSITIONS – Policies that Reflect African Realities
Transitional justice interventions, particularly in Africa, have failed. In this context, there is a growing interest in tradition-based community-led practices for resolving justice. Yet little is known or understood about these practices on their own terms, and what role they play in transitional justice on the continent. This volume challenges some of the underlying assumptions of current responses to mass violence on the continent, including the way these are embedded in state-centricism and an international justice system that lacks relevance in relation to the day-to-day realities of rural African communities. Through the case studies of Zimbabwe, Burundi and Mozambique the volume explores some of the limitations and possibilities with regard to justice during transitions.
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Universidades Publicas em Angola, Moçambique e Cabo Verde
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Esta reflexao sobre a Universidade nos paises africanos de lingua portuguesa realizada por Teresa Cruz e Silva constitui-se como leitura obrigat6ria para tod@s que se interessam por conhecer as diferencàs dos percursos na construcào do pensamento social nos nossos paises. Mas mais do que isso, a analise da autora percorre e descobre caminhos que debatendo as herancàs da dominacào colonial portuguesa ea ordem politica instaurada corn as independencias nacionais, recorre corn rigor as singularidades das relacòes entre poder politico ea Universidade.
Maria da Conceicà o Osorio,
Professora aposentada, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Universidades Publicas em Angola, Mocàmbique e Cabo Verde: Experiencias de mudancà e desafios de liderancà da autoria de Teresa Cruze Silva, dada a estampa pelo CODESRIA, faz um diagnòstico assaz profundo e instigante do ensino superior nos Paises Africanos de Lingua Oficial Portuguesa. Relevante tambem e a analise feita sobre as liderancàs universitarias, ainda maioritariamente gerontocraticas, que coartam as possibilidades de um maior protagonismo de docentes, pesquisadoras e gestoras no desenvolvimento e consolidacào das universidades. Estamos perante um trabalho que merece uma leitura atenta.
Claudio Alves Furtado
Universidade de Cabo Verde – Uni-CV Professor Associado, Coordenador do PIC-Belgica
ISBN 978 2 38234 045 5
CODESRIA 2023
$7 – $12Price range: $7 through $12
Intellectuels, nationalisme et idéal Panafricain
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Intellectuels, nationalisme et idéal panafricain – Perspective historique
” Rassembler dans un ouvrage cohérent les actes d’un colloque est souvent un véritable défi. Thierno Bah a réussi áa relever ce défi de façon crédible. La perspective historique qui constitue le fil d’Ariane des textes choisis aidera súrement le lecteur áa appréhender la crise multidimensionnelle de l’afrique dáujourd’hui par l’éclairage de son passé et áa apprécier la pertinence des solutions suggérées. Nul doute que tous ceux que le destin de notre continent ne laisse pas indifférents trouveront l’ouvrage fort utile ”.
Elisée Soumonni, Historien, Cotonou (Bénin), pr;ec;edemment Professeur á l’Université Nationale du Bénin, Abomey-Calavi
” Cette riche collection éditée par Thierno Bah montre á quel point une perspective historique peut aider á comprendre les dilemmes des intellectuels africains celui entre liberté de pensée et responsablilité morale; et, plus spécifiquement, celui entre nationalisme et panafricanisme. Une question capitale revient partout dans le livre: dans quelle mesure le panafricanisme historique pourrait-il aider á surmonter la crise tenace de l’Etat-nation sur le continent ” ?
Professeur Peter Geschiere, Université d’Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
The Concept of HUMAN RIGHTS in Africa (Second Edition)
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The Concept of Human Rights in Africa attempts to reconceptualise human rights ideology from the stand point of the working people of the continent. lt argues that the dominant human rights discourse in/and on Africa, however well-intentioned, is objectively a part of the ideologies of domination. Both the critique of the dominant discourse as well as the reconceptualisation are located firmly within the current social science and jurisprudential debates on democratic struggles in Africa. Hitherto, the human rights debate in Africa has been an exclusive preserve of lawyers and philosophers. Professor Shivji breaks new ground in this book in that he firmly anchors the debate on the social and political planes without losing sight of its legal and philosophical dimensions.
While greatly stimulating for the general reader, this work can be fruitfully used in colleges and universities in such academic disciplines as sociology, political science, development studies, law, and jurisprudence.
Issa Shivji is Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He taught law at the University of Dar es Salaam for 36 years (1970-2006). He was appointed the first Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Professor in Pan-Africanism between 2008-2013. He was the Director of the Nyerere Resource Centre at the Commission for Science and Technology (2014- 2019). He has published over a dozen books and numerous book chapters and articles. His latest book is a three-volume biography of Julius Nyerere called Development as Rebellion co-authored with other two colleagues.
ISBN 978 2 38234 100 1
CODESRIA 2023
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