CODESRIA Bulletin, Nos 1 & 2, 2013
Authors: Journal system  
Published: July 2023

Editorial: Research andAfrica’s Independence, Transformation and Unity ........ 1

New Directions and Priorities for Research in Africa: More Think PiecesSocial Stratification and Nomadism in AfricaAmady Aly Dieng .................................................................................... 3

African Unity, Religion, and PhilosophySouleymane Bachir Diagne ...................................................................... 5

Africa-centered Research in the Context of the New IndustrializationBernard Founou-Tchuigoua ...................................................................... 6

Fulfilling the CODESRIA Mandate in a new ContextFabien Boulaga ...................................................................................... 7

The Social Foundations of Research and the Need for Institutional Semantic ReformsLaroussi Amri ........................................................................................ 9

Africa in a Highly Globalized WorldTaladidia Thiombiano...................................................................................... 12

China-Africa Relations: Cooperation or Exploitation?Aminata Diaw ....................................................................................... 14

Africa’s Research Priorities from a Political Science PerspectiveAbdallah Saaf .............................................................................................................. 15

Debates

A Name is More than the Tyranny of TasteWole Soyinka ....................................................................................................... 16

Amilcar Cabral – 40 Years on: Tribute to a Revolutionary IntellectualDemba Moussa Dembélé ....................................................................... 22

Building a United and Cohesive SocietyYusuf Bangura.................................................................................................. 24

First Steps to Creating the ‘Nilo’ Currency for AfricaYash Tandon ........................................................................................ 26

Rediscovering Archie Mafeje and How South Africa is Coming to Terms with its Ignored Intellectual Icon: A RejoinderTeboho J. Lebakeng .............................................................................................................. 32

Marikana Massacre: A Turning Point in South African History?Peter Alexander ................................................................................... 36

Recognitions

Francis Nyamnjoh: African Hero of the Year .............................................. 41

African Hero of the Year 2013: Nyamnjoh’s Acceptance Speech .................. 41

Assié-Lumumba Elected to CIES Leadership ............................................. 43

Tributes

Professor Bernard Makhosezwe Magubane: An ObituaryJimi O. Adesina ............................................................................................................ 44

Professor Hocine KhelfaouiMamadou Drame ............................................................................................................ 47

CODESRIA Report

Pan-Africanism: Adapting African Stories/Histories from Text to ScreenManthia Diawara & Carlos Cardoso ...................................................... 48