CODESRIA Bulletin, Nos 2 & 3, 2020 - Special Issue - Tributes to Thandika Mkandawire (1940-2020)

Abstract

In this Issue

1. Thandika Mkandawire (1940-2020); Scholar, Mentor, and Institutional Builder, Godwin R. Murunga ------------3

2. A Transformative Economist: Remembering Thandika Mkandawire, Kate Meagher --------------9

3. The Familial Side of Prof Thandika Mkandawire, Ntombizakhe Mpofu Mlilo --------------------13

4. Development-driven, Iconoclastic, Witty, and Informal: Thinking About Thandika Mkandawire (1940–2020), Yusuf Bangura ----------15

5. Thandika Mkandawire: Tribute to a Mentor and Game-changer, Jimi Adesina -------------------------27

6. Farewell, Thandika! Mahmood Mamdani ------------------36

7. Thandika Mkandawire: In Memory of An Intellectual Giant, Paul Tiyambe Zeleza --------------------------8

8. Thandika Mkandawire: An Intellectual Giant, an Incorrigible Pan-Africanist, Ibbo Mandaza ---------------------42

9. Transcendental Thandika: Tribute to a Global Pan-African Luminary, Steve Sharra -----------------------45

10. Hamba Kahle Mthakathi Wey’ndaba A Farewell Message to Prof Thandika Mkandawrire, Blade Nzimande -------------51

11. Thandika Mkandawire, Pan-Africanist par excellence, Jomo Kwame Sundaram -------------------53

12. Thandika Mkandawire, The Boss, Mamadou Diouf -----------------55

13. Thandika, Indefatigably Human, Issa G. Shivji ------------58

14. Remembering Thandika Mkandawire, a friend and an indefatigable scholar, Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o --------------61

15. When you drag a tree branch, the leaves also follow: Thandika Mkandawire’s Legacy, Carlos Lopes ---------------- 62

16. Thinking about Thandika, a friend, mentor, and Africa’s foremost social scientist, Karuti Kanyinga ------------------- 64

17. Tribute to Thandika Mkandawire, A Beloved Teacher, Wachira Maina -----------------------67

18. Thandika Mkandawire: A Tribute, Fred Hendricks ----------------69

19. Thandika Mkandawire: A Tribute, Eghosa Osaghae --------------73

20. Thandika’s Voice Will Keep Talking to us, Kenneth Inyani Simala --------74

21. Thandika Mkandawire: The Nordic Africa Institute Guest of Honour 2011, Lennart Wohlgemuth ---------------78

22. Running While Others Walked: Remembering Thandika Mkandawire, Rama Salla Dieng, Interview with Adebayo Olukoshi --------------80