CODESRIA Bulletin, No 1, 2018

Abstract

In this issue

0. Editorial
Editorial, Godwin Murunga and Divine Fuh 1
Éditorial, Godwin Murunga and Divine Fuh 3

From the Executive Secretary’s Desk, Godwin Murunga 5
Du bureau du Secrétaire exécutif, Godwin Murunga 8

1. Revisiting Trajectories of Epistemological Decolonization in Africa
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatshe 11

2. How Amos Tutuola Can Inspire: (re)situating and (re)imagining contemporary sociological knowledge within the context of South Africa, Africa and the Global South
Francis B. Nyamnjoh 18

3. Decolonizing the Academy: The Limits of Race-centric Approaches
Tafadzwa Tivaringe 23

4. The metamorphosis of the revolutionary intellectual
Issa Shivji 26

5. Are All African Intellectuals Studying African Studies? An Auto-Critical Response to Issa Shivji’s Harold Wolpe Memorial Lecture
Chambi Chachage 30

6. Africa has no special smell: Towards academic equality in African studies
Livio Sansone 32

7. Dreaming across borders - Mobility of African Scholars: Should African scholars return to their home countries after training abroad?
Ayanda Manqoyi 36

8. Access denied: European Visa policies and the dislocation of dreams,
Mirjam de Bruijn 39

9. Body, Black Aesthetics, Racial Belonging: Identity construction and empowerment among Brazil’s Black youth
Bebel Nepomuceno 40

10. Hilariously Queer: the Transgender and Transsexual Body in Malagasy Culture
Zoly Rakotoniera