As a panelist at the maiden Kofi Annan Peace and Security Forum held in Accra in early September 2019, I was invited to reflect on the challenges facing internally and externally displaced…
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APDD Dispatches
An Interview with Patricia Serwaa Afrifa, Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Alumnus
by Next Generation Social Sciences
Dr. Patricia Serwaa Afrifa holds a PhD in African studies from the University of Ghana, Legon. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in linguistics and sociology and a Master of Philosophy degree in African studies from the same university. Her teaching and research interests are family studies (with specific emphasis on childhood studies), gender […]
Next Gen Fellowships
My PhD Journey: Reflections on the Next Gen Fellowship as a Game Changer
by John Mwangi
The Next Gen fellowship awards made a great difference in the trajectory of my PhD journey from inception to completion in September 2018.
2019 APN Grantees
An Interview with 2019 APN Grantee Umar Ahmed
by African Peacebuilding Network
Umar Ahmed is a lecturer at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. He received both his BA and MA degrees from the Department of Modern European Languages and Linguistics, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria, and an MPhil in TESL (Applied Linguistics) from the University of Ghana, Legon. He later got his PhD in languages and literatures […]
Interviews
An Interview with Professor Sarah Ssali
by Next Generation Social Sciences and African Peacebuilding Network
The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) held a joint training workshop in Peduase, Aburi, Ghana from the 24th to the 28th of June, 2019. We had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Sarah Ssali, Associate Professor and Dean of the School of Women and Gender Studies […]
Essays
‘#ChurchToo’? The Women’s Rights Movement and the Sexual Emancipation of “Sacred” Spaces in Nigeria
by Dr. Titilope F. Ajayi
Sexual abuse is about predation and power and the Fatoyinbo spectacle exposes the dark side of Nigeria’s Pentecostal ‘erotic economy’ with omnipotent pastors perched grandiosely atop.
2019-2020 Next Gen Fellows
Introducing SSRC’s Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa’s 2019-2020 Fellows
by Next Generation Social Sciences
The Social Science Research Council’s Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program is pleased to announce the thirty-six fellows receiving the Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship, and Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Fellowship. This year’s fellows are from Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Tanzania. The Next Gen program supports tertiary education in […]
