The Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuilding Network (APN) had the opportunity to sit down with APN Alumnus Dr. Mary Boatemaa Setrana (Individual Research Grant recipient 2017), a lecturer at the Centre for Migration Studies,…
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Editorials
Introducing the APN’s 2018 Grant Recipients
by African Peacebuilding Network
The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is pleased to announce the 2018 recipients of its Individual Research Grants, Collaborative Working Group Grants, and Book Manuscript Completion Grants. The program awards these three unique grants to African researchers based in African universities, research institutes, and other policy-related and civil society institutions. Since […]
Essays
The Usefulness of African Academics in the Diaspora to African universities
by Richard Alemdjrodo
The issue of the usefulness of African academics in the diaspora to African universities is no longer in doubt for two main reasons. First, many African universities are short of teachers and researchers with doctoral and post-doctoral qualifications and expertise. According to several studies, most African countries are currently facing a shortage of highly qualified […]
Interviews
Life as an APN Alumnus: An Interview with Dr. Duncan Omanga
by African Peacebuilding Network
The Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuilding Network (APN) had the opportunity to sit down with APN Alumnus Dr. Duncan Omanga (Individual Research Grant 2014), a lecturer and head of the Department of Publishing and Media Studies at Moi University, Kenya. The interview was conducted on December 13, 2017, during the APN’s Training Workshop on […]
Conflict
Gang Violence in Gugulethu, South Africa: Notes from the field
by Godfrey Maringira and Diana Gibson
Gang violence continues unabated in South Africa, particularly in impoverished black and “coloured” communities. This essay focuses on black communities. We reveal how young men living in majority Xhosa-speaking black townships become part of a gang and how the gang relationship is forged and sustained over time. We pay attention to how the gang relationship […]
Mediation & Reconciliation
What is “the Local”? Exploring grassroots justice systems as a means of understanding the local
Democracy, Development and Governance
Internal Party Reforms or Power Consolidation by African Ruling Parties?
by Dr. Nicodemus Minde
There is a discernible behavioral shift in some of Africa’s ruling parties, particularly those that emerged out of national liberation movements. Two events signpost the unfolding political era. First, the “nine presidential lives” of Jacob Zuma recently came to an end with his resignation on February 14, and second, Hailemariam Desalegn’s sudden resignation in the […]
Democracy, Development and Governance
Celebrating Army Generals in Zimbabwean Politics?
by Godfrey Maringira
Considering that former President Robert Mugabe was a long-time ally of the Zimbabwean military, no one expected that he would be overthrown by the military. Mugabe had favored the military as one of the bulwarks against challenges to his regime, so why would they then turn against a man who had for more than four […]
