Africa: CODESRIA: Re-Reading the History and Historiography of Domination and Resistance in Africa
The inaugural conference within the CODESRIA initiative on African History is planned to hold in Nairobi, Kenya, from 13 – 15 August, 2008. The theme around which it is proposed to organise the conference is: Re-Reading the History and Historiography of Domination and Resistance in Africa. The choice of this theme for the inaugural conference has been informed by a number of considerations, five of which are outlined in this conference announcement.
CODESRIA Conference Announcement
Theme: Re-Reading the History and Historiography of Domination and Resistance in Africa
Venue: Nairobi, Kenya
Date: 13 – 15 August, 2008
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is pleased to announce its initiative aimed at achieving the triple objective of promoting the study of the history of Africa, mobilising support for the discipline of History in African higher education, and networking African historians both for these purposes and as a worthy cause in its own right. Packaged under the label of SOS African History, the initiative is underpinned by the strongly held view of the CODESRIA membership that the current conjuncture in the development of Africa marks a moment when the continent is more than ever before in need of History and historians. Given the fact that across Africa, engagement with the history of the continent, the financing of historical research, and the teaching of History are severely endangered, theCODESRIA SOS African History initiative is designed to galvanise local and continental responses that could add up to stem and reverse the tide of decline that has been underway for at least two decades. As part of the initiative, the Council has, within its Strategic Plan 2007 – 2011, committed itself to, among other things, convening an annual thematic conference on critical themes in the history of Africa. (For more information about CODESRIA, its Strategic Plan 2007 – 2011, and its activities, see the Council’s website http://www.codesria.org