EAC to continue being US dumping ground for used clothing

Aisha Bahadur
Mar 02, 2018
CBC.ca

Africa has become a dumping ground for used clothes from the West where it often costs more to dispose of clothing than to export it. This has had a negative impact on local economies and the dignity of Africans. Domestic capital in the industry and the domestic consumer market has been decimated in many African countries.

East & Horn of Africa

Appointment of Executive Director

Initiative Sankofa d'Afrique de l'Ouest
Mar 01, 2018

We are seeking a confident, innovative, West African self-starter who is spirited and has a passion for the LGBTQ community, to lead this new, dynamic and impactful fund.

Job Vacancy: Executive Director at FEMNET

FEMNET
Feb 27, 2018

The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) is a feminist, pan-African organization established in 1988 to amplify African women’s voices and advance women’s and girls’ rights and gender equality. As a membership organization, FEMNET is a network of over 600 members, both individuals and women’s rights organizations working across African continent and diaspora to realize gender equality and women and girls’ human rights.

JOB VACANCY

Open Society Foundation
Feb 26, 2018

Call for papers

Interdisciplinary Journal for the Studies of the Sahel
Feb 01, 2018
Google

The Interdisciplinary Journal for the Studies of the Sahel is seeking submissions from all disciplinary fields of academic inquiry, including the arts, humanities, social sciences and STEM-related fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) for its June and December 2018 publications. 

Thank you! Pambazuka News takes year-end break

The Editors
Dec 15, 2017

Dear Readers,

With this issue, Pambazuka News takes its year-end break from 15 December 2017. The next issue will come to you on 11 January 2018.

We would like to thank all our readers, contributors, volunteers and partners who made the production of Pambazuka News possible this year.

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Afro-intellectualism: Past, present and future dimensions

Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies
Dec 07, 2017
Pan African Studies, Kent

Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies (formerly The Journal of Pan African Studies (JPAS), a trans-disciplinary on-line multilingual peer reviewed open-access scholarly journal devoted to the intellectual synthesis of research, scholarship and critical thought on the African experience around the world, is seeking contributions for a special edition focused on “Afro-Intellectualism: Past, Present and Future Dimension...read more

Lack of grievance-solving channels responsible for strikes in Kenyan universities

Maurice N. Amutabi
Nov 23, 2017
UoN

Frequent closure of universities in Kenya reflects poor management of the institutions. The culture of democracy is non-existent. Careerist managers treat students and staff shabbily. There are no mechanisms for addressing grievances, except through threats and violence. This must change.

Call for papers: Young African Leaders Journal of Development (Edition II)

The Young African Leaders Forum
Nov 09, 2017
SWS

The Young African Leaders Forum (YALF) invites interested Africans to submit research articles for publication in the second edition of its Young African Leaders Journal of Development (YALJOD). The journal is aimed at fostering the collective progress and development of the African people, and it provides the blueprint for the development mission of the leading pan-African movement, Young African Leaders Forum, as well as many other organisations.

You do not need a PhD to teach at university

Maurice N. Amutabi
Oct 20, 2017
Daniel A. Anderson / UCI

Ngugi wa Thiong’o holds two teaching positions at the University of California, Irvine, as Distinguished Professor in Comparative Literature and Distinguished Professor of English. He does not have an earned masters or PhD degree, only a bachelor’s degree. And he is not the only one.

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