CODESRIA Bulletin, No 1, 2025 - Special Issue Reflection on the Contribution of CODESRIA Second Executive Secretary

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In this Issue

Walking with Professor ABDALLA S. BUJRA // Cheminer avec le professeur ABDALLA S. BUJRA

1. Prof. ABDALLA BUJRA, 1938–2025: CODESRIA's Towering Pillar  Godwin Murunga .................................................................... 3


2. Prof. ABDALLA BUJRA, 1938–2025: le pilier gigantesque du CODESRIA   Godwin Murunga ........................................................ 7


3. Editorial to Inaugural Issue of Africa Development, Volume 1, Number 1, 1976 (Republished)   Abdalla S. Bujra .................11

Tributes to ABDALLA BUJRA // Hommages à ABDALLA BUJRA

4. Condoléances à la famille de BUJRA et au CODESRIA Condolences to Bujra's family, and to CODESRIA     Taladidia Thiombiano  .................................15

5. Professor ABDALLA SAID BUJRA, 1938–2025: A Pioneer Pan-Africa Scholar, An Institution-Builder and Man of Conscience   Michael Chege ......................................................................15

6. A Tribute to ABDALLA BUJRA   Peter Anyang' Nyong'o .......................................................................17

7. Homage to ABDALLA BUJRA  Mahmood Mamdani. .......................................................................18

8. ABDALLA BUJRA: A Life of Unparalleled Service Adebayo Olukoshi ................................................................19

9. ABDALLA BUJRA's Legacy in Building the CODESRIA Community Mshaï Mwangola ..............................................20

10. ABDALLA S. BUJRA, and Futures Studies in Africa: A Noticer's Environmental Scanning Leopold Mureithi ............................22

Other Thematic Interventions // Autres interventions thématiques

11. Why France Can't Be Nigeria's Strategic Partner Yusuf Bangura .............................................................................................27

12. Indigenous African Knowledge and the Challenge of Epistemic Translation Zubairu Wai ................................................40

Announcements // Annonces

13. African Fellowships for Research in Indigenous and Alternative Knowledges (AFRIAK).......................................54

14. Bourses pour la recherche sur les savoirs indigènes et alternatifs en Afrique (AFRIAK)...........................................57