Articles · Vol. 1 No. 1 (2003): Journal of Higher Education in Africa · Pages 126-148

6 - The Public Dimensions of the University in Africa

  • Ebrima Sall
    Ebrima Sall
    Ebrima Sall is the Executive Director of Trust Africa. Prior to this appointment, he was the Executive Secretary of CODESRIA from April 2009 to 2017. Dr Sall also held the positions of Senior Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) in Uppsala (Sweden) and Director of...
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Abstract

This paper’s principal purpose is to explore the range of ways in which African universities act as public institutions—i.e., how both are shaped by and influ- ence the social, political, and economic contexts in which they are situated. In particular, we consider the multiple dimensions, often resulting in tensions in contexts of poverty and instability, of the African university as an actor in politics, civil society, and the public sphere AND as a key institution in the expectations and the strategies of a range of actors, groups, and constituencies.

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University in Africa sphere AND disseminators private foundations

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  • Ebrima Sall

    Ebrima Sall is the Executive Director of Trust Africa. Prior to this appointment, he was the Executive Secretary of CODESRIA from April 2009 to 2017. Dr Sall also held the positions of Senior Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) in Uppsala (Sweden) and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Village Savings and Loans Associations (VISAC) in The Gambia. He also taught at Gaston Berger University of Saint-Louis (UGB) in Senegal for five years. He holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (France) and was promoted to lecturer in "sociology-demography" by the National Council of Universities (CNU) in 1992. He is also recipient of the Yale University Agrarian Studies Program Post-Doctoral Fellowship.

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