Ismail Rashid

Professor of History, Vassar College

[African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics @SSRC_APDD]

Aleu Garang Aleu’s (APN IRF 2024) article, “Borders a Source of Conflicts in the Borderland Communities of the East African Region: A Case of South Sudan Border,” was published in Open Journal of Political Science, Vol 15, No. 4.

[African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics @SSRC_APDD]

NEW on Kujenga Amani 📚 | "Resource-Based Resistance and Galamsey’s Grip on Ghana’s Security Future" by Dr. Titilope F. Ajayi (2017 & 2019 Next Gen / 2019 APN CWG).

Read more: https://t.co/Xxo5y77Ip4

[Ismail Rashid @FULATOGN]

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[Ismail Rashid @FULATOGN]

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[SSRC's Next Gen Africa @NextGenAfrica]

Call for Proposals! The Call for Applications to our 2025 African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) fellowship competitions has opened! Applications are due by January 31, 2025, 11:59 PM EST. Learn more: https://t.co/3wOnCThrJy

[African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics @SSRC_APDD]

Call for Proposals! The Call for Applications to our 2025 African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) fellowship competitions has opened! Applications are due by January 31, 2025, 11:59 PM EST. Learn more: https://t.co/nM9WICg1Nh

[Ismail Rashid @FULATOGN]

The Department of History at Vassar College invites applications for a full-time tenure track position in Modern Central European and German history at the rank of assistant professor beginning August 2025. https://t.co/w7BBRS5ahf.

[African Philanthropy Conference @AfrPhilConf]

Godwin Murunga of @CODESRIA delivered the first keynote address at #5APC offering a scholarly analysis of the role of African vs global philanthropic aid, and how the next frontiers are challenging the development sector to re-strategise its outlook & efforts. #AfPhilConf2024

[Hakim Adi @hakimadi1]

Many thanks the book can be ordered direct from https://t.co/0jK6WaDR1R and is available in all good bookshops

[African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics @SSRC_APDD]

Cyril Obi, the APN and Next Gen Program Director, presented gifts to the co-chairs of the advisory board, Rita Abrahamsen and Steve Ouma Akoth, in appreciation of their contributions to the program’s development.

[African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics @SSRC_APDD]

ANNOUNCEMENT! Next week, APN is hosting a Virtual Book Launch for Guerillas and Combative Mothers: Women and the Armed Struggle in South Africa, by Prof. Siphokazi Magadla.

Register link: https://t.co/yL3pvnfmNx

We hope to see you there.

[African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics @SSRC_APDD]

ANNOUNCEMENT! Later this month, APN is hosting a Virtual Book Launch for Countering Violent Extremism in Kenya: Community, State, and Security Perspective, by John Mwangi Githigaro.

Register link: https://t.co/xUW5VV6tT8

We hope to see you there.

[African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics @SSRC_APDD]

Congratulations to previous Next Gen Fellow Madalitso Phiri (@madaophiri) for recently publishing a book, Monuments and Memory in Africa: Reflections on Coloniality and Decoloniality, as a coeditor (Routledge). Find out more here: https://t.co/gHWKvttpky

[Rules Based Disorder @ZubaWai]

Watch out for this: the most comprehensive collection of essays in English on, and the most productive engagement with the work of philosopher, V.Y. Mudimbe. Release date: 9 July 2024

[The Booker Prizes @TheBookerPrizes]

We’re deeply saddened to hear that Maryse Conde has died. The Grande Dame of Caribbean literature, she was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize twice, in 2015 and 2023, and leaves behind an extraordinary body of work. We send our heartfelt condolences to her family.

[Axel Shimwa @AxelShimwa]

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