School of Social and Political Science

Description

This CAS Seminar Series event is the launch of a double bilingual (English-French) special issue of the Quarterly Journal of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). The issue focuses on: agrarian change, food security, migration and sustainable development in Senegal & Zimbabwe.

Event Outline

Welcome:

• Dr Hazel Gray, Head of Subject Area, Centre of African Studies, SPS
• Professor Alan Duncan, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, UoE

Chair: Adebayo Olukoshi, Distinguished Professor, Wits University

Intro: Co-editors:

• Rama Salla Dieng, Centre of African Studies, SPS, University of Edinburgh
• Geoffrey Banda, STIS, SPS, University of Edinburgh
• Walter Chambati, Sam Moyo African Institute for Agrarian Studies (SMAIAS), Zimbabwe

Short presentation of case studies:

• Rougyatou Ka, Université Gaston Berger, IPAR, Senegal
• Clayton H. Vhumbunu, Department of Politics and Governance at the University of Free State (Bloemfontein, South Africa)
• Djibrirou Daouda Ba, FASTEF, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal and Tegaye Diop, Institut Supérieur d'Enseignement de Richard-Toll (ISEP)
• Newman Tekwa, South African Research Chair for Social Policy, UNISA, South Africa

Discussant:

• Professor Carlos Oya, SOAS, University of London