The 'African condition' Archives

As Biodun Jeyifo Passes On

Posted By: adminon: February 12, 2026In: People in ActionTags: Generational transition, Harvard, Knowledge production, Literature, Marxism and Literature, Political Science, Survival, The 'African condition'No CommentsViews:

The big news in town this week would surely be Prof Biodun Jeyifo joining his ancestors. It is comparable to the fall of an Iroko in the forest. He was a particularly productive farmer in cr... Read more

As Biodun Jeyifo Turns 80

Posted By: adminon: January 02, 2026In: World From AfricaTags: 'Japa', Generational transition, Knowledge production, Literature, Political Science, Survival, The 'African condition'No CommentsViews:

Even as Nigeria turns more and more incomprehensible, an oasis is popping up somewhere in Lagos on January 5th, 2026. An oasis of ideas rather than the typical false events and celebration o... Read more

Echoes of the Jos (Nigeria) Conversation on Fanon And the ‘African Condition’ at the Centenary of the Philosopher

Posted By: adminon: December 30, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: 'Marx and Africa Conference ', Africa’s knowledge production crisis, ASUU, CDD-West Africa, CITAD, CODESRIA, Fanon, Inter-generational conversation, Resurgent Pan-Africanism, The 'African condition'No CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja There were none of the overtly stormy sessions which define the 1983 ‘Marx and Africa’ Centenary with which the November 2025 Fanon Centenary compares in recent N... Read more

CDD Flashes Rays of Hope With New Chairperson and Five Others Into International Governing Council

Posted By: adminon: March 12, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: CDD-WA, ECOWAS, Epistemic justice, OTUWA, The 'African condition', Think tankingNo CommentsViews:

The Centre for Democracy and Development – West Africa (CDD-WA) has formally announced the appointment of Cde John Odah as Chairman of its International Governing Council. The change comes a... Read more

Policy Brief on Viability of Dialogue With Al-Shabaab and Boko Haram Emerges

Posted By: adminon: July 26, 2019In: De-EscalationTags: Al-Shabaab, BOKO HARAM, Global Terrorism Index, Institute of Security Studies, ISWAP, LSE, NIGERIA, Sciences Po, Somalia, The 'African condition'No CommentsViews:

A new policy brief that counter-insurgency operatives in East and West Africa in particular might want to look at has emerged. Published July 24th, 2019 by the Pretoria based Institute of Se... Read more