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Rethinking Politics in Africa. The Conference relaunches the African Association of Political Science established in 1974, the age of political ferment and epistemic uprising.
A A P S I N T E R N AT I O N A L C O N F E R E N C E A N D A N N U A L G E N E R A L M E E T I N G 2 5 – 2 6 M a r c h 2 0 21
Introductory remarks by the
Conference Programme Chair
Prof Christopher Isike
Christopher Isike, PhD, is a Professor of African Politics and
International Relations in the Department of Political Sciences,
University of Pretoria, South Africa. He is an immediate past
Vice President (2016 to 2018) of the South African Association
of Political Studies (SAAPS), and currently one of four Vice
Presidents (2018 to 2021) of the International Political Science
Association (IPSA). He conducts research from an Africanist lens,
African Association of and teaches international relations theory, strategic and security
studies, and security theory at the University of Pretoria. His
Political Science (AAPS) research interests include African soft power politics, peace and
conflict studies, women and political representation in Africa,
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE rethinking state formation in Africa, and politics in a digital era.
AND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Prof Isike is currently Editor-in-Chief of Africa’s foremost political
science journal, Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies
Rethinking (2020 to 2024) and has been Editor of Ubuntu: Journal of Conflict
and Social Transformation since 2017. He also serves on the
Politics in Africa.
editorial board of several reputable international journals, such
as International Political Science Abstracts. Prof Isike was recently
been appointed by the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Mr
Nathi Mthethwa as a Social Cohesion Advocate of South Africa
25 – 26 March 2021 from 2020 – 2024.
11am (CAT) Opening Plenary
https://zoom.us/j/97025963216 www.aapsrising.com
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AAPS Interim President’s Welcome
Prof Siphamandla Zondi
Siphamandla Zondi is currently professor in Department of Politics and International Relations at University of Johannesburg, having
moved from the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria in September 2020. He previously headed the Institute
for Global Dialogue having moved from a position of programme coordinator on Southern Africa and Liberation Movements at African
Institute for South Africa. He is also the chairperson of the South African BRICS Think Tank representing South Africa in the BRICS Think
Tank Council. He is the current president of the South African Association of Political Studies and the interim president/convenor of the
African Association of Political Science. He serves on the South African National Planning Commission where he leads the task team on
international partnerships. He is a member of the Africa Decolonial Research Network committed to rethinking knowledge in Africa.
He studied at Universities of Durban-Westville and Cambridge.
Welcome address:
Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Johannesburg
Prof Tshilidzi Marwala
Tshilidzi Marwala is the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg beginning on the 1st January 2018. From
2013 to 2017 he was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Internationalization and from 2009 to 2013 he was the Executive
Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment both at the University of Johannesburg. From 2003 to 2008, he
progressively held the positions of Associate Professor, Full Professor, the Carl and Emily Fuchs Chair of Systems and Control
Engineering as well as the SARChI Chair of Systems Engineering at the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering at
the University of the Witwatersrand. From 2001 to 2003, he was the Executive Assistant to the technical director at South African
Breweries. From 2000 to 2001 he was a post-doctoral research associate at the Imperial College (then University of London). He
holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (magna cum laude) from Case Western Reserve University (USA) in 1995,
a Master of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pretoria in 1997 and a PhD specializing in Artificial Intelligence and
Engineering from the University of Cambridge in 2000.
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Message of Support from IPSA: President of IPSA
Prof Marianne Kneuer
Marianne Kneuer is the current President of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) since 2018. She is a Professor
of Political Science and currently holds the position of Director of the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Hildesheim,
Germany. From 1993 until 1999 she was a member in the planning staff of the Federal President of Germany, Roman Herzog. Before
that she worked as a political journalist (1989-1993). Since 2007 she has been a member of the Board of the German Society of Political
Science; from 2011 until 2013 as president. She has edited several book series and is co-editor of the Journal of Comparative Politics
(Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft). Prof Kneuer’s primary field is comparative politics, especially democratization and
democracy and autocracy studies, and secondarily fields of international relations: promotion of democracy and European Politics. Her
geographical focus is Central Eastern and Southern Europe with extending interests to Latin America and Eastern Europe.
Message of Support from CODESRIA
Dr Godwin Murunga
Dr. Godwin R. Murunga is the 7th Executive Secretary of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
(CODESRIA). He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi serving at CODESRIA
on leave of absence. He is the immediate former Director of the African Leadership Centre (ALC) in Nairobi, a Centre launched in 2010
as a joint initiative of King’s College London and University of Nairobi. Dr. Murunga served at the ALC from 2010 to 2016 initially as
Deputy Director and as a Trustee of the ALC Trust. He was a Visiting Professor, Global Institutes at King’s College London from 2013 to
2016. Previously, from 2006 to 2011, Dr. Murunga served as a member of the CODESRIA Executive Committee. He holds a BA and MA
from Kenyatta University, Nairobi and a MA and Ph.D. in history from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, USA.
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Message of Support from APRM
Prof Eddy Maloka
Prof Eddy Maloka is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Witwatersrand, School of Governance, Public and Development
Management and currently the Chief Executive Officer of the African Peer Review Mechanism. (APRM). He has an MA in Development
Studies from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Geneva and a PhD in History from the University of Cape Town and then
proceeded to have his Post-Doctoral Fellowship training in History at Princeton University in the United States. Prof Maloka has been
a Special Advisor to the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Republic of South Africa), Special Advisor to the Deputy
President of the Republic of South Africa and an Advisor on Governance, Public Administration and Post-Conflict Reconstruction to the
NEPAD Secretariat. He has also served as South Africa’s Special Representative to the Great Lakes Region. Prof Maloka was President
of the South African Association of Political Science (SAAPS) from 2002 – 2004 and thereafter served as President of the African
Association of Political Science (AAPS) between 2005 and 2007. He has published journal articles, edited books and books on aspects
relating to the politics, history and development challenges facing Africa.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS (Day 1)
Political Science and African Politics: The Dialectics of Experience.
Prof Shadrack Wanjala Nasong’o
Wanjala S. Nasong’o received his BA degree in Political Science and Linguistics and MA degree in International Relations from the
University of Nairobi, Kenya; and earned his Ph.D. in Public and International Affairs from Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts,
USA. He is Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, where he has taught since 2005. Professor
Nasong’o is a former Chair of the Department of International Studies at Rhodes College (2012—2017). He has previously taught at
the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; University of Nairobi, Kenya; and Kenyatta University, Kenya. A political comparativist, Prof.
Nasong’o’s research interest lies in the areas of democratization, identity politics, social conflict, governance, and development. Author,
editor, and co-editor of numerous peer reviewed books, dozens of book chapters, and articles in refereed journals, Prof. Nasong’o
has been honored with the Rhodes College’s Clarence Day Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity; and the Ali Mazrui
Award for Research and Scholarly Excellence from the University of Texas at Austin. In 2019 Professor Nasong’o served a two-month
fellowship at Riara University as a CODESRIA Diaspora Fellow/Visiting Professor of International Relations and Diplomacy, and in 2020,
he was named Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow, tenable at Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya.
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS (Day 2)
Rethinking African politics for the future: a convergence of theory
and praxis.
HE (Prof) Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, EGH
Prof Peter Anyang Nyongo’o graduated from Makerere University, Kampala, in 1971 with a BA (First Class Honours) in Political Science
and Philosophy before proceeding to the University of Chicago where he received his MA (1974) and PhD (1977) in Political Science.
He taught at the University of Nairobi (1977-81), El Colegio de Mexico (1971-84) and Addis Ababa University (1984-86) then joined the
African Academy of Sciences as Head of Programs from 1987 to 1992. Having been involved in the struggle against authoritarian rule
in Kenya throughout his academic career, Prof Nyang/o was among the leaders who broke into multiple party politics in 1992. He was
then elected to Parliament in that year and has served in various capacities since then. Prof Nyong’o was Kenya’s Minister for Planning
and National Development (2003-05) and Minister for Medical Services (2008-2013), and currently Governor of Kisumu County. He
has published several books and articles on democracy, democratization, the state and the political economy of development in
Africa. Among these are “Popular Struggles for Democracy in Africa”, (London: Zed Books, 1987); “The Study of African Politics: A
Critical Appreciation of A Heritage” (Nairobi: Ball Foundation, 2002); “A Leap Into the Future” (Nairobi: Word Alive Publishers, 2095).
“Presidential or Parliamentary Democracy in Kenya?: Choices to be Made” (Nairobi: Book talk Africa: 2020). In 1995 Prof Nyong’o
received the German-African Award for his contribution to democracy and democratization in Africa. He was Gro Harlem Brundland
Senior Leadership Fellow in the Division of Policy Translation and Leadership Development, the Harvard School of Public Health, from
December 2013 to March 2014.
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RESPONDENTS TO KEYNOTES
Prof Nadine Machikou
Nadine Machikou, PhD is a full professor of political science at the University of Yaoundé II in Cameroun. She is currently Co-Editor-
in-Chief of the Review Politique Africaine and member of the editing committee of the Review Global Africa. Prof Machikou is also
Director of seminars at the International War College of Cameroon and Director of the Center for Study and Research in International
and Community Law (University of Yaoundé II). She is President of the 2019 agrégation jury of the “Political Section” at the African and
Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES). Her current research focuses on the practical and symbolic expressions of violence, the
political and moral economy of emotions (compassion for Africa, anger in the context of the Anglophone crisis, the Islamist sect Boko
Haram, etc.), public policy and community integration in Africa. Prof Machikou is a Visiting Professor at the University of Nanterre, the
University of Dauphine, the International Institute of Francophonie of the University of Lyon and the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam as
well as the University of Lomé, Abomey Calavi, Kara, Abidjan. Some of her international collaborations include Bayreuth International
Graduate School of African Studies, Cluster Excellence Africa Multiple; “Contending Modernities Project” of the University of Notre
Dame of Indiana in the United States.
Dr Olivia Rutazibwa
Dr. Olivia Umurerwa Rutazibwa is a Belgian/Rwandan IR scholar and Senior Lecturer in European and International (Development)
Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK and Senior Research Fellow of the Johannesburg Institute of Advanced Studies (JIAS).
She holds a PhD in Political Science/International Relations from Ghent University (2013, Belgium), following the doctoral training
programme at the European University Institute (2001-6, Italy) and internships at the European Commission in Brussels and the EU
Institute for Security Studies in Paris (2003-4). Her research and teaching focuses on ways to decolonise (international) solidarity.
Building on epistemic Blackness, in her research she turns to recovering and reconnecting philosophies and practices of dignity and repair
and retreat in the post-colony (e.g. autonomous recovery in Somaliland, agaciro in Rwanda and Black Power in the US, Tricontinentalism)
to theorise solidarity anticolonially. Dr Rutazibwa has published in various (academic) journals (Foreign Policy, Millennium Journal of
International Studies, Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, Postcolonial Studies, Ethical Perspectives, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding,
and Journal of Contemporary European Studies), is the co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Politics (with Robbie Shilliam,
2018) and Decolonization and Feminisms in Global Teaching and Learning (with Sara de Jong and Rosalba Icaza, Routledge, 2018). She is
associate editor of International Feminist Journal of Politics and recently joined the editorial boards of International Politics Review and
Review of International Studies. Dr Rutazibwa is a former Africa Desk Editor, journalist and columnist at the Brussels based quarterly MO*
Magazine and the author of forthcoming non-academic monograph The End of the White World. A Decolonial Manifesto (in Dutch, EPO,
2021). In 2011 she delivered a TEDx talk titled: “Decolonizing Western Minds”.
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PROGRAMME
DAY 1: THURSDAY 25 MARCH 2021
11H00 – 11H05 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS FROM PROGRAMME CHAIR – Prof Christopher Isike
11H05 – 11H10 WELCOME ADDRESS – Prof Siphamandla Zondi, On behalf of Convenors and Presidents of National Associations
11H10 – 11H20 CONFERENCE OPENING – Prof Tshilidzi Marwala, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Johannesburg
11H20 – 11H30 REMARKS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION (IPSA) – Prof Marianne Kneuer, IPSA President
11H30 – 11H35 REMARKS FROM THE AFRICAN PEER REVIEW MECHANISM (APRM) OF THE AU – Prof Eddy Maloka, CEO of the APRM
11H35 – 11H40 REMARKS FROM COUNCIL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESERCH IN AFRICA (CODESRIA) – Dr Godwin Murunga, Executive Secretary of CODESRIA
PLENARY 1:
11H40 – 12H10: PLENARY ADDRESS – Prof Shadrack Nasong’o, Rhodes College, Memphis, United States
Political Science and African Politics: The Dialectics of Experience
12H10 – 12H20: RESPONSE OF DISCUSSANT – Dr Olivia Rutabizwa, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
12H20 – 12H30: QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
12H30 – 13H00 CONVENIENCE BREAK
13H00 – 14H30 1: 2: 3: 4:
African Political Economy Migration and Development Women, Political Participation Teaching and Learning, Pedagogy and Methodology
in Africa and Representation in Africa
CHAIRS: Eduardo Sitoe Isaac Owusu-Mensah Itidel Fadhloun Vusi Gumede
Rachel Strohm, Does Africa Stand Jacob, James & Izu, Iroro Tinuade A. Ojo, Rethinking Mesfin Wodajo Woldemariam, Feminist reading of East African
Alone? Examining Cross-Regional Stephen, Xenophobic Attacks Gender and Financial Inclusion Novels (Ethiopia) Literature.
Comparisons in The Study of African and their Challenges on Africa’s in Africa. Mireille Manga Edimo, Policy Studies and Knowledge production
Politics. Development. Collin Olebogeng Mongale, in Africa.
Levious Chiukira, Regional Samantha Balaton-Chrimes, The Dynamics of Human Security Madalitso Phiri, The Ideology of Epistemic Genocide and Its Demise.
Integration Theory and Gender Boundaries and the Reproduction Impact of the Weaponisation of
Ahmed Morsy, Teaching Political Science in/on Africa: Where do
Equality. of Ethnicity in Postcolonial Kenya. Women in Terror Organisations.
we Stand.
Deelixirnirvan Mutemach, Africa’s Adetola Elizabeth Oyewo, The Khondlo Mtshali & Nomcebo
Prof. W.S. Zondi, Africa as a Method.
Economic Diplomacy: Balancing Refugee in Refuge, Policy Position Bridget Madlala, Nationalism,
Economic Partnership. and Political Subjectivity. sexual contract and the Kamogelo Segone, Gender is not Western.
Mzingaye Xaba, Ceasefire Felistas R. Zimano & Fayth emergence of a patriarchal state
Arrangements in Southern Africa for Ruffin Juris, Re-envisaging in Fanon’s writing.
Land Reform. Southern African Road Entry Osigwe Victory, Feminism and
Keith Gottschalk, Successes and Point Management Systems African Politics.
Failures of African Integration (epistemologies). Ilesanmi Oluwatoyin Olatundun,
Gabila Nubong, The Elusive Quest Mpho Tladi, The Root Cause of Aina, Olabisi I. & Adeogun
for Africa’s Integration and the Xenophobia in South Africa. Tolulope, Mainstreaming Gender
Misaligned Incentives. into Conflict Management and
Peace-building.
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PROGRAMME
14H30 – 15H00 CONVENIENCE BREAK
15H00 – 16H30 5: 6: 7: 8:
Political Institutions, Democratic Pan-Africanism, Political Africa and the World, Diaspora The State, Politics and Development in Africa
Structures and Governance thought/theory
CHAIRS: Paulo Faria Gilbert Maoundonodji Ahmed Morsy Patrice Bigombe Logo
Neo Simutanyi, The politics of illness Ogama Mtimka, Towards Aloysius Okolie, Reflections Mlungisi Phakathi, An Ubuntu critique of the decision of the
and death in office of an African alternative political institution on the Implications of ‘China South African broadcasting corporations.
head of state. building from isiXhosa Proverbs. Loan Epidemics’ on Africa’s Gerald Ezirim, Paradox of statism and democratic deficit
Seshupo Mosala, The Role of the Ramy Magdy Abdelmonem Development. in Nigeria.
Comprador Bourgeoisie in Post- Ahmed, African Ethno-Political Aloysius Okolie, Sino-Africa Matandara Darlington, When Machiavelli dominates
Independent Africa: Kenya and Theory: Studying Justice before Trade/Financial Relations and African Politics.
South Africa. Peace. Africa’s Development.
Star Radebe, The necessity of revolution in South Africa
Hangal Siachiwena, The Politics of Thabang Dladla, Contesting the Olusola Ogunnubi, Soft-Power: and the role of fees must fall.
Death and Succession in Malawi. legacy of James Mpanza and the Nigeria’s Emerging Strategy in
Njoloma, The effects of politicized ethnicity on national
Clayton Vhumbunu, Media Freedom Sofasonke party: The Sofasonke Africa’s Geopolitics.
cohesion in democratic.
and Journalist Safety in Post- philosophy. Aswathi Nair, Delineating the
Seife Kidani, The decline of ideological identity in African
Apartheid South Africa. Maria Martin, Legbism: Non- Western Orders of Rights and
politics and the rise of ethnic orientation.
Kenneth Nweke, Nigerian Political Political Nationalism, Cosmology, Reason (case of Zimbabwe).
Parties and Campaign Promises. and Inductive Theoretical Arinze Ngwube, Building an
Development in Nigerian African Counter Terrorism
Keaobaka Tsholo, The Transition of
Intellectual History. Architecture.
Liberation Movements into Political
Parties. Olayide Isaac Oladeji Olasupo Reagalaletsa Matlhoahela,
Olusola, Democratic Citizenship Examining Whether the
and ‘Afrophobia’ in Africa: Whither International Criminal Court is
Pan-Africanism? Partisan: Libya and Syria.
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PROGRAMME
DAY 2: FRIDAY 26 MARCH 2021
09H00 – 11H00 REGISTRATION CONTINUES AND DRY RUN FOR DAY 2 PRESENTERS
PLENARY 2:
11H00 – 11H30: PLENARY ADDRESS – HE (Prof) Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, Governor, County Government of Kisumu, Kenya
11H00 – 12H00 Rethinking African politics for the future: a convergence of theory and praxis
11H30 – 11H40: RESPONSE BY DISCUSSANT – Prof Nadine Machikou, University of Yaounde II, Cameroun
11H40 – 12H00: QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION – Chair: Prof Christopher Isike
9: 10: 11: 12: 13:
12H00 – 13H30 Democracy, Democratization and Peace and Security Democracy, Leadership and Technology, 4IR and Teaching and Learning,
Elections Development Development Pedagogy and Methodology
CHAIRS: Joe Ndambwa Boniface Bulani Aloysius Okolie Julien Bokilo Nadine Machikou
Thabang Motswaledi, Clientelism Andreas Velthuizen, African Nduduzo Langa, The Thabiso Muswede, Digital Grace Bingoto, Can the Dead
and Patronage on South Africa’s Peace and Security Architecture Relationship between Leadership Revolution and Election Rhetoric. Write their Stories? A Literature
“Free and Fair” Elections. grounded in Indigenous and Patriotism: The Case of Adeoye Akinola, Interrogating Review through Discourse
Moses Durudji, Making Case for Knowledge Systems. South Africa. the Political Economy of Analysis.
Depersonalised Electoral Process, in Godwin M Onu, Investigating the Anthony Egobueze and Kenneth Fourth Industrial Revolution Sehla Rengaka, Development
Nigeria and the Future of Democracy. legacies of violence and conflict in Nweke, Democracy or Loathsome in South Africa. as an Intellectual Process.
Michael Jana, Political transitional justice. Dictatorship in Post-Colonial Christopher Isike, Politics and Kitti H. Nathaniel, A quoi sert
legitimacy configuration of local Dr. Asiimwe Solomon and M. Africa? the Internet in Africa: Teaching la science politique en Afrique.
representatives in emerging Nkumba, Rethinking the role of Eze Chris Akani, Plato’s Allegory and Researching Politics in the Donald Chimanikire, The
democracies – The Case of Malawi. the security sector in Ugunda. of the Cave and the Nigerian Digital Era. importance of the study of
Bongani Nyoka, The CODESRIA Humphrey Agbo, Internal Leadership. Christopher Beilings, Political Science in Africa
Debate on Democracy and Colonisation in Africa and the Mupa Seny, Politics of Promises Emergency Continued: The revisited.
Development in Africa. Challenge of National Integration. and Reciprocation: Re-examining Problematic of a Liminal Nicasius Achu, Reimaging
Khabele Matlosa, Democracy at Neo Simutanyi, Of Presidential the transformational impasse. Subjectivity. memory in post-colonial Africa.
the Crossroads in Africa: What is to Mausoleums and Politics in Neo- Ebele Udeoji and Ugo Unumonu, Kayode Asaju, Optimising
be Done? Liberal Zambia. Rethinking Political Leadership knowledge for national
Patrick Dzimiri, Voters’ Perceptions Gerishon Nkuria, Election and Neo-colonialism in Africa. development in Nigeria.
of the 2018 Harmonised Elections in Pattern and its Implications on Gilbert Maoundonodji, The
Zimbabwe. the Political, Economic and Social State, the Non-state and
Dimensions in Kenya. Governance, Political Institutions
and Political Systems.
13H30 – 14H00 CONVENIENCE BREAK
14H00 – 16H00 AAPS General Meeting and Elections – Online
CLOSING PLEASANTRIES
16H00 – 16H10
Conference wrap-up: Incoming AAPS President
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Appreciation on behalf of Conference conveners
Prof Godwin Onu
Godwin Onu is a Professor of Political Science and Governance in the Department of Political Science, Nnamdi Azikiwe University,
Akwa, Nigeria. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is currently Research Director, Centre
for Development and Human Empowerment (CDHE) and former Board Membership of Publish What You Pay Nigeria (PWYPN) and
the West African Examination Council (WAEC). Prof Onu is also the immediate past Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Nigeria
(2010 – 2018). His research interest include Public Policy, Ethnic Studies and Federalism; his geographic areas of interest include
Africa and the Global South with special flair for South-South studies. Recent courses he has taught include International Economic
Relations, Globalization and ICT, State and the Economy, Statistical Process for both undergraduate and graduate students. He is also
an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Political Science, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India. Prof Onu has won several laurels
both locally and internationally as well as grants and prizes including the Vice Chancellor’s Best Lecturer (2000), Best performing
Dean of Faculty (2009), Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) Research Grant, the University of
Alberta International Research Grant for Africa (2005) amongst others. An avid traveler, Prof Onu is a member of several national and
international professional associations including IPSA where he is a permanent member.
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Rethinking Politics in Africa.
The Conference relaunches the African Association of Political Science
established in 1974, the age of political ferment and epistemic uprising.
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