Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula political analyst, social scientist and the director of Centre Arrupe, a centre for research and formation in Lubumbashi, DRC. He’s currently the president of the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA), an organisation of African scholars, practitioners and activists in Africa and in the diaspora.
Murhula’s research interests include social justice, democracy and peace, political violence and conflicts, religion, and global public health politics. He has taught at Loyola University Chicago in the US, Episcopal Theological College of Pecs in Hungary, Hekima University College in Kenya, and Loyola University of Congo in Kinshasa, DRC.
May 31, 2025, marked the 40th day since the passing of philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, a founding figure in African studies. Professor Toussaint Kafarhire, S.J., editor…
READ MOREMame-Penda Ba and Toussaint Murhula Kafarhire Professor Nakabanda, thank you for accepting this interview. For several months, we have been conducting a series of interviews focusing on the Great Lake…
READ MOREThe 5th ASAA Biennial Conference From October 24 to 28, 2023, the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) met in Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, to celebrate its 10th anni…
READ MOREMame-Penda BA: In recent weeks, deadly fighting between the Congolese rebel group Mouvement du 23-Mars (M23) and Congolese government forces has intensified a few kilometers from Goma, in the eas…
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