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Issue 10 – Global Africa“Protective Knowledges, The Wisdom to Protect”

This special issue explores the ethics of protection through knowledges rooted in resistance, memory, and solidarity across the continent.It pays tribute to Mudimbe, Ngũgĩ, and Koyo Kouoh. 🔗 Read it here: globalafricasciences.org/issue/10.2025 #GlobalAfrica #ProtectiveKnowledges #Protection #Mudimbe #Ngugi #KoyoKouoh

Global Africa reaches a new milestone: Indexed in Scopus and Issue 9 coming soon!

We are delighted to share two significant milestones for Global Africa! Firstly, following our indexing on AJOL (African Journals Online) and DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), our journal is now indexed in Scopus! This recognition highlights the quality and rigorous scientific standards of Global Africa and significantly boosts our international visibility. Why is this indexing important? Secondly, we are pleased to announce the upcoming release of Global Africa Issue 9, available in open access starting March 20. This issue continues our commitment to diversity and scholarly richness, featuring stimulating contributions across a broad spectrum of humanities and social science topics related to Africa. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone contributing to the journal’s success: authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and partners. We warmly invite you to explore this new issue upon its release, submit future articles, and widely share this exciting news! Stay connected! The Global Africa Team

The Journal “Afrique(s) en Mouvement” Available Online and for Free in Print Version Upon Request

The journal Afrique(s) en Mouvement (AeM) is now available on Cairn. The journal is also available for free in print version upon request at IRD Maroc. From the birth of the idea in 2015, to the first publication in 2019 and the release of five issues within three years, the inter-African journal Afrique(s) en mouvement has come a long way. As the sixth issue is soon to be released, you can now find all the issues on Cairn, including the issue number 3 coordinated by Beatriz Mesa, a political scientist at UGB and researcher at LASPAD with texts signed by researchers from LASPAD (Mame Penda Ba, Rachid Id Yassine, Khalifa Diop…).

The Publication of Global Africa Issue 2

Issue 2 of the Global Africa journal was released on Friday, December 16, 2022. Available online, it is titled: “Africa and the World in the Viral Era.” Stay connected and access the journal for free! Follow us and subscribe to our newsletter!

About Global Africa

Global Africa | A scientific journal to revitalize African research. Global Africa is a scientific journal at the core of a capacity-building program for junior researchers, aiming to contribute to the expression, dissemination, and strengthening of research in the social sciences and humanities on the African continent. Program The Global Africa program operates in a context where the African continent represents 13% of the world’s population but contributes less than 3% to scientific publications. Today, while the African researchers elite publish in international journals, the majority still rely on national contexts characterized by local journals and often unappealing university presses. The crisis in higher education in Africa has left the academic community without a viable publishing means or the capacity to produce, promote, and disseminate the results of its researchers at the continental and international levels – an essential condition for amplifying African voices in global debates. In most countries, the allocation of resources between research, teaching, and consultancy activities is skewed against research. This results in multiple and cumulative failures: significant aspects of ongoing political, socio-economic, cultural, and environmental transformations remain unintelligible because they are not conceptualized from within the continent. Teaching practices remain stagnant due to the lack of research. Public policies do not sufficiently rely on reliable data, leading to the continent being primarily understood through external perspectives and, more broadly, its voices remaining largely unheard in international discussions. In addition to these challenges, research is often compartmentalized by discipline, predominantly produced in English or French, and heavily skewed towards male representation. These factors sharply raise questions about its social legitimacy and its integration into society – that is, its ability to identify and address the essential needs of societies and institutions. Partners The ambition of Global Africa is to have a broad impact across the entire African continent through a unifying organizational structure. The program has been co-created by four institutions: LASPAD at Gaston Berger University in Saint-Louis (Senegal), the Institut of Recherche and Development (France), the International University of Rabat (Morocco) and LASDEL in Niamey-Parakou (Niger-Benin). These institutions jointly steer the program as a consortium. ​ In addition to the four core partner institutions, Global Africa has nine other collaborating organizations: ​ Funding ​ The program is funded with a budget of 2.65 million euros over four years. The main financial support (1.5 million euros) comes from the French Develpment Agency (56 %). Consortium members directly contribute to the program’s funding, accounting for 24%. The remaining funding is generated through revenue from online certification courses and a fundraising strategy. The program’s model has been designed to ensure its sustainability beyond the initial four years of operation. Please contact us for more information about program coordination, the journal, or partnership opportunities.

Freedom, Truth, Courage! A Pan-African Journal on Global Issues Here and Now.

All generations experience a sense of the extraordinary, but we, as Africans, who entered the 20th century ahead of the rest of the world through the contrasting doors of freedom and astonishment, now confront the profound intensification of inequalities and the ongoing emergence of the unprecedented, alongside hope and the enduring presence of longstanding issues. We are challenged to envision and shape the futures we aspire to for Africa and the world. The pathways that hold promise are those that prioritize courage, freedom, and truth, as these fundamental values form the cornerstone of new social agreements. All generations experience a sense of the extraordinary, but we, as Africans, who entered the 20th century ahead of the rest of the world through the contrasting doors of freedom and astonishment, now confront the profound intensification of inequalities and the ongoing emergence of the unprecedented, alongside hope and the enduring presence of longstanding issues. We are challenged to envision and shape the futures we aspire to for Africa and the world. The pathways that hold promise are those that prioritize courage, freedom, and truth, as these fundamental values form the cornerstone of new social agreements. Humanity has rarely had such potential to transform the material existence of men and women in the context of the technological and digital revolution, yet we have never been so close to all the limits. The sustained attention required to comprehend these possibilities and challenges, and the temporalities involved in grasping the futures of the continent, understanding and concretely translating the aspirations of the masses and individuals on the continent and in the diaspora, decoding the realities they invent – these are some of the crucial focal points that have driven the establishment of the Global Africa journal. This transdisciplinary and transnational project, situated at the intersections between Africa and its encounters with the world, is the result of many years of critical reflection and knowledge transformation initiatives aimed at rejuvenating Africa and African knowledge. Its genesis is the product of numerous fortuitous encounters, contradictory debates on the role and place of research and knowledge in addressing African and global challenges, on the critical reflexivity that strengthens the epistemological, theoretical, methodological, and ethical foundations of African/Africanist research, and on the conditions for truly free thinking on the continent and in the world. The founders of Global Africa have recognized the importance of addressing the geographic, linguistic, disciplinary, and ideological divisions that have hindered Africa’s ability to break free from harmful relationships with the world and, paradoxically, with itself. They have embraced the principles of collaborative scholarship, embracing incompleteness and interdependence, as fundamental pillars for generating scientific knowledge. In line with this vision, Global Africa is committed to openness: -Openness to contributors from diverse backgrounds, encompassing various disciplines and intellectual perspectives, with a particular focus on supporting young researchers. -Openness to prioritizing themes relevant to the continent, reimagining existing paradigms. -Openness to integrating arts and indigenous knowledge. -Openness to engaging knowledge users, including civil society actors, activists, policymakers, the private sector, and citizens. -Lastly, openness to utilizing African languages as languages of research and work. The journal actively publishes in French, English, Arabic, and Swahili, with future aspirations to include other African languages, aiming to eliminate intellectual exclusion. Global Africa firmly believes that these openness initiatives will be even more legitimate when they are based on knowledge produced and validated through the highest academic standards. In order to strengthen the ecosystem of scientific knowledge publishing in Africa, Global Africa sets a major requirement for published texts: they must contribute to advancing knowledge and understanding of reality, whether within a disciplinary or thematic field. This should be achieved through solid theoretical and conceptual frameworks, as well as robust and proven empirical data. In doing so, we aim to address the marginalization of African research and publications within the international scientific production, despite the fact that the continent is a remarkable space where local, national, communal, and transnational issues intersect, leading to innovations and tensions. Such ambition requires providing a demanding and rigorous platform for the voices of African researchers and all research efforts that contribute to rethinking Africa and the world from an African perspective, to describe and understand their trajectories. Global Africa also aspires to be a vibrant Pan-African community, welcoming anyone who wishes to inhabit a space that may have constraints but preserves their integrity. It is with these aspirations in mind that we seek to navigate the present century, primarily by listening to the voices and vibrations of the intellectual youth from the continent and the diaspora. Mame Penda BA Editor-in-chief The journal download The members of the Global Africa consortium- Gaston Berger University in Saint-Louis (UGB, Senegal), the Institute of Research for Development (IRD, France), the Laboratoiry for the Study and Research on Social Dynamics and local development (LASDEL, Benin/Niger) and Rabat Internationale University (UIR, Maroc) – are launching the inaugural issue of Global Africa journal today, March 10, 2022. Eight original contributions published in four languages (English, Arabic, French, and Swahili) and available on the journal’s website and the Global Africa program, present the viewpoints and analyses of authors such as Cecelia Lynch, Felwine Sarr, Fatima Sadiqi, Walter Mignolo, Giulia Bonacci, on thematic areas and research fields with reimagined paradigms. This new journal is already proving to be the crucible of research that will contribute to rethinking the African continent and the world from an African perspective, describing and analyzing their trajectories in the face of global challenges. You can access this first issue here. Enjoy your reading!

Teaser: Issue 3 of the Global Africa Journal

Issue 3 of the Global Africa Journal To be released on September 20, 2023. Panafricanisme, recherche africaine et enjeux globaux Pan-africanism, African Research, and Global Challenges البان أفريقيا والبحوث الأفريقية والقضايا العالمية Upana-Afrika, Utafiti wa Kiafrika na Changamoto za Kimataifa

FOCUS ON ISSUE 5: Light on the Iconographic Thread and the Creation of this Issue!

Every week, join us for a Focus on the most recent issue of Global Africa . Decryption of the issue, immersion in the heart of the articles and highlight on our authors. Meet Sara Mejdoubi, coordinator of the new varia issue! Sara Mejdoubi is a linguist specializing in political discourse analysis, a Sciences Po Rabat (UIR) professor, and a researcher at the Center for Global Studies (UIR). She is also an associate member of several prestigious research laboratories in France. Her expertise in political discourse analysis brings a unique perspective to our editorial board. Appointed “visiting professor” by the University of Toulon in 2017, Sara taught courses on topics such as semantic analysis of metaphor in political discourse and persuasive strategies in Islamist discourse in Morocco. As Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Global Africa, Sara is key in publishing quality research on African and global topics. His academic contributions and international publications enrich our journal and feed debates on discourse analysis in various political, religious, and media contexts. Don’t miss the opportunity to meet Sara and discover her work! Meet Baye Mballo Kébé, a multi-talented Senegalese artist! Baye Mballo Kébé excels in various artistic fields: visual artist, decorator, graphic designer, screen printer, scientific photographer, and more. His career is marked by success, having received the gold medal of Paris Critique, the distinctions of Knight of the Arts and Letters of France and Senegal, and the Grand Prize humanitarian of France. A pioneer of the «Xatim Art» technique, Baye Mballo Kébé transforms words and calligraphic writing into real plastic works. His creations, rich in shapes, colors, and vibrations, offer a unique artistic experience, mixing lyricism and gravity Discover the captivating world of Baye Mballo Kébé and immerse yourself in a world of artistic expression and unlimited creativity!

The Third Issue Is now Available

We are pleased to announce the release of the issue 3 of Global Africa journal. The theme of this issue is: Pan-Africanism, African research and Global Challenges.

The New Varia Issue Will Be Released on March 20th !

Dear reader, We are delighted to announce the imminent release of the Varia issue of Global Africa magazine, scheduled for Wednesday March 20, 2024. This issue features a varied selection of articles that are both highly topical and address crucial African issues. VARIA is your chance to dive into a fascinating collection of articles covering a multitude of topics, offering a holistic perspective on the challenges, opportunities and evolving dynamics of modern Africa. Whatever your interests – politics, literature, economics – this issue offers a variety of carefully selected articles to feed your intellectual curiosity. Stay tuned for more information on Global Africa 5th issue. Thank you for your continued interest. Sign up now to be among the first to receive it! The Global Africa editorial team

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