Posted on May 17, 2022
In his weekly column in The Business Day Professor Adekeye Adebajo writes about soccer and politics in Nigeria. .
Posted on May 05, 2022
In the second issue of Re.Search, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship postdoctoral fellow Dr Agnetta Nyabundi writes about Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) and the role of mobile phones in addressing the challenges of under-five child morbidity and mortality.
Posted on May 05, 2022
“Despite the Nobel laureate’s poetic prose and powerful polemic, this controversy is far from over.” – UP’s Prof Adekeye Adebajo on writer Wole Soyinka’s attempts to rebut claims made in a book that he was co-opted by the CIA.
Posted on April 07, 2022
The Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship recently held a webinar discussing whether Africa received climate justice at the COP26 conference. Were there real benefits for the continent facing the most extreme risk from climate change?
Posted on April 05, 2022
18 fellows of the Food Systems Research Network for Africa (FSNet-Africa) recently presented final research proposals on various food-systems-related topics, during a three-day symposium held at UP's Future Africa Institute.
Posted on April 04, 2022
Professor Adekeye Adebajo, senior research fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, reflects on the legacy of United States diplomat Madeline Albright following her passing in late March 2022.
Posted on March 31, 2022
On 26 March 2022, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship senior research fellow, Professor Adekeye Adebajo, provided some insight into the role of Africa in plugging the gap left by Russia in the European market on Newzroom Afrika.
Posted on March 07, 2022
A few weeks after the sixth European Union (EU) - African Union (AU) summit, Professor Adekeye Adebajo reflects on the strength of multilateral partnership as tensions in Europe are at a high.
Posted on March 01, 2022
On 28 February 2022, the Conversation Africa published an article co-authored by Professor Tjaart Kruger and Professor Emil Roduner titled "Unpacking a mystery of physics: Why processes in nature operate only in one direction".
Posted on February 25, 2022
On 12 February 2022, Dr Elizabeth Mkandawire the Network and Research Manager at the FSNet-Africa Project at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, spoke to Newzroom Arika on the advancement of women and girls in science.
Posted on February 25, 2022
On 24 February 2022, the BBC released an interview with Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship Director Professor James Ogude, who provided insight into the African philosophy of Ubuntu.
Posted on February 21, 2022
In his weekly column, senior research fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, Professor Adekeye Adebajo pays tribute to African-American scholar-activist bell hooks.
Posted on February 18, 2022
On 14 February 2022, Professor Pepper Stetler published a review of "The Trial of Cecil John Rhodes" by Professor Adekeye Adebajo.
Posted on February 14, 2022
On 12 January 2022, director of the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship Professor James Ogude was invited to participate on the Flourish Systems Change Podcast with Sarah Ichioka and Michael Pawlyn, on an episode titled "We Are Nature".
Posted on February 10, 2022
On 9 February 2022, senior research fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship Professor Adekeye Adebajo was interviewed on Newzroom Afrika to provide an analysis of how challenges to Africa may unfold over the course of 2022.
Posted on February 09, 2022
In his second editorial of the year, Professor Adekeye Adebajo writes about the ongoing and new challenges to African countries in 2022.
Posted on January 25, 2022
“Even by the illusory standards of the fabled ‘American dream’, Sidney Poitier’s success was an improbable fairy tale,” writes Prof Adekeye Adebajo who has joined UP as a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship.
Posted on December 09, 2021
Professor Tinyiko Maluleke will be leaving his position as Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship.
Posted on November 04, 2021
“I wish to join in on congratulating all these hardworking individuals for their achievement, but also for using their research to contributions for the betterment of all,” said UP Vice-Chancellor Prof Tawana Kupe
Posted on August 03, 2021
UP recently partnered with the Charlotte Maxeke Institute, the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture and the Nelson Mandela Foundation to host a discussion about the legacies of Charlotte Maxeke and Nelson Mandela.
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