Day: 24 April 2020

The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance is deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Professor Thandika Mkandawire, Senior Fellow, mentor and friend. The School would like to extend heartfelt condolences to Professor Mkandawire’s wife, Kaarina Klint, his children, grand-children, family and friends, many whom are former students. An esteemed African intellectual, scholar and development…

It is with a deep sense of loss but also pride that the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon, joins the African social science community to bid farewell and pay tribute to Professor Thandika Mkandawire, a colossus of our times. It bears recalling that at its formal opening in 1963, the…