Condolence Messages
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Adieu Thandika le sénégalais.
wrote on 15th April 2020 at 2:33 pm:
I quoted the line below by him in my Phd and to date I continue to try to ensure that I work towards changing this irony.
“A major irony of African development history is that the theories and models employed have largely come from outside the continent. No other region of the world has been so dominated by external ideas and models.” Mkandawire and Soludo (1999)
What Thandika Mkandawire taught me about African development - by Teniola Tayo
In Memoriam | Thandika Mkandawire
SE SOUVENIR DE THANDIKA MKANDAWIRE PAR LA CHRONIQUEUSE DE SENEPLUS, RAMA SALLA DIENG
Deaths of Professors; Harry Garuba, Thandika Mkandawire, Euphrase Kezilahabi and Ken Walibora Waliaula: Cruel Impeachment to Africa’s Course of Self-Determination by Alexander Opicho
Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) conveys condolences on the passing of Professor Thandika Mkandawire
Thandika Mkandawire : An Intellectual Giant, an Incorrigible Pan-Africanist, An Obituary By Ibbo Mandaza
Hommage du CODESRIA à Thandika Mkandawire (1940-2020): Chercheur, mentor et bâtisseur d’institutions
Prof. Thandika Mkandawire’s Remarks at the 15th CODESRIA General Assembly
Thandika Mkandawire has passed on!
It is with great sadness and a deep sense of loss that the Council for the Development of Social Science in Africa, CODESRIA, announces the passing away of Professor Thandika Mkandawire on March 27, 2020. Thandika as he was fondly known was a brilliant economist and prodigious scholar whose works on African political economy challenged dominant ways of seeing the African continent on a wide range of issues that included structural adjustment and economic reform, democratic politics, neopatrimonialism and insurgent violence. Thandika was a very dedicated member of CODESRIA. He led the Council as its Executive Secretary from 1985 to 1996 and continued to play important roles in the life of the organization after moving on to head UNRISD and later taking on a distinguished professorship at the London School of Economics. From 2015-2016, he led the internal review of CODESRIA’s governance and membership whose recommendations underpin an ambitious process of reform that the Council is undertaking. On April 11-13, 2016 CODESRIA organized a conference in Lilongwe, Malawi with the theme “Thinking African, Epistemological Issues: Celebrating the Life and Work of Thandika Mkandawire” in his honor. Thandika will be sorely missed by the CODESRIA community and the entire African social science community. His brilliance was matched by his humility, wit and willingness to mentor new generations of scholars. CODESRIA extends its sincere condolences to Thandika’s family. CODESRIA will announce its plans for celebrating the life and ideas of Thandika in the days ahead. May his soul rest in perfect peace.
Reflections of an Engaged Economist: An Interview with Thandika Mkandawire
Below is a link to an interview that our colleague Kate Meagher conducted with the late Prof. Thandika Mkandawire. The interview was published under the title “Reflections of an Engaged Economist: An Interview with Thandika Mkandawire,” in Development and Change, vol. 50 no. 2, 2019, pp. 511-541. More…
THANDIKA MKANDAWIRE LE BOSS – Par Mamadou Diouf
Je n’aime pas les oraisons funèbres. Elles annoncent, avec brutalité et désespoir, la disparition d’un être cher qui a marqué son temps et laissé une marque. Elles s’évertuent à tracer une histoire, exhumer une contribution remarquable, pour attester de sa clôture, même si l’on clame la continuité. Nonobstant nos efforts, l’oraison funèbre signale la mort ; elle enterre la personne pour n’en laisser qu’une trace et obturer une vie. More…
Thandika Mkandawire the Boss – By Mamadou Diouf
I do not like funeral orations. They announce, with brutality and despair, the disappearance of a loved one who has marked his time and left a mark. They strive to tell a story, to unearth a remarkable contribution, to bear witness to its closure, even if we claim continuity. Notwithstanding our efforts, funeral orations signal death; they bury a person and leave only a trace and seal a life. More…