Dr. Godwin Murunga
Dr Murunga is a historian and political analyst of Kenyan origin. Prior to joining CODESRIA as the Executive Secretary, he was lecturing at the Institute of Development Studies of the University of Nairobi. He was the immediate past director of the Africa Leadership Centre in Nairobi, and was a member of the Executive Committee of […]
Prof. Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua
Kwadwo is Associate Professor at the School of Law, University of Ghana (UG), Legon, Accra, where he teaches Public International Law and International Human Rights Law. He is also a representative lecturer at the LL.M Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Kwadwo is also an adjunct […]
Prof. Klaus Beiter
Prof. Klaus Beiter is a professor of law at North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. Originally from Namibia, he holds law degrees from the University of South Africa and earned his doctorate in international human rights law from Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany, where he completed his thesis on the right to education under the supervision […]
Prof Liisa Laakso
Liisa Laakso is a senior researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute. She has previously served as Rector of the University of Tampere and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki. In 2004, she was appointed a professor at the University of Jyväskylä in Development and International Cooperation. Laakso has actively […]
Dr. Chika C. Mba
Chika Mba is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, where his teaching and research cut across the broad domains of African philosophy, decolonial thought, human rights, and global justice. His work centers the understanding of Africa and Africans in key debates in philosophy and the humanities more broadly, […]
Prof. Adomako Ampofo
Adomako Ampofo is Professor of African and Gender Studies at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana (UG). In 2005 she became the foundation director of the University of Ghana’s Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy, and from 2010-2015 she was the Director of the Institute of African Studies. She is the immediate past […]
Prof. Taah Abongnelaa Divine Fuh
Taah Abongnelaa Divine Fuh, from Mankanikong, Bafut, Cameroon, is Associate Professor and Head of UCT Anthropology and Director of HUMA—Institute for Humanities Africa at the University of Cape Town. His research focuses on the politics of suffering and smiling, particularly on how urban youth seek ways of smiling in the midst of their suffering. He […]
Dr. Michael Augustus Akagbor
Dr. Michael Augustus Akagbor works at the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), where he expertly oversees the Human Rights and Social Inclusion division. He possesses an impressive academic background, including a PhD (2022), an MPhil (2005), and a Bachelor of Arts with honors (2002) in Sociology from the University of Ghana, alongside an M.A. […]
Mrs. Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei
Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei is an inaugural member of the Oversight Board (OSB), an independent global group of freedom of expression and human rights experts dedicated to improving how Meta moderates content on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads. She also serves on the Board of the West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) and the POS Foundation. Until recently, […]
Prof. Usang Maria Assim
An Associate Professor of International Human Rights Law, Usang Maria Assim undertakes research, teaching, and learning responsibilities at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights at the Faculty of Law of the University of the Western Cape. As a children’s rights expert, she works in […]