African knowledge production and epistemological systems will take centre stage during the inaugural Archie Mafeje Research Institute (AMRI) symposium to be held on Wednesday 3 October 2012. Click here for the invitation to the symposium.
Discussions at the symposium will be preceded by a keynote speech delivered by Prof Barbara Rudo Gaidzanwa, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Zimbabwe, under the theme “Critical enquiry into African knowledge production and epistemological systems, with the aim of generating endogenous Afrocentric perspectives and paradigms”.
Prof Rudo Barbara is a Professor of Sociology and Dean of the Faculty of Social Studies at the University of Zimbabwe. She has an extensive research profile of over 80 academic publications and consultancy experience on labour issues, gender, development policy and higher education. In this regard, she has worked with agencies such as the Young Men Christian Society, Zimbabwe Posts and Telecommunications, the Zimbabwean Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Energy/GTZ, ILO/SATEP, UNESCO, ITDG, UNIFEM, UNDP, SIDA/Sweden, the Danish Volunteer Service, Oxfam-America, SWAPO, SADC, NOVIB/Netherlands Government, EU/Agrisystems, Euroconsult/ADA, WILDAF, Association of African Universities, Makerere University, ZIPAM, SAPES, the Land Commission, the Institute of Mass Communications, the Women’s Trust and the Msasa Project.
