The Africa Day Memorial Lecture has always been a platform for scholars to critically reflect on and engage with subject matter pertaining to Africa and her people. This year’s lecture will be no different when
Prof Bagele Chilisa, post-colonial scholar from the
University of Botswana, will deliver this year’s lecture on the topic:
Research and knowledge production: Africa and the call for a fifth research paradigm.
“In this lecture, Kwame Nkrumah’s call for Africa-centred knowledge, Claude Ake’s promotion of endogenous knowledge, and Ngungi wa Thiongo’s decolonisation of the mind recall Africa’s innovations in the COVID-19 crisis, celebrate
Africa’s unity of mind, and claim Africa’s space in the global knowledge production,” writes Prof Chilisa.
The lecture is hosted annually by the Centre for Gender and Africa Studies at the University of the Free State (UFS). Previous speakers include, among others, Dr Rahul Rao,
Prof Alcinda Honwana, and Prof Walter D Mignolo, who delivered the 2021 memorial lecture.
Premiere at 19:00 on YouTube to join the lecture click on video below.
Time: 19:00
About the speaker:
Prof Chilisa is a renowned post-colonial scholar, researcher, author, educator, and an important African thought leader. Some of the courses she has been facilitating for more than 30 years include research design, policy design, and measurement and evaluation
courses, among others. As a full Professor at the University of Botswana, she has supervised more than 50 master’s dissertations and PhD theses with diverse academic discourse and has served as external examiner for PhD theses in the Southern
African Development Community (SADC) region.
Her interest in community-based research has driven her to write extensively on indigenous knowledge, as well as to publish a book titled Indigenous Research Methodologies – a book that has sparked international discourse on the importance of indigenous
methodologies, especially in Africa. With more than 80 publications, Prof Chilisa was recognised as the Researcher of the Year and awarded UB Research Team Leadership at the University Research Awards Ceremony in 2019.
Other UFS events celebrating #AfricaMonth
2022 Africa Week: ‘African Higher Education – Celebrating African Education’
In accordance with COVID-19 protocols/rules, the different activities will have limited capacity for attendance, but live streaming will be made available to the rest of us. This may change at any given time, according to circumstances as determined by
the relevant departments of the institution.
You are all cordially invited to tune in; please RSVP on the links below for attendance (attendance is limited). In the meantime, save the date and the links below.
Opening Ceremony: South Campus
Date: 23 May 2022
Venue: Open space outside the cafeteria
Time: 13:00-15:00
RSVP link: https://events.ufs.ac.za/event/1534/
Celebratory Dialogue: Bloemfontein Campus
Date: 25 May 2022
Venue: Centenary Complex
Time: 16:00-19:00
Closing Ceremony: Qwaqwa Campus
Date: 27 May 2022
Venue: B11 EMS
Time: 12:30-15:00