Ce Document de travail de la série « Livrets Verts » du CODESRIA étudie les rapports entre la mondialisation et la politique sociale en Afrique. L'objectif n'est pas seulement de faire comprendre les deux processus en eux-mêmes, ainsi que les questions que comporte et soulève leur étude, mais d'identifier par ailleurs les ambiguïtés et les lacunes, ainsi que les nombreuses orientations de cette étude. Il ressort de l'examen que l'étude du sujet englobe plusieurs programmes, qui ne sont pas...

The past decade has seen a flowering of philanthropic activities across many parts of Africa. Unlike before, this flowering has the distinct character of African agency, energy and engagement. Philanthropy is no longer about narratives of passive, poor and miserable Africans receiving help from rich, fortunate and often Western outsiders. The emerging narratives about philanthropy in Africa are about an increasingly confident and knowledgeable assertion of African capacities to give not on...

In 2010, billions of naira were spent to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nigeria's independence since 1960. More naira are to be spent in 2014 to commemorate the centenary marking the nation's birth in 1914 from an amalgamation of diverse group of peoples, languages, cultures and expectations. As the conscience of the nation, writers are calling for a deeper introspection. A hundred years after unification, the most populous African nation has oscillated from being great to being fickle,...