USA Africa Dialogue Series - Wamba dia Wamba n’est plus! / Wamba-dia-Wamba is no longer with us!

Prof Ernerst Wamba dia Wamba 1942-2020

View this email in your browser Prof Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, 1942-2020 Wamba dia Wamba n'est plus ! C'est avec beaucoup de tristesse et un profond sentiment de perte que le CODESRIA annonce le décès du professeur et homme d'Etat congolais, Ernest Wamba dia Wamba. Wamba dia Wamba était un brillant théoricien politique connu pour son travail révolutionnaire sur la démocratie, les mouvements sociaux et la politique émancipatrice en Afrique. Il a enseigné dans de nombreuses universités, notamment l'Université de Dar es Salaam, Harvard, Boston College et l'Université Brandeis. Le professeur Wamba dia Wamba était un universitaire qui œuvrait pour réaliser ses idées en participant et en intervenant dans les grands processus politiques. Il a activement pris part au mouvement des droits civiques aux États-Unis où il a étudié. En raison de sa pensée et de son activisme, il a été emprisonné et exilé de son pays, la République démocratique du Congo, pendant des années. Il devait plus tard diriger l'un des groupes rebelles, le Rassemblement congolais pour la démocratie, au cours de ce qui est souvent décrit comme la Seconde Guerre du Congo des années 1990. Il a également été sénateur en République démocratique du Congo. Wamba dia Wamba était un membre influent et un actif participant aux activités du CODESRIA. Il a beaucoup publié avec le CODESRIA. Son ouvrage édité avec Mahmood Mamdani et publié en 1985 par le CODESRIA, African Studies in Social Movements and Democracy, demeure un classique. De 1992 à 1995, il a été président du Conseil. Wamba dia Wamba nous manquera beaucoup pour ses connaissances souvent masquées par sa remarquable modestie. Le CODESRIA et toute la communauté universitaire africaine des sciences sociales et humaines présentent leurs condoléances à la famille de Wamba dia Wamba. Que son âme repose en paix ! Le Conseil publiera bientôt un hommage plus complet au regretté professeur Wamba dia Wamba. -------------------------- Wamba-dia-Wamba is no longer with us! It is with a deep sense of loss and sadness that CODESRIA wishes to announce the passing on of the Congolese scholar and stateman Professor Ernest Wamba-dia-Wamba. Wamba-dia-Wamba was a brilliant political theorist noted for his ground-breaking work on democracy, social movements and emancipative politics in Africa. He taught in many universities including the University of Dar es Salaam, Harvard University, Boston College, and Brandeis University.   Prof. Wamba-dia-Wamba was a scholar who sought to actualize his ideas through participation and intervention in major political processes. He was an active participant in the civil rights movement in the US where he studied. He was imprisoned and exiled from his country due to his thought and activism. He was later to lead one of the rebel groups- Rally for Congolese Democracy- during what is often described as the Second Congo War in the 1990s and then served as a senator in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Wamba-dia-Wamba was an influential member of and an active participant in the activities of CODESRIA. He published a lot with CODESRIA. His edited volume with Mahmood Mamdani, published by CODESRIA in 1985- African Studies in Social Movements and Democracy- remains a classic. He also served as the  President of the Council from 1992-1995. Wamba-dia-Wamba will be sorely missed for his erudition that was often masked by his remarkably unassuming character. CODESRIA along with the entire African scholarly community in the Social Sciences and Humanities extend its condolences to the family of Wamba-dia-Wamba. May his soul rest in perfect peace.     CODESRIA will issue a longer tribute in honour of Prof. Wamba-dia-Wamba in soon. Copyright © 2020 CODESRIA, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: CODESRIA Avenue Cheikh Anta Diop X Canal IV BP 3304 Dakar Senegal Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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