Mamdani's Piece in the New York Times
Attached below is Prof. Mamdani's article, "Last Hopes to Prevent a Genocide" appearing in the New York Times, Monday January 9, 2017.
Attached below is Prof. Mamdani's article, "Last Hopes to Prevent a Genocide" appearing in the New York Times, Monday January 9, 2017.
2016 Third World Action Project
Agenda
2016第三世界行动计划
日程
时 间:2016年12月18日(周日)-25日(周日)
Dates:December 18(Sun.) - December 25 (Sun.), 2016
地 点:北京 杭州 上海
I have read Ofwono Opondo's article, Makerere let's return to the basics, in the New Vision of November 20, and Mukwanason Hyuha's A reaction to Prof. Mamdani's Makerere (New vision, November 24, 2016). Both disagree with Mamdani' assertion that external financial forces, particularly led by the World Bank, adversely impacted on Makerere's funding and share part of the blame for the predicamnt of what Makerere is in today.
Read full article in the attached document.
By Prof. Mahmood Mamdani
Makerere University has closed again. The decision has come from the President of Uganda with no indication as to when the university will reopen.
The current staff strike and student commotions at Makerere University are a tip of an iceberg. Staff and student activisms cannot be resolved by firefighting them with Police or other security forces. Fundamental causes of these strikes and the current governance problems must be studied, analysed and addressed to resolve current problems in our university system. Changes of vice chancellors will not resolve the problems. Neither will giving more funds to staff nor students.
Source: Yale Macmillan Center
When: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 4:30 PM
Makerere University invites applications for One (1) Senior Research Fellow and Two (2) Research Fellow positions in the fields of:
Source: Press release from the University, pro@admin.mak.ac.ug, dated July 28, 2016 at 1:24:20 PM GMT+3