Afrca charter for transformative collaborations (PDF)
The Charter initiative was facilitated by and built on a foundational, now published, conceptual and analytical frame and argument developed by the Perivoli Africa Research Centre (PARC) at the University of Bristol (UoB) together with the Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair at the University of South Africa (UNISA) and the Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA) at the University of Cape Town (UCT). More broadly, the collective Charter effort was driven by a shared embrace of pan African concerns and perspectives articulated in a long history of critical anti-, post- and de-colonial intellectual thought from the continent.
The process of constructing the Charter framework was accompanied by engagement with various research, funding and policy actors in the continent, including the Institute for Security Studies, Future Africa at the University of Pretoria, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) and National Research Foundation (NRF) – as well as in the ‘global North’, including the UK Collective for Development Research (UKCDR), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), Universities UK International (UUKi), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the British Academy, UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Africa (APPG-A), the Coimbra Group of Universities, Berlin University Alliance, University of Toronto (U of T), the University of Leeds and International Science Council, among others.
The Charter was launched formally on 5 July 2023 in Windhoek, Namibia, in conjunction with the AAU conference of rectors vice chancellors, and presidents (COREVIP).
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