New on the Mtandao blog
Nine tips for prospective master’s research students
Twelve tips for prospective doctoral students
What the Friendship Bench means for African and Indigenous knowledge?
New online course on Indigenous research and evaluation methodologies by renowned scholar Professor Bagele Chilisa
Professor Bagele Chilisa is a leading African scholar, thought leader, speaker and author who has written extensively on decolonising research and evaluation methodologies. Access the course.
Akulahlwa Mbeleko Kufelwa: A Letter to the Children on the Streets, and to Every Young Person Life Has Tried to Break by Lwazi Mavuso
En français: Résumé de ce numéro
For English readers: this section is a short summary in French for our French-speaking readers. The English edition continues below.
Ce numéro couvre la période du 13 au 28 octobre 2026. Sur le blog, un article explique ce que le Friendship Bench apporte aux savoirs africains et autochtones, et deux autres donnent des conseils aux futurs étudiants de master et de doctorat. Le site de Mtandao propose deux nouveaux outils, dont le calculateur de décolonisation pour la recherche (Deca-R), qui aide à planifier et à évaluer un projet de recherche. Sur African Journals Online (AJOL), la revue Feminist Africa publie huit articles, dont « This Land: Intergenerational Conversations about Women, Agriculture and Climate Change in Zimbabwe ». Parmi les nouveautés d’African Books Collective (ABC), le livre Kusintha kwa Nyengo traite des savoirs locaux sur le changement climatique au Malawi. Côté événements, la date de la conférence annuelle Fundo yaUbuntu sera annoncée prochainement. Enfin, la rubrique emplois présente 19 postes en Afrique, dont celui de spécialiste de la protection de l’enfance au Fonds des Nations Unies pour l’enfance (UNICEF) en Angola.
Note aux lecteurs francophones.
New on the Mtandao site
Decolonisation Calculator for Research (Deca-R)
Use this calculator to plan and review research, whether by students, academics, government or independent researchers.
Decolonisation Calculator – Fieldwork
Use this calculator at the start and end of your placement, alone or with your supervisor.
New in African journals: articles on African feminisms from African Journals Online (AJOL)
Mtandao encourages the writing and publishing of books, journal articles and research reports in Africa, and the citing of African literature. At present, much of what Africans read is published outside the continent or shipped in as donations, which raises the question of whose culture, beliefs, knowledge, futures and aspirations get noticed. This is why we promote African Journals Online (AJOL) and African Books Collective (ABC), through which Mtandao also sells its own books. Want to publish your book, book chapter or journal manuscript? Speak with us.
Rethinking African Feminisms in the “New” Normal
Sylvia Tamale, Feminist Africa, 2024
This editorial introduces the issue and asks how African feminist thought and action should respond to current conditions on the continent.
Africa’s Natural Resources amid Old and New Imperial Relations: What Implications for Gender Justice?
Charmaine Pereira, Feminist Africa, 2024
This article looks at how old and new outside interests in Africa’s natural resources affect gender justice, which matters to anyone challenging extractive approaches to development.
The Colonial State and Postcolonial Feminist Predicaments
Lyn Ossome, Feminist Africa, 2024
This article traces how the colonial form of the state still shapes the problems African feminists face today, which is relevant to Mtandao’s work on decolonisation.
Domestic Workers as Instruments of Accumulation: Unpacking Objectifying Discourses within Uganda’s Extra-territorialisation of Gendered and Racialised Labour
Leah Eryenyu, Feminist Africa, 2024
This article examines how Uganda’s export of domestic workers abroad treats women as sources of income. Practitioners working on migration and labour rights may find it useful.
African Feminisms as Method: A Methodology for African Feminisms in the Digital Age
Nanjala Nyabola, Feminist Africa, 2024
This article puts forward African feminisms as a research method for the digital age, adding to African-centred research approaches.
Feminism and the Digital Era: Challenges and Opportunities in Africa
Nkem Agunwa, Feminist Africa, 2024
This article weighs what digital technology offers African feminist organising and where it falls short.
Centering Emission Rights Expropriation and the Role of Unpaid Women’s Labour: Rethinking Climate Justice from an African Feminist Perspective
Natacha Bruna, Feminist Africa, 2024
This article rethinks climate justice from an African feminist position, focusing on emission rights and the unpaid work women do. It is relevant to environmental social work.
This Land: Intergenerational Conversations about Women, Agriculture and Climate Change in Zimbabwe
Chido Nyaruwata, Martha Gorimani, Feminist Africa, 2024
This piece brings together conversations between generations of Zimbabwean women about farming and climate change, giving weight to local knowledge and voices.
Books from Africa: Recent releases from African Books Collective (ABC)
Promises, Power, Politics and Poverty
John Lwanda, Dudu Nsomba Publications, 2026
A political history of Malawi from independence to 2024, looking at the move to multiparty politics and why poverty has persisted.
Kusintha kwa Nyengo
Sara Lüttich, Mzuni Press, Malawi, 2026
Drawing on fieldwork with farmers and fisherfolk, this book argues that climate projects in Malawi fall short because they overlook local knowledge of climate change.
The Mbum of the Nkambe Plateau, Cameroon
Oliver Kimka Ndimbie and Gilbert Shang Ndi (editors), Spears Media Press, Cameroon, 2026
Mbum researchers write about their own society, language, land, institutions and history, and correct errors in colonial and outsider accounts.
Intersecting Pedagogies
Remi Prospero Fonka, Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon, 2026
This book compares Rousseau’s ideas on child development with how the Nso’ people educate children, and joins the two into a shared framework for education.
Books to read: Development Studies
African Women in Digital Spaces
Msia Kibona Clark and Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed (editors), Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania, 2023
Chapters, essays and poetry on how African women and gender minorities, on the continent and in the diaspora, use digital media alongside other forms of activism.
Desafios para moçambique 2023-2024
Egídio Chaimite, Carlos Muianga, Michael Sambo and Moisés Siúta (editors), Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos (IESE), Mozambique, 2024
Researchers examine Mozambique’s long-running crisis in health, education and security, and what the 2024 elections mean for legitimacy and stability.
Desafios para moçambique 2022
Carlos Nuno Castel-Branco, Rosimina Ali, Sérgio Chichava and Carlos Muianga, Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos (IESE), 2022
This volume looks at the conflict in Cabo Delgado, gas projects, debt and the effects of COVID-19, and revisits the role of critical social research in Mozambique.
Events
Fundo yaUbuntu | Ubuntu Annual Lecture
Date to be announced
Mtandao’s annual lecture on Ubuntu. Details are coming soon on the events page.
Careers
Family (ukama)
International Consultant – Maternal and Adolescent Nutrition, 11 months: UNICEF, Mozambique, Master’s, closes 9/11/26
Child Protection Specialist (NO-3), FT, #00137861, Luanda: UNICEF, Angola, Angola citizens only, Master’s, closes 19/11/26
Community (ujamaa)
Social & Behaviour Change Communication Officer (SBCCO): MSI Nigeria Reproductive Choices, Nigeria, Bachelor’s, closes 2/11/26
NATIONAL POST: Gender-Based Violence Coordinator (FTA) NOC: UNFPA, Kenya, Kenya citizens only, Master’s, closes 4/11/26
Community-Based Protection Associate: UNHCR, Ethiopia, Secondary school, closes 4/11/26
National or International Consultant: RAISE SRHR Project Coordinator, 13 months: UNICEF, Lesotho, Master’s, closes 3/11/26
Community Engagement and Safeguarding Advisor: Medair, DR Congo, Master’s, closes 13/11/26
Protection and Referral Specialist: IRC, Uganda, Bachelor’s, closes 29/10/26
Society (ujamii)
Consultancy for Assessment of Social Protection Grievance Redress Mechanisms and Development of Harmonisation Blueprint, Social Policy Section, 5 months: UNICEF, Zambia, Master’s, closes 3/11/26
National Consultancy, RISE County Coordinator, Innovation & Education, 12 months: UNICEF, Kenya, qualification not stated, closes 9/11/26
Senior Social Protection Specialist-Senior Economist: World Bank, Nigeria, Master’s, closes 14/11/26
Senior Gender Expert: FAO, Egypt, Egypt citizens only, Bachelor’s, closes 5/11/26
Education Project Manager: NRC, Ethiopia, Ethiopia citizens only, Master’s, closes 10/11/26
Consultant to develop Capacity Building Training Manual for Policy Makers on Care Economy: UN Women, South Africa, Master’s, closes 29/10/26
Environment (imvelo)
Consultant national pour l’identification des points d’entrée non officiels du sel au Burundi, 2.5 mois: UNICEF, Burundi, Burundi citizens only, Master’s, closes 4/11/26
Environmental Gender Expert/Development Gender Expert: UNEP, Sierra Leone, Master’s, closes 11/11/26
Community Development Officer: African Parks, Zambia, Bachelor’s, closes 20/11/26
Environment and Climate Change Specialist: FAO, Tanzania, Tanzania citizens only, Master’s, closes 4/11/26
Spirituality (uroho)
Consultant international en Santé Mentale et Soutien Psychosocial (SMSP/MHPSS), 3.5 mois, section Protection de l’Enfant: UNICEF, Chad, Master’s, closes 1/11/26
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