Dani Wadada Nabudere

Dani Wadada Nabudere (15 December 1932 – 9 November 2011)^[1][2] was a Ugandan academic, author, political scientist and development specialist. He was a professor at the Islamic University and Executive Director of the Marcus Garvey Pan-Afrikan Institute, Mbale. He was a barrister and former member of the Uganda National Liberation Front government.

Career

Nabudere obtained the degree of LLB (London) in 1963 and was admitted as a barrister at law, Lincolns Inn, London, in the same year. He was previously Associate Professor at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Visiting Professor at the University of Zimbabwe. Professor Nabudere was Minister of Justice in 1979 and Minister of Culture, Community Development and Rehabilitation in 1979–1980 in the UNLF Interim Government of Uganda. He was President of the African Association of Political Science from 1983 to 1985 and Vice-President of the International Science Association (IPSA) from 1985 to 1988. He is currently^{[dated info]} engaged in a collaboration arrangement with the University of South Africa in joint research projects under the umbrella theme of “Reclaiming the Future”.^[3] He is currently the executive director and principal of the Marcus Garvey Pan-Afrikan Institute (MPAI), Mbale, Uganda. Over the last ten years, Nabudere has been working on setting up grassroots organisations to assist rural communities and raise their voices over issues that concern their lives.^[4]

Selected writings

• Government should be clear on Obote
• Development theories, knowledge production and emancipatory practice Chapter in 'The development decade? economic and social change in South Africa, 1994–2004', Vishnu Padayachee,
• The Crash of International Finance-Capital and its Implications for the Third World
• Brave Faces Won’t Resolve New Crisis

References

1. ^ Museveni planned to blow up Luzira Prison. observer.ug. 23 November 2006
2. ^ Professor Wadada Nabudere dead at 78. Dispatch.ug. 9 November 2011
3. ^ About the Editors and Authors. businessinnovation.co.za
4. ^ Dani Wadada Nabudere; Yash Tandon (30 September 2009). The Crash of International Finance-Capital and Its Implications for the Third World. Fahamu/Pambazuka. ISBN 978-1-906387-43-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=9QqHFqR3NqgC. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 

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