Prof. Dr. Mawuloe Koffi Kodah has been in residence as Senior Research Fellow of the LACC-IADS from September 16 – December 16, 2022. During this period, Prof. Kodah has been involved in all the activities of the IADS – meetings, workshops, symposia, 2023-2024 Fellowship awards selection processes, admission interviews, and teaching, alongside his project. As part of his engagements, he was nominated by the Director to chair a 3-member Committee that shortlisted 2023 Postdoctoral Fellowship Applicants for the final selection by the Board of LACC/IADS.
Prof. Dr. Kodah has been working on a research project on the topic: “Literary Perspectives on Development Policies and Strategies in Africa: A Critical Reading of Selected Postcolonial African Novelists” which will culminate into a monograph to be published in the 2023. He delivered his exit lecture on November 24, 2022 on the topic. Besides, he has completed an article on the topic: “Re-contextualizing the decolonization discourse: a critical reading of selected post-independence African narrative texts” which he has uploaded on A-DD Journal online system for consideration for publication in the 2023 edition of the Journal. The paper proposes a paradigm shift on the decolonization discourse from the traditional North-South dialectical antagonism to a South-South critical introspective reflections in order to redefine new perspectives for a sustainable continental development agenda.